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Exodus from Gaza

Israel pressed to open 'humanitarian corridors'

JERUSALEM: Palestinians fled in a mass exodus Friday from northern Gaza after Israel's military told some 1 million people to evacuate to the southern part of the besieged territory ahead of an expected ground invasion in retaliation for the surprise attack by the ruling Hamas militant group.

The United Nations-led growing voices of concern against the Israeli ultimatum as it warned that evacuating almost half of Gaza's crowded population would be 'calamitous' and urged Israel to reverse the unprecedented directive.