Aid trucks start moving towards Gaza from Egypt, state-affiliated TV says
The Israeli military said hours earlier that "humanitarian corridors" would be established for safe movement of United Nations convoys delivering aid to Gazans and that "humanitarian pauses" would be implemented in densely populated areas.
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