Prime Minister Justin Trudeau urged during a Montreal press conference on Thursday that “humanitarian pauses” to temporarily end fighting between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip must “last long enough” for people to leave the area and for aid to arrive. Trudeau told reporters that the pauses could create an opportunity to think about how Israelis and Palestinians could live beside each other in peace in the long run. His remarks came after the White House announced that Israel has agreed to put in place four-hour daily humanitarian pauses in its assault on Hamas in northern Gaza, beginning the same day.
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