Israel has agreed to daily four-hour humanitarian pauses to let people trapped by the fighting in north Gaza flee to the south.

The White House is calling it a significant first step after a month of fighting. The pauses will also be used to allow humanitarian aid in.

It comes as France hosts an international conference on humanitarian assistance for Gaza, and as Global Affairs Canada says another 32 Canadians were able to leave the Gaza strip after the Rafah border crossing into Egypt reopened today.