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US: Israel agrees to four-hour pauses in Gaza fighting

2023-11-09 19:16:46Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA ASSOCIATED PRESS
US: Israel agrees to four-hour pauses in Gaza fighting
The Israeli army in northern Gaza

The White House said Israel has agreed to implement four-hour humanitarian pauses during attacks on Hamas in northern Gaza starting Thursday.

President Joe Biden had urged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to implement daily pauses during the attacks in a phone call on Monday. National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said the first humanitarian pauses would be announced on Thursday and that the Israelis had pledged to announce them at least three hours before they take effect. Israel said it was also opening a second corridor for civilians to leave areas that are the current target of the military campaign against Hamas, through a coastal road that connects to the main north-south highway in the Gaza Strip.

President Biden also told reporters that he had asked the Israelis for a "pause longer than three days" in negotiations to release some hostages held by Hamas, although he said there was "no chance" of a general ceasefire. Asked if he was angry with Netanyahu about the delays in starting the humanitarian pauses, President Biden said, "It took a little longer than I hoped."

Kirby told reporters Thursday that the pauses could be helpful in "returning the 239 hostages to their families, including less than 10 Americans that we know are being held hostage. So if we can get them all out hostages, this is a good goal with a time limit."

"Humanitarian pauses can be useful for the (hostage) transfer process," he added.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken warned Israel last week that it was risking damaging a chance for peace in the near future if it does not act quickly to improve humanitarian conditions for Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip as the Israeli military intensifies the war against Hamas.

In an open call to Israel for a pause in military operations in the Gaza Strip to allow humanitarian aid to arrive there, Secretary Blinken said the dire situation would push the Palestinians to further radicalization, which could give ending prospects for the resumption of peace talks to end the conflict.

French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday opened a conference to raise aid for the Gaza Strip with an appeal for Israel to protect civilians, saying that "all lives have equal value" and that the fight against terrorism "cannot be carried out without a compliance with the rules".


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