Israel announces daily pauses in fighting amid Biden administration pressure

Israel agreed to halt military operations against Hamas in northern Gaza for four hours each day to allow humanitarian activities, the White House said Thursday, according to The Associated Press.

President Joe Biden has pressed Israel to implement a multi-day ceasefire to try to achieve this negotiations on the release of hostages and facilitating the flow of necessary supplies to Gazan civilians, the PA reported. The Israeli military shot down any possibility of a ceasefire in a statement Thursday, and Biden himself acknowledged “no chance” of a further cessation of hostilities despite personal efforts to influence leader of israel

Biden said it “took a little longer” than he expected to convince the Israelis to accept short humanitarian breaks, the AP reported. He confirmed that he asked Israel for a three-day break, adding: “I have even asked for a longer break for some of them.”

In a call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday, Biden pushed for daily pauses and tried to convince Netanyahu of the importance of longer pauses in hostilities, the AP reported. The call came after a renewed push for negotiations with the terrorist organization Hamas over the release of hostages.

The Israelis have informed the Biden administration of the planned pauses, White House national security spokesman John Kirby told CNN on Thursday reported.

“The Israelis have told us that there will be no military operations in these areas during the pause and that this process begins today,” Kirby said.

The first humanitarian pause will be announced Thursday, and each will be announced at least three hours in advance, Kirby explained, according to the AP.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) halted fighting in Gaza on several occasions in recent days to create a safe path for civilians to flee the disputed areas of northern Gaza, AP reported. However, Thursday’s announcement appeared as an attempt to formalize the process as Biden pressures Israel to take more care of civilian security.

“Our war is with Hamas and not with the people of Gaza,” the IDF said said in a statement on social media earlier Thursday. Videos of what appeared to be Gazan civilians walking along a humanitarian causeway accompanied the statement.

Israel is opening a second corridor that will allow civilians to evacuate parts of the city that make up the IDF’s next targets with a coastal road between the territory’s main north-south highway, the AP reported.

Earlier on Thursday, the IDF announced it had captured a major Hamas stronghold known as Outpost 17 after ten hours of fighting on the ground and in Hamas’ vast network of underground tunnels. seconds in The Times of Israel.

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