Israel agrees to daily humanitarian pauses in Gaza

Israeli authorities have agreed to suspend military operations in the Gaza Strip for four hours a day. Such humanitarian pauses will be in effect starting November 9, White House spokesman John Kirby said .

According to him, the next pause will be warned three hours before it starts. It is expected that these pauses will allow refugees to leave the dangerous northern areas of the enclave along two humanitarian corridors. Kirby noted that such pauses are also necessary for the release of hostages held by Hamas militants.

In turn, US President Joe Biden told reporters that, in his opinion, longer pauses are needed to evacuate hostages.

The office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu noted that such pauses have been announced daily since November 5. True, as The Times of Israel writes , the Israeli authorities officially use the term “humanitarian corridors” and not “pauses.” At the same time, the Israeli authorities emphasize that a ceasefire is possible only after the release of all hostages captured by Hamas.

Thus, on November 8, in three large central neighborhoods of Gaza City, the fire ceased for at least four hours. In addition, the Israeli military extended the operation of the corridor for the evacuation of residents of the northern part of the enclave to the south for an hour. In total, that day, according to the IDF, 50 thousand people used the humanitarian corridors.

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