Four-Hour Humanitarian Daily Pause in Israeli Gaza Invasion “Agreed” to for Unspecified Amount of Days says U.S. and Israel
According to both National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby, who was quoted by CBS News, and Israeli officials in released statements, the U.S. and Israel have come to an agreement on the implementation of a daily four-hour window in which Israeli military operations in their current ground invasion will be paused in the Gaza Strip, Palestine, in order for humanitarian aid and refugee movement. Kirby said that the decision came after "a lot of personal engagement" between United States President Joe Biden and Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu, as well as through engagement by Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan, and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin. UN OCHA has said the short pauses in attacks have already been implemented for five days.