{"id":82180,"date":"2023-11-10T00:13:21","date_gmt":"2023-11-10T00:13:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.estaql.com\/israel-to-pause-fighting-in-gaza-for-four-hours-a-day-and-open-humanitarian-passages-us-says-world-news\/"},"modified":"2023-11-10T00:13:21","modified_gmt":"2023-11-10T00:13:21","slug":"israel-to-pause-fighting-in-gaza-for-four-hours-a-day-and-open-humanitarian-passages-us-says-world-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/estaql.com\/seo\/israel-to-pause-fighting-in-gaza-for-four-hours-a-day-and-open-humanitarian-passages-us-says-world-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel to pause fighting in Gaza for four hours a day and open ‘humanitarian passages’, US says | World News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Israel has agreed to four-hour humanitarian pauses in fighting every day – allowing Palestinians in northern Gaza to evacuate, the White House has said.<\/p>\n

Despite the US announcement Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu suggested any pauses would not be across the whole territory, and there was no official confirmation of a plan for recurring breaks.<\/p>\n

An Israeli Defence Force spokesperson told Sky News there was no significant change on the ground.<\/p>\n

President Biden later tweeted that there would be: “Two humanitarian passages that will allow people to flee hostile areas in Gaza.<\/p>\n

“Let me be clear,” he added, “Israel makes its own decisions.<\/p>\n

“They are fighting an enemy embedded in the civilian population, which places innocent Palestinian people at risk.<\/p>\n

“They have an obligation to distinguish between terrorists and civilians and fully comply with international law.”<\/p>\n

Fighting between Israel and Hamas<\/strong> has intensified in the north and in Gaza City – forcing thousands to flee to the south.<\/p>\n

Joe Biden has been pushing for a multi-day stoppage, in the hope this could lead to hostages being released.<\/p>\n

The US president said there is “no possibility” of a formal ceasefire at the moment – and expressed frustration that it had taken so long for the humanitarian pauses to be enforced.<\/p>\n

Under the agreement, Israel would announce each four-hour window at least three hours in advance.<\/p>\n

ActionAid has warned this is not enough – and only a permanent ceasefire will help the people of Gaza.<\/p>\n

Riham Jafari, a coordinator for the international charity, said: “Today’s announcement offers precious little to the two million people in Gaza – displaced, injured and traumatised – who have faced a month of relentless bombardment and seen critical infrastructure all but destroyed.<\/p>\n

“What use is a four-hour pause each day to hand communities bread in the morning before they are bombed in the afternoon? What use is a brief cessation in hostilities when hospital wards lie in ruins and when roads used to deliver medical supplies and food are destroyed?”<\/p>\n

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Israeli strikes pounded Gaza City overnight – and Israeli troops were about 1.8 miles from al Shifa Hospital in the heart of the city centre, the hospital’s director said.<\/p>\n

Many are fleeing along roads such as the Salah al Din – with some carrying white flags to show they are civilians.<\/p>\n

The Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) said they had taken a key Hamas stronghold after a 10-hour battle.<\/p>\n

Troops belonging to the Nahal Brigade, one of the IDF’s main infantry units, secured “Outpost 17” in west Jabaliya in northern Gaza.<\/p>\n

The IDF said it engaged in fighting “above ground and in an underground route”, suggesting Hamas may have used some of its vast tunnel network during the battle.<\/p>\n

Israel-Gaza latest: Palestinian fatalities ‘may be higher’ than 10,000<\/strong><\/p>\n

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It comes as officials from Western and Arab nations, the UN and non-governmental organisations met for an international conference in Paris with the aim of providing urgent aid to civilians in the besieged Gaza Strip.<\/p>\n

The conference gathered about 80 countries and organisations to find ways to help wounded civilians escape the siege.<\/p>\n

More than 1.5 million people – or about 70% of Gaza’s population – have fled their homes, and an estimated $1.2bn (\u00a3977m) is needed to respond to the crisis in Palestinian areas.<\/p>\n

Humanitarian organisations have called for more aid to flow into Gaza, which is ruled by Hamas.<\/p>\n

Read more:<\/strong>
Who is Hamas leader in Gaza Yahya Sinwar<\/strong>
Hamas leaders ‘dead men walking’, Israel claims<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Sky’s Mark Stone <\/strong>is on the Israeli-Egypt border at Nitzana, and has given an update on the status of the Rafah crossing into Gaza and the flow of aid.<\/p>\n

He said “the border is open and trucks have been passing through … [but at] a trickle”.<\/p>\n

Delays are occurring because Israel is insisting on checking every truck that enters Gaza from its own soil.<\/p>\n

“About 100 trucks a day at the moment are being allowed to pass from Egypt into Israel where they are security screened,” he said.<\/p>\n

Once cleared, the trucks travel back into Egypt and are allowed to pass into Gaza at the Rafah crossing.<\/p>\n

Israel has rejected any calls for a ceasefire until Hamas releases the roughly 240 hostages that it took during the attack on 7 October.<\/p>\n

Hamas killed 1,400 people, mostly civilians, according to Israeli tallies – in the single worst day of bloodshed in the country’s 75-year history.<\/p>\n

Palestinian officials said 10,569 Gaza residents had been killed as of Wednesday, about 40% of them children.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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