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The Israeli military will conduct daily four hour pauses in its fighting in northern Gaza to benefit civilians, the Biden administration announced on Thursday.
Israeli forces have urged more than a million civilians in northern Gaza to evacuate south weeks ago, though not everyone has and Hamas has, at times, prevented civilians from leaving. There has been international concern that Israel's displacement of Palestinians could amount to a war crime, while the humanitarian situation on the ground has continued to deteriorate with a lack of clean water, food, and limited supplies.
Israeli forces are currently operating in Gaza, particularly in the north, where Hamas has its stronghold. Hamas has embedded itself into the civilian population and also operates within a significant maze of tunnels underneath civilian and populated areas like hospitals and schools. "It's fighting an enemy that is embedded in the civilian population, using hospitals and civilian infrastructure in an effort to shield itself from accountability and to place the innocent Palestinian people at greater risk," he added.
The U.S. has pushed Israel to implement temporary halts in fighting for humanitarian purposes, while repeatedly stating their opposition to a ceasefire, which would effectively leave Hamas in power with its arsenal to prepare future attacks.
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