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TEL AVIV — Israel will implement four-hour pauses in fighting in parts of the northern Gaza Strip each day, White House National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby said on Thursday. An announcement will be made three hours before each pause, and the Israeli military assured the U.S. there will be no operations in designated areas during those times, he told reporters in a briefing. Kirby's comments came after the U.S.
Holding short pauses in the fighting, he said, is likely a way of not only assuaging the United States’ concerns, but also of testing the waters on how Hamas will react to the short pauses. “If they do this, how will Hamas react? Is it going to undermine the battle on the ground?” he said. In recent days, tens of thousands of Palestinian civilians have fled from northern Gaza as Israel said its troops reached the “heart” of Gaza City.
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