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Israel agrees to 4-hour pauses every day in Gaza |
The pauses in fighting come after the U.S. pushed Israel to support civilians in Gaza amid its war with Hamas. |
The four-hour humanitarian pauses will begin on Thursday, according to the White House. National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby said Israel will announce each humanitarian pause at least three hours in advance. Kirby said the pauses could also help to secure the release of the some 240 hostages held by Hamas, the Palestinian militant group that conducted the Oct. 7 attack in Israel. The hostages include Americans. "We believe these pauses are a step in the right direction, particularly to help ensure that civilians have an opportunity to reach safer areas away from the act of fighting," Kirby said. Israel will also open up a second corridor on the coast to allow Palestinians fleeing northern Gaza to head south. President Biden has pushed for longer humanitarian pauses — as much as three days — but Israel appears resistant to the idea. "It's taking a little longer than I hoped," Biden told reporters when asked if Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was listening to him. The war in Gaza has killed more than 10,000 Palestinians, according to the Hamas-run health ministry in Gaza, and the war is expected to get more intense as Israel fights in Gaza City, a Hamas stronghold. Read the full coverage of the Israel-Hamas war at TheHill.com. |
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A senior adviser to President Biden proposed expanding the Group of 7 (G7) to the Group of 9 on Thursday, adding Australia and South Korea to the set of Western diplomatic allies. Ron Klain, Biden's former chief of staff, argued that adding the two nations to the group would help balance against the rising BRICS alliance, an effort bringing together Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. "While the United States has … |
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| American troops were hit four times by Iranian-backed groups in the Middle East after a U.S. strike Wednesday on an Iranian facility in Syria. Pentagon deputy press secretary Sabrina Singh said Thursday the U.S. has now been attacked 46 times since Oct. 17, following the breakout of a major war between Israel and Palestinian militant group Hamas. That includes 24 attacks in Iraq and 22 in Syria, Singh said. The attacks have … |
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Several of the world’s leading news organizations are denying having prior knowledge of the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel, following explosive allegations from a pro-Israel media watchdog this week. The HonestReporting group published an article Wednesday suggesting several freelance journalists working for The New York Times, The Associated Press, CNN and Reuters either had advanced knowledge of the planned Hamas attack … |
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Republican lawmakers charting U.S. policy toward China have sent President Biden a list of demands to raise with Chinese President Xi Jinping, ahead of an expected meeting between the two leaders during a summit next week in San Francisco. The demands include Beijing removing exit bans on U.S. citizens in China, increasing oversight on shipments of fentanyl precursors, and ceasing provocative Chinese maneuvers around U.S. ships and planes, as well as those of allies in the region ... |
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Top Republicans press VA on reliance on Chinese medical supplies |
Top Republicans on the select China House committee launched an inquiry Thursday into the Department of Veterans Affairs's (VA) reliance on China for medical supplies, raising questions about whether it has taken any action to sever supply chain ties that create a national security risk.
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Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) announced Thursday that he will not seek reelection to the Senate in 2024, almost certainly handing Republicans a seat in … Read more |
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