The USA guaranteed this Thursday that: Israel agrees to allow four-hour “humanitarian breaks” In northern Gaza, civilians are allowed to leave.
In his meeting with reporters, White House Homeland Security spokesman John Kirby announced that Israel had informed the United States during these pauses, which will begin this Thursday. “There will be no military operation”.
Kirby admits it still exists “Concern” that Hamas may try to prevent civilians from leaving.
In any case, he called on civilians to leave “active” areas of the conflict and stated that it was “vital” for humanitarian aid to also be delivered to areas where civilians were moving.
The White House spokesman reminded that the pauses in the south of Gaza allowed the departure of thousands of people and the entry of humanitarian aid, but this aid needed to increase.
Thus, it assessed that 106 trucks entered Southern Gaza from the Rafah crossing in Egypt, but hopes that this number will increase as soon as possible.
Kirby stated that 150 trucks of humanitarian aid should arrive per day, and that even if there are days when this is not possible, this should be at least the first aid, and said, “We need to see more, we need to see more soon.” aim.
Kirby emphasized that Israel is fighting an enemy, the Hamas militia, that “is entrenched in the civilian population, uses hospitals and civilian infrastructure to protect itself” and puts the “innocent Palestinian people” at greater risk.
But he also insisted that Israel did. “Obligation to fully comply with international law” and stated that these humanitarian pauses were “a step in the right direction” because they were intended to give civilians “the opportunity to reach safer areas.”