A ceasefire in the Gaza Strip is not seen as the right decision at the White House because it would play into the hands of the Palestinian Hamas movement, Strategic Communications Coordinator John Kirby said at a briefing the previous day.
“We don’t believe a cease-fire would be the right decision right now. We believe that a ceasefire at this point would only benefit Hamas. It would only benefit Hamas right now as Israel continues to conduct operations against its top brass,” he said.
Kirby suggested that instead of a ceasefire on the enclave, humanitarian pauses should be introduced and aid should be delivered to those in need in a targeted manner.
“Localized humanitarian pauses would allow aid to be delivered to specific groups and perhaps facilitate the evacuation of people who would like to get out of there to regions further south,” the White House spokesman said, stressing that this is what the US endorses as the justified solution at this point.
On 29 October, American President Joe Biden, during regular telephone talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, pointed to the necessity of “an immediate and significant increase in the flow of humanitarian aid” to the enclave.
On the same day, The New York Times, citing a senior US government official, reported that Israel has pledged to allow 100 truckloads of humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip through the border with Egypt every day. Israel Defense Forces (IDF) spokesman Daniel Hagari said that Egypt and the US plan to expand humanitarian supplies to the enclave from October 30.
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