Reuters. The White House said on Monday (November 13) that Israel shares the Biden administration's view that firefights should not take place in hospitals in Gaza.
U.S. President Joe Biden's national security adviser Jake Sullivan said the Israeli government has also said they are prepared to provide fuel to hospitals to ensure they can continue to operate.
"I think there are circumstances where more than 4 hours a day is going to be necessary. And in fact, the Israeli government has recognized that they've extended some of these pauses to 7 hours, for example, to create the corridor so that people can move around safely. We believe pauses should not be dictated by a strict timetable. They should be dictated by what is necessary to achieve the objectives. And those objectives are safe passage. The ability to move around humanitarian aid. And then ultimately we'd like to see considerably longer pauses, days, not hours in the context of a hostage release. And that's being actively worked on as well,'' White House National Security Adviser, Jake Sullivan told a news briefing.
