US Remains Opposed To "General Ceasefire" Between Israel And Hamas

White House National Security Council spokesperson, John Kirby, has told reporters at the White House that the US continues to oppose a general ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, but has called for additional "humanitarian pauses" similar to those which allowed the exchange of hostages in November 2023.

• Kirby: "The way we got those 100 hostages out was through a week-long humanitarian pause... because you can't enact safe passage when people are shooting at each other."
• Kirby says the US "clearly" supports additional "pauses in the fighting," but stresses, "we don't support a general ceasefire, which is usually put in place in the expectation that you're going to end a conflict, that its going to lead to specific negotiations, that's no change to our policy there."