Israel rules out a ceasefire and insists there are "local humanitarian" and "tactical pauses"

Biden calls pauses a "significant step" and calls for a three-day halt to attacks

MADRID, 9 Nov. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The Israeli Army ruled out a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip this Thursday and insisted that there are "local humanitarian pauses" and "tactics" to deliver aid to civilians in the Palestinian enclave.

"There is no ceasefire. There are local tactical pauses... limited in time and area. We are also providing humanitarian corridors for Gazan civilians to temporarily move south to safer areas where they can receive humanitarian aid," the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) stated in a message broadcast through X, formerly known as Twitter.

In this sense, he has asserted that the war against Hamas "is not a war against the population of Gaza."

However, Israel's Minister of National Security, the far-right Itamar Ben-Gvir, has stated that the humanitarian pauses announced by the authorities represent an "especially serious mistake" and has advocated "continuing the fighting while maintaining the humanitarian corridor." for residents to move south.

For his part, the president of the United States, Joe Biden, has now indicated that this is a "significant step" and has called for pauses of three days or "longer periods" to be established.

Furthermore, he has pointed out that he "wants them to be maintained as long as necessary" but has ruled out the ceasefire on the grounds that it would "help Hamas" and could serve to legitimize the October 7 attacks against Israeli territory.