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The United States is calling for a "humanitarian pause" while warning Israel it doesn’t have long before international support for its military operation in Gaza erodes.

The former leader of NATO said a “humanitarian pause” in Gaza “makes sense,” citing the need to help civilians in the region as the war between Israel and Hamas militants continues. But, he refused to back a full cease-fire in the conflict. “I don’t think a sweeping, in place, cease-fire is appropriate from the military…

President Joe Biden said he thought there should be a humanitarian “pause” in the Israel-Hamas war, after his campaign speech Wednesday evening was interrupted by a protester calling for a cease-fire. “I think we need a pause,” Biden said. The call was a subtle departure for Biden and top White House aides, who throughout the Mideast crisis have been steadfast in stating they will not dictate how the Israelis carry out their military operations in response to the Oc...

President Biden was confronted Wednesday evening by a heckler calling for a cease-fire at a campaign event and responded with support for a pause in the fighting between Israel and Hamas. Biden was speaking to an audience of 200 people at a fundraiser when one person in the audience shouted out, “As a rabbi, I…

U.S. President Joe Biden on Wednesday called for a "pause" in the conflict between Israel and Palestinian militants Hamas in the Gaza Strip after a heckler pushing for a ceasefire confronted him at a campaign fundraiser. Biden was speaking to about 200 people when the heckler shouted: "As a rabbi, I need you to call for a ceasefire right now." The White House later clarified that Biden was referring to the hostages - not prisoners - held by Hamas after its Oct. 7 attack on ...

President Joe Biden has called for a "humanitarian pause" in the Israel-Gaza conflict to allow more time to extricate "prisoners" from the war-ravaged region.

Global calls for a "humanitarian pause" in the Israel-Hamas war have gone unheeded, preventing anything more than a trickle of humanitarian aid from entering Israeli-besieged Gaza as shortages of food, fuel, drinking water and medicine worsen. Some 1.4 million people - more than half of the population, have fled their homes with nearly 700,000 sheltering in buildings run by the U.N. Palestinian refugee agency (UNRWA), according to the U.N. humanitarian office (OCHA). Israel has calle...

Jonathan Ernst/ReutersSen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) has expressed support for a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas under the condition that all hostages are released. CNN’s Poppy Harlow noted that President Joe Biden and Secretary of State Antony Blinken have only called for a humanitarian pause and asked, “Is a ceasefire needed now?” Durbin responded, “I think it is.” He later said, “Let’s face it, this has gone on for decades. Whatever the rationale f...

Israel's ground troops are advancing toward Gaza City, as the U.S. and Arab countries intensify diplomatic efforts to ease the siege of the Hamas-ruled enclave and bring about at least a brief stop to the fighting to help civilians.

Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL), the second-highest ranking Democrat in the Senate, detailed his support for a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas conflict contingent upon the release of all hostages.