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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 called on civilians in north Gaza - the heart of Hamas' forces - to evacuate to the south for their ...

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 from the beginning has now reached an intolerable

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.