November 7, 2023
Israel says open to ‘short’ fighting pauses for aid, hostages
GAZA/JERUSALEM: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel would consider “small tactical pauses” in fighting to facilitate the entry of aid or the exit of hostages from the Gaza Strip, but again rejected calls for a ceasefire despite international pressure. Having surrounded the densely populated Gaza City in the north of the enclave, home to the Hamas resistance group, the Israeli army claimed it had captured a militant compound and was about to attack fighters hiding in underground tunnels. Israel has bombed the enclave since Hamas invaded southern Israel a month ago, when its fighters killed 1,400 people and took 240


