The White House on Thursday said it was exploring a series of pauses in the Israel-Hamas conflict to help people safely exit Gaza and allow humanitarian aid to get in, but reiterated its opposition to a full ceasefire.
National security spokesperson John Kirby told reporters that such pauses should be temporary and localized, and insisted they would not stop Israel from defending itself.
“What we’re trying to do is explore the idea of as many pauses as might be necessary to continue to get aid out and to continue to work to get people out safely, including hostages,” he told reporters at a regular White House briefing.
Pretty sure it’s implied that there would be a usable exit in this theoretical, never-happening pause. The fact that they specify getting hostages out implies that.
@PugJesus presumably they want to bring the hostages into Israel. They certainly don’t want to bring the Palestinians into Israel.