John Kirby said they're exploring 'as many pauses as might be necessary.'
John Kirby said they're exploring "as many pauses as might be necessary."National Security Council Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby speaks during the daily briefing in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House, Nov. 2, 2023.White House national security spokesperson John Kirby on Thursday said that Israel agreed to a temporary pause in the fighting in order forto be safely freed last month and said the U.S.
"Each instance of it, each effort to get a pause is going to be unique in its own way. And it's going to require negotiation and diplomacy. And the president, you heard him talking about this yesterday, is 100% committed to doing what it takes to pursue that kind of diplomacy," Kirby added. "I mean, why wouldn't you? I mean it would be -- it would be completely unsafe and irresponsible if you weren't trying to find some safe passage for hostages you got released while there's an area of combat going on," Kirby continued.
"We aren't advocating for a general cease-fire at this point," Kirby said. "As I said earlier, we believe that a general cease-fire would benefit Hamas in providing them breathing space and time to continue to plot and execute attacks on -- on the Israeli people." "I think we need a pause," Biden told the heckler, who had interrupted a speech to call for a cease-fire in the conflict.
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