Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has stated Israel doesn’t “search to occupy Gaza,” a slight shift in tone after his earlier feedback that Israel could be answerable for the Palestinian enclave’s safety “for an indefinite interval” raised crimson flags within the Biden administration. “We don’t search to beat Gaza … and we don’t search to manipulate Gaza,” he stated in an interview with Fox Information late Thursday, including that the aim “within the foreseeable future” was to remove threats from Hamas militants. Israel introduced a six-hour evacuation hall on Gaza’s foremost freeway on Friday, after agreeing to “tactical, localized pauses” for assist deliveries and fleeing civilians. Nonetheless, this fell in need of the three-day pause sought by President Biden, whereas assist teams described the pauses as inadequate for Palestinians rising determined with little meals or water, and nowhere protected to flee.