WEDNESDAY, NOV 08, 2023 - 06:55 PM Tyler Durden

Netanyahu Rejects Biden Phone Request

For 3-Day Pause In Gaza War As IDF
"Tightens The Noose"

President Biden in a phone call this week urged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin
Netanyahu to implement a three-day pause in fighting. This was revealed by
multiple sources to Axios Tuesday, and Biden's request appears to have been
rejected, given the call took place Monday and Israel has since reaffirmed there
will be no truce until the hostages held by Hamas are released.

"According to a proposal that is being discussed between the U.S., Israel and
Qatar, Hamas would release 10-15 hostages and use the three-day pause to
verify the identities of all the hostages and deliver a list of names of the people
it is holding, the U.S. official said," according to the report.

AFP via Getty Images

But Netanyahu on Tuesday gave a speech declaring that his forces were
"reaching deeper than Hamas ever imagined" a hailed the killing of thousands
of Hamas terrorists and commanders. "There will not be a ceasefire without the
return of our kidnapped," he emphasized in a message "to our enemies and our
friends alike."

Israel's Defense Minister Yoav Gallant had at the same time declared that the
IDF is fighting "in the heart" of Gaza City and is "tightening the noose" around
Hamas.

Concerning the Monday phone call, Axios revealed further, "The two U.S. and
Israeli officials said Netanyahu told Biden he doesn't trust Hamas' intentions
and doesn't believe they are ready to agree to a deal regarding the hostages."

The Israeli leader "also said that Israel could lose the current international
support it has for the operation if the fighting stops for three days, the officials
said." Netanyahu further voiced to Biden that in 2014 Hamas took advantage of
a humanitarian pause to kidnap an Israeli soldier and kidnap others.

The official White House call readout from the Biden-Netanyahu meeting only
said the two leaders "discussed ongoing efforts to secure the release of
hostages held by Hamas" - but without offering further details.

Of the estimated total 240 captives, Hamas has so far released four hostages,
reportedly in large part through Qatar's mediation, but lately US officials have
said progress has stalled since then.

Footage released today by the IDF showing Israeli

Ground Troops alongside Armored Vehicles and
Tanks having Captured a Block of Al-Rasheed Street
along the Coast of Gaza City, meaning that IDF
Ground Units have Penetrated much Deeper into the
West of the City and the Northern…
pic.twitter.com/nztCbFYDWi

— OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) November 7, 2023

Israel says it was able to free a female soldier during the initial phase of ground
operations, while reports have said that in some cases deceased hostages
have been found, possibly due to airstrikes.
Hamas has meanwhile continued to publish short videos of what the group
says are successful ambush attacks on tanks and armored convoy units, also
showing close urban combat, but typically with IDF ground troops nowhere to
be seen. The IDF appears to be advancing into Gaza City purely with armor, and
presumably with ground infantry troops staying in the rear until a city area is
initially prepared through tank, artillery, and airstrikes.

On Wednesday Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the US stands by Israel in

rejecting calls for a full ceasefire. "Israel has repeatedly told us that there is no
going back to October (7) before the barbaric attacks by Hamas -- we fully
agree," he said. He then said of G7 counterparts, "We all agreed humanitarian
pauses would advance key objectives."

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