(White House) White House national security spokesperson John Kirby said on Friday that the U.S. still opposes a ceasefire in Gaza "for the same reason that we have in the past: We don't believe a ceasefire is going to be to the benefit of anybody but Hamas." "We do support humanitarian pauses, as I said, to try to get hostages out and more aid in. But we don't support a ceasefire at this time. I think it's important to remember that there was a ceasefire in place on the 6th of October, and Hamas, Mr. Sinwar, chose to break that ceasefire. He's the one that chose this war. There was a ceasefire, which we obviously were supportive of, and Hamas chose to break it." "The Israeli people have every right to expect that their military and that their government is going to act in their safety and security. And I guarantee you that if this was any other country, including this one, we wouldn't stand for that kind of threat to live next door to us like that - a threat that truly has existential ambitions. They want to wipe Israel off the face of the map. So the Israeli people have a right to expect that their government is going to try to protect them from that threat."
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