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Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken will urge the Israeli government to agree to a series of brief cessations of military operations in Gaza to allow for hostages to be released safely and for humanitarian aid to be distributed, White House officials said on Thursday. (NYT)
This is Bullshit....why do this when Hamas is on the run.... 
How about not only no, but HE!! NO. There is significant progress. Cessations will only prolong things and take more lives. Seems like, to my recollections, the US did the same thing in Fallujah. With those results. I understand that from a public relations standpoint Israel is in a tough spot, however, it won't make any difference in the scheme of things. They are already painted as the "bad guy".
As soon as Hamas surrenders, there can be a "brief cessation". There is an article upthread about a woman blaming Hamas. I still believe that, although the gen pop may hate the Jews they don't necessarily love Hamas.