We want safe ‘evacuation’ for patients at Gaza hospital, longer pause in fighting

The US State Department said on Tuesday that it supports an independent third party to conduct evacuations from Gaza hospitals.

“US doesn’t want to see any civilians, certainly not babies in incubators and other vulnerable populations, caught in a crossfire,” State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said at a briefing.

Miller also said there were pauses taking place during the war, but that they should be longer and they are continuing to engage with Israel on the issue.

The US still has just under 1,000 US citizens, permanent residents and their family members left in Gaza, according to Miller.

When asked about a debunked video from the Israeli government purporting that Hamas was using a hospital to hold hostages, Miller said, “We have no way of independently adjudicating the various claims coming our way”, adding that governments make mistakes “in the fog of war”.