Israel agrees to 4 hours daily pause as hostage video aired

Israel has agreed to suspend fighting in the northern Gaza Strip for four hours each day after the Palestinian Islamic Jihad released a video of two hostages it said could be released. "The Israeli side has informed us that there will be no military operations in these areas during the suspension period," said John Kirby, a spokesman for the U.S. National Security Council. "That process begins today." added. Kirby said the localised evacuation measures, which are limited to specific areas in the northern Gaza Strip, will allow people to evacuate along two humanitarian corridors and are an important first step.