Israel-Hamas war: Live updates and latest news

U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration says Israel will allow a four-hour humanitarian pause each day in combat operations in northern Gaza to allow civilians to flee to the south, starting on Thursday.

Biden also told reporters he had asked the Israelis for a “pause longer than three days” during negotiations over the release of some hostages held by Hamas, although he ruled out the chances of a general cease-fire.

In Europe, French President Emmanuel Macron has opened a Gaza aid conference with an appeal for Israel to protect civilians, saying that “all lives have equal worth” and that fighting terrorism “can never be carried out without rules.”

The war, now in its second month, was triggered by the Oct. 7 Hamas attack in southern Israel.

The number of Palestinians killed in the war has risen to over 10,800, including more than 4,400 children, the Hamas-run Health Ministry in Gaza said.

In the occupied West Bank, more than 160 Palestinians have been killed in the violence and Israeli raids. More than 1,400 people in Israel have been killed, most of them in the Hamas attack, and about 240 hostages were taken from Israel into Gaza by the militant group.

Currently:

— Israeli strikes pound Gaza City as ground forces battle Hamas militants in dense urban neighborhoods

— White House says Israel agrees to daily four-hour pauses to allow civilians to flee

— Fights in bread lines, despair in shelters: War threatens to unravel Gaza’s close-knit society

— Israeli military tour of northern Gaza reveals ravaged buildings, former weapons lab

— Pro-Palestinian demonstrations take place at major New York landmarks, including in The New York Times’ lobby

— Find more of AP’s coverage at https://apnews.com/hub/israel-hamas-war

Here’s what is happening in the latest Israel-Hamas war:

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Internet access across the war-torn nation of Yemen collapsed early Friday without explanation, web monitors said.

The outage saw all traffic halt at YemenNet, the country’s main provider to some 10 million users which is now controlled by Yemen’s Iranian-backed Houthi rebels.

Both NetBlocks, a group tracking internet outages, and the internet services company