John Kirby said the US still opposes a ceasefire in Gaza amid growing pressure on the Biden administration to push for an end to fighting as the death toll passed 24,000 people. Kirby said: "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" Houthi-US fight may be imbalanced but that doesn’t mean it will be brief Biden admits airstrikes on Houthis not working but says they will continue – video Middle East crisis – live updates