Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah is scheduled to speak publicly Friday to people in Ashura Square in Beirut, Lebanon.

The speech is expected to start 3 p.m. local time

Nasrallah will likely appear to the crowd in Beirut via a screen and not in person. He has not appeared in person on the street since 2006.

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Pentagon spokesperson Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder reiterated the administration's calls for a humanitarian pause over a ceasefire.

We do not support a ceasefire, in that gives time for Hamas to regroup which is something that again, would put Israeli citizens and others in danger," he said. "You have heard however, the president say that the U.S. government does support humanitarian pauses to enable humanitarian aid to get in, for hostages to get out as well as other citizens."

"So in the [Defense] Secretary's discussion with his counterparts, ensuring that innocent civilians in Gaza are able to get humanitarian assistance, whether that be water fuel, medical aid ... that continues to be something that we continue to emphasize regularly," Ryder added.

Ryder added that the U.S. continues to speak to Israel about the importance of safeguarding civilian lives in its operations in Gaza, which includes the principle of proportionality, while acknowledging that Israel has a right to self-defense and is dealing with an existential threat.

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The House of Representatives passed a GOP-led bill to provide $14.3 billion in aid to Israel, setting up a fight with the Biden administration and Democratic-controlled Senate.

The final vote was 226-196.

The bill provides $4 billion in funding for the Iron Dome and David’s Sling missile defense systems. It also leaves out humanitarian aid for Gaza.

The Biden administration requested Congress to pass an aid package for Israel, Ukraine, Taiwan and the border together, but House Speaker Mike Johnson decided to split up the requests as funding for Ukraine is unpopular among the Republican conference.

The bill would pay for the Israel funding with cuts to the IRS.

The White House has threatened to veto it.

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The Israeli military's "encirclement of the city of Gaza has been completed," according to Israel Defense Forces spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari.

Israeli soldiers are now "attacking positions, command centers, firing posts, firing infrastructure and eliminating terrorists in face-to-face combat," he said Thursday.

Gaza's Jabalia refugee camp, the most populous refugee camp in the region, was hit by a second airstrike on Wednesday, according to the Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry.

The Israel Defense Forces confirmed that on Wednesday, "based on precise intelligence, IDF fighter jets struck a Hamas command and control complex" in Jabalia, and that Hamas fighters were killed in the strike.

"Hamas deliberately builds its terror infrastructure under, around and within civilian buildings, intentionally endangering Gazan civilians," the IDF said. "The IDF has been urging Gazans in this neighborhood to evacuate as part of its efforts to mitigate harm to civilians. The IDF continues to call on all residents of northern Gaza and Gaza City to evacuate southwards to a safer area."

The IDF also took responsibility for the first strike on Tuesday, saying the blast killed a Hamas official who the IDF claimed was one of the leaders of the Oct. 7 attack on Israel.

The United Nations Human Rights Office said, "Given the high number of civilian casualties & the scale of destruction following Israeli airstrikes on Jabalia refugee camp, we have serious concerns that these are disproportionate attacks that could amount to war crimes."