Divergences between the United States and Israel are increasingly emerging, as images of bombings, death and famine in Gaza gain prominence and become increasingly difficult to defend.
The White House informed the government of Beniamin Netanyahu that the campaign of large-scale attacks in the Palestinian territory must reach its conclusion before the end of the year.
According to the Biden Administration, the transition to a phase of more specific objectives and more surgical operations must begin, official sources explained.
US President Joe Biden warned Prime Minister Netanyahu on Tuesday that Israel was increasingly isolated in the world due to its indiscriminate bombings on the Gaza Strip and that it had to change tactics to avoid falling further into the hole. Massive attacks are not the way to win favor in the cause against Hamas, he told him.
The loneliness of Israel and the US, along with only eight other countries, was demonstrated that same day at the UN. A total of 153 countries called for an immediate ceasefire. It was the second time since October 7, the beginning of the conflict, that Washington suffered this humiliation to the delight of its main rivals, Russia and China, which on both occasions were responsible for highlighting how the US was on the wrong side.
So, faced with this situation, the vision of the US government goes through a new stage in which Israel assigns small groups of its elite forces to enter and leave the populated places of Gaza, so that they develop more precise missions to give with the whereabouts and kill the Hamas leaders, rescue the hostages and destroy the tunnels in which they shelter and move.
This proposal was sent to him by Jake Sullivan, White House National Security Advisor, who began a visit to Israel this Thursday. Sullivan discussed with Israeli officials a timetable for ending the bombing and beginning this phase of operations with less intensity that the US government supports.
This call for a change in tactics comes after Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant stressed that the war against Hamas “can drag on for months,” as a sign of Jerusalem's determination to continue dropping bombs on Gaza.
In the White House they understand and accept the argument of destroying the threat. They believe it is essential to guarantee Israel's security, but they are committed to lowering the intensity. “I want them to focus on how to save lives. "Do not stop going after Hamas, but with more caution," Biden stressed.
