The Washington Post quoted a senior US administration official as saying that Israel cannot do anything in the south Gaza strip What you did in the north.
The official stated that Israel must carry out a different type of what he described as a military campaign in the southern Gaza Strip.
He added that the administration of the President joe biden It is pushing for strict restrictions on “de-escalation” zones where civilians resort to avoid “military activity,” including UN facilities, hospitals and schools where displaced people have taken refuge.
The Washington Post reported that American officials urged Israel to use smaller, more accurate bombs instead of the 2,000-pound munitions that Israel dropped in the northern Gaza Strip.
An American administration official confirmed – according to the newspaper – that Israel, behind closed doors, accepted American demands, even though the government Benjamin Netanyahu The military leadership pledged to use greater force to achieve gains in the southern Gaza Strip.
The newspaper also quoted Israeli military officials as saying that they take American advice seriously, but they reject the idea of the need for major operational changes.
According to an official described by the newspaper as a senior member of the Biden administration, the United States was clear with Israel about avoiding causing a large displacement during the military operation in the southern Gaza Strip.
The Washington Post quoted an official who refused to reveal his name and nationality, saying that the bad scenarios include desperate Gazans trying to make their way through the checkpoints at the Rafah crossing, which could lead to clashes with the Egyptian border guards, and the Israeli soldiers chasing the leaders of the Islamic Resistance Movement might find…agitation) themselves caught up in these clashes.
It is noteworthy that US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken arrived in Israel at dawn today to press for the extension of the truce between the Palestinian resistance and Israel, which expires at seven o’clock today, Thursday.
On October 7, the Al-Qassam Brigades launched the military wing of the Hamas movement.Al-Aqsa flood“Israel launched a devastating war on the Gaza Strip for about 50 days, leaving massive infrastructure destruction and tens of thousands of civilian casualties, most of them children and women, in addition to an unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe, according to official Palestinian and UN sources.
Last Friday morning, a humanitarian truce began with Qatari-Egyptian-American mediation, which included the resistance’s release of detainees in Gaza, in exchange for prisoners in the occupation prisons. The truce, which had been for 4 days, was extended for an additional two days.