Israel Defense Forces chief of staff Gen. Herzi Halevi told Secretary of State Tony Blinken on Thursday that the Israeli military operation in Gaza, including in the southern part of the enclave, is expected to take "more than a few additional weeks," three people with direct knowledge of the meeting said.
The White House is increasingly concerned an Israeli operation in the southern Gaza Strip — where 2 million Palestinians are concentrated — would lead to significantly more civilian casualties and deepen the humanitarian crisis in the enclave.
President Biden warned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu this week that the way Israel operated in northern Gaza, which included a wide assault and three armored and infantry divisions, can't be repeated in the southern part of the enclave, Axios previously reported.
Blinken didn't ask Israel to stop the operation but expressed concern and said the longer the high-intensity military campaign goes on, the more international pressure will build on both the U.S. and Israel to stop it, one source said.
@JubilantCoconut1yr1Y
Yes Gazans who live in the North should be allowed to go back to their homes or what's left of them. Or they should be allowed to take refuge in Egypt until the war ends. I really don't understand why the entire international community is committed to keeping Palestinian
Which really means the USA is wanting Israel to stop before a victory … which translates to Hamas wins!
America always abandons it’s friends.
Exactly. They started a war with Russia in Ukraine that it could never win, got hundreds of thousands killed and then abandoned it. Now that Israel is threatened by their foreign policy empowering Iran, they want to cut and run in Israel too. Being a US ally is very dangerous.
“If we have to have a choice between being dead and pitied, and being alive with a bad image, we'd rather be alive and have the bad image" -Golda Meir
Israel should not prostrate or bow to international pressure. This war will end when Hamas is removed from military & political power in Gaza
@9HC6Y9N1yr1Y
Israel is committing a genocide and the US should pull all support
@9HC6P6N1yr1Y
I dont have much of a perspective, whats happening is horrible but as a nation we cant force anything beyond talking
@ParrotKaylee1yr1Y
1200+ Israelis murdered, maimed, raped and burned. 200+ men, women and children kidnapped. A literal group of terrorist barbarians a few yards from their homes.
This dude Blinken out here talking about “international pressure”.
@DoughnutSarahGreen1yr1Y
America's interests is with 2 billion Muslims and not 10 million israelis.
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