Published on October 30, 2023 8:32 p.m. / Modified on October 30, 2023 8:36 p.m.
The United States continues its balancing act in the face of the intensification of Israeli operations in the Gaza Strip. On the one hand, Washington insists on Israel’s right to defend itself after the massacre perpetrated by Hamas on October 7. On the other hand, the White House is increasingly worried about the enormous human toll of the Israeli response, more than 8,000 dead, according to figures from the Gaza Ministry of Health dependent on the Hamas government, and the humanitarian disaster. The ongoing carnage increases the risks of a regionalization of the conflict, which the United States wants to avoid at all costs.
This increasingly delicate position was evident on Sunday when President Biden’s national security adviser responded to American television. Jake Sullivan reiterated the need to spare civilians and “to distinguish between Hamas terrorists and the population of Gaza who are mostly innocent.” Asked on CNN if he believed that the Israeli strikes were targeted, the national security adviser minimized Washington’s influence on the government of Benjamin Netanyahu and on the Israeli army: “They lead the operations and make the decisions. »
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2023-10-30 19:32:15
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