U.S. Sensitivity to the Gaza Emergency: The Effects of the Hamas-Israel War on the United Nations and the Palestinians
Administration officials said the shift in tone and substance was the result of the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, where the health ministry says more than 8,000 people have been killed, provoking outrage in the United States and around the world.
He added, “This is something that we talk about with the Israelis on a daily basis.” Israel warned of another major hospital in Gaza being emptied out before the next round of bombing and hospitals were not a legitimate military target.
Three days after Hamas terrorists slaughtered more than 1,400 people, President Biden assured Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel that he supported his vow to “avenge this black day” and to turn Gaza “into a ruin” from the air and on the ground.
“I told him if the United States experienced what Israel is experiencing, our response would be swift, decisive and overwhelming,” Mr. Biden recalled saying during a call between the two leaders on Oct. 10.
The president has shifted his message since three weeks ago, when he joined the mourning that was sweeping through Israel. Mr. Biden and his diplomatic and military officials have become more critical of Israel’s response to the terrorist attacks and the ongoing humanitarian crisis.
The president and his aides are still hoping that the new war between Israel and Hamas will lead to a return to talks about a two-state solution in which Israel and Palestine can live side by side in peace and security. Mr. Netanyahu has been against such a move.
In the future, American officials will remind the Israelis that if Hamas terrorists are in terming with civilians, operations must be tailored to avoid nonmilitary casualties. Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken said last week that humanitarian pauses must be considered.
“While Israel has the right — indeed, the obligation — to defend itself, the way it does so matters,” Mr. Blinken said, adding that “it means food, water, medicine and other essential humanitarian assistance must be able to flow into Gaza and to the people who need them.”
On Sunday, just a day after Israeli military leaders said Hamas terrorists were using a hospital in Gaza as a command center, Jake Sullivan, the president’s national security adviser, was more blunt. Mr. Sullivan said on CBS’s “Face the Nation” that Hamas’s use of civilians as human shields “creates an added burden for the Israeli Defense Forces.”
Israel rejects calls for a cease-fire; how tech messes with our senses: A briefing for Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
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The international community is calling for a cease-fire, but Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he will not agree to it. Israel has been bombing Gaza for 24 consecutive days in response to Hamas’s attacks on Oct. 7 that killed 1,400 people in Israel. More than 8,300 people in Gaza have been killed, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry. Women and children are more likely to be the victims.
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