2024-04-25 11:08:58
The US believes that the Israeli military operation in the Gaza Strip must end, but the Jewish state can continue to fight against senior Hamas leaders.
The New York Times newspaper reported this on Monday, citing sources, Day.Az reports with reference to TASS.
US officials are “skeptical of suggestions” that intensive Israeli operations could continue for another two months, let alone years.
Washington believes that Israel should declare victory over Hamas and move on to a different kind of fight, namely the fight against senior leaders of the movement. US officials told the publication that Israel could not and cannot destroy Hamas, but made the likelihood of a repeat of the events of October 7, 2023 extremely low.
The situation in the Middle East sharply worsened after the infiltration of Hamas militants from the Gaza Strip into Israeli territory on October 7, 2023, accompanied by the killing of residents of border settlements and the capture of more than 240 hostages, including children, women and the elderly. Radicals called this attack a response to the actions of the Israeli authorities against the Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem. Israel announced a complete blockade of Gaza and began striking at it and certain areas of Lebanon and Syria, after which it launched a ground operation in the enclave. Clashes also occur in the West Bank.