Disagreements emerge The United States urges Israel to adjust its military operation strategy in Gaza
Bao Xuelin. U.S. affairs assistant Jake Sullivan visited Israel on the 14th to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Regarding the Israeli army's military operations in the Gaza Strip, the US side called on the Israeli side to adjust its strategy and switch to "low-intensity, high-precision" strikes.
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John Kirby, the coordinator of strategic communications at the White House Committee, said that Sullivan discussed with the Israeli side on the "possible shift" of the Israeli army's military operation in the Gaza Strip on the same day, and called on the Israeli side to change the current "high-intensity" military operation to a "low-intensity" precision strike, but did not set a timetable.
A high-level U.S. official, who did not want to be named, told Reuters that Sullivan's meeting with the Israeli side and previous high-level meetings and phone calls between the U.S. and Israel did involve discussions about the change of Israeli military strategy, and the U.S. side is more inclined to turn the current "fast-paced, high-intensity" military operation against the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) into a "low-intensity" operation such as targeting high-value targets and launching raids based on intelligence.
U.S. ** Joseph Biden said on the 12th that Israel is losing international support for its "indiscriminate bombing" of the Gaza Strip. Biden was asked on the 14th whether he hoped that the Israeli army would end its military operations before the end of the year, and replied that he hoped that the Israeli army would pay more attention to the safety of civilian lives, not to stop hitting Hamas, "but to be more careful."
However, the Israeli side did not give a clear statement on whether to adjust the strategy of military action. Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant told Sullivan during the meeting that the Israeli army's military campaign against Hamas "will continue for several months" and that Israel will eventually win and destroy Hamas.
The Israeli Prime Minister's Office said in a statement on the 14th: "We will continue to fight more resolutely than ever until the elimination of Hamas achieves an absolute victory." ”
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The Israeli army continued its military operations in the Gaza Strip on the 14th, not only intensively bombing many urban areas such as Gaza City in the north, Zaithong, but also attacking targets in the southern cities of Khan Younis and Rafah. The Gaza Strip health department said at least 111 people were killed in the airstrikes that day.
Despite the Israeli army's claim last month that its military objectives in the northern Gaza Strip had been largely achieved, the fighting has not stopped. An Israeli army unit was ambushed in the Shajayeh residential area east of Gaza City on the 13th, killing nine people. On the 14th, the Israeli army claimed to have destroyed a Hamas stronghold at a school in Shahjayeh. In the Jabaliya refugee camp, Israeli forces attacked a hospital. The Gaza Strip health authorities said Israeli forces had detained and abused hospital staff to prevent them from being wounded**.
Israeli forces stormed the centre of Khan Younis earlier this week, bombing the entire city. The Israeli army said on the 14th that the troops destroyed two tunnel shafts, a rocket launch site and a ** storage facility in Khan Younis. The health department of the Gaza Strip said that the Israeli army attacked a building in Khan Younis City in the early morning of the 15th, resulting in four deaths and many injuries, including two children.
According to statistics from the health department of the Gaza Strip, since the outbreak of a new round of Palestinian-Israeli conflict on October 7, the Israeli army's military operations in the Gaza Strip have led to more than 1860,000 Palestinians were killed and more than 50,000 injured.
Reuters reported that almost all residents of the Gaza Strip have been displaced due to the ongoing conflict, and many have been forced to move multiple times. A large number of people are hungry, some beg for a bite of bread, some buy a can of beans at 50 times the usual price, and some stop trucks carrying aid to beg for food.
Filipe Lazzarini, Director-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, said: "We are meeting more and more people who have not eaten for a day or even three days. (End) (Xinhua News Agency Special Article).