According to Al Jazeera and many other ** reports, local time on December 1,The Israeli military announced an airstrike on the Gaza StripThis means that the temporary ceasefire agreement reached a few days ago has officially passed, and the Israeli military campaign to attack Gaza continues.
The Israeli military stressed that the Israeli army moved the caseIt was because Hamas violated the ceasefire agreement and took the lead in attacking the Israel Defense Forces**, and the Israeli army was "forced" to strike back. When asked for evidence, Israel responded only that the ceasefire had ended on November 30.
However, on the 30th, both Palestine and Israel issued statements that the ceasefire agreement would continue to be extended for one day, and Israel** also declared that the ceasefire could be extended if the detainees planned by Hamas met the requirements of the Israeli side.
Now it seems that Israel could not wait at all and did not want to continue to let Hamas stall for time, so it unilaterally tore up the agreement and continued to attack the Gaza Strip.
Such an arrogant behavior has aroused the dissatisfaction of many countries, and the United States has rarely issued a strong warning to Israel.
On November 29, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken visited Israel, his third visit since the outbreak of the current round of conflict. During an Israeli wartime cabinet meeting, Blinken made a rare accusationThe Israeli army cannot carry out military operations in the south, as it did in northern Gaza, where there are 2 million Palestinian civilians, let alone attack United Nations facilities and ensure that there are sufficient security zones for civilian use.
If you can't, you can't hit civilian ghettos. ”
In response, Israeli Defense Minister Gallant stressed that all Israelis support the destruction of Hamas, even if it takes several months. was directly refuted by Blinken, saying:"I don't think you have that kind of time".
In addition, Blinken and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had heated discussions on the future of the Gaza Strip.
Netanyahu said he does not want the Palestinian Authority to rule Gaza forever because it supports, educates, and finances terrorist activities. In other words, Netanyahu intends to prop up the Israeli regime to take full control of Gaza, even if he does not occupy it.
Blinken said that the United States understands this, but other countries in the Middle East need to know what you are planning"Because the best way to kill an idea is to come up with a better idea".
This directly angered Netanyahu, who immediately responded angrily and sharply:"As long as I sit in this chair, it will not be possible for the Palestinian Authority, which supports and finances terrorist organizations, to rule the Gaza region the day after the destruction of Hamas".
Obviously, this communication between the United States and Israel is still unhappy, but the West ** said that it is"America's strongest rhetoric to date".
Before that, whether it was Blinken's second visit to hope that Israel would reduce attacks on civilians, or Biden's previous call for a temporary humanitarian ceasefire, the United States was mainly insinuating, and Netanyahu did not respond at all. Now that the United States and Israel have spread out their cards, Netanyahu can't sit still and begins to flip the table.
This makes the United States very unhappy, Israel can establish a state in the Middle East and be powerful for decades, and even the current round of Palestinian-Israeli conflict can continue, it is the United States that provides support behind it, and Netanyahu is not only not grateful, but also dares to fight back, which shows that Netanyahu is starting to get out of control.
On the other hand, this is not bad news. Israel's unilateral tearing up of the agreement made the peace talks process difficult, but the United States did not want the war to continue, coupled with Netanyahu's attitudeIt is likely that the United States will be forced to support the Council's plan of substantive intervention against Israel.
Whether a good turning point will occur depends on whether the United States is determined to put pressure on Israel.