US warning to Israel: postpone ground operation

Some US officials who spoke to the New York Times said the White House wanted Israel to allow more time for negotiations over the hostages held by Hamas and for aid to enter Gaza before beginning the ground operation.

The news said that the Biden administration also wants to increase its preparedness against possible attacks on US targets in the region by groups based in Iran, which it believes will increase as the war continues.

Two officials who spoke to the newspaper said this message was conveyed to Israel through US Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin, who meets with Defense Minister Yoav Gallant almost every day. Galán’s spokesperson did not confirm the news in statements to the newspaper.

In addition, US President Joe Biden met again yesterday with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

However, the news claims that US officials are concerned that if the ground operation continues to be postponed, Israel could be taken over by Iran and its allies, who have long claimed that Israel is controlled by the United States.

The news claims that the United States did not ask Israel to postpone the ground operation, but instead advised it to wait, and that Washington still fully supports Israel’s goal of destroying the Hamas terrorist organization after the deadly October 7 attack.

YOU SPEAK CAREFULLY EVEN BEHIND CLOSED DOORS

The story said that American officials carefully make their recommendations to Israelis, even behind closed doors.

In the New York Times news, “Even behind closed doors, American officials carefully express their advice to the Israelis. Biden avoided making demands of Netanyahu when he met with Israel’s war cabinet during his visit to Tel Aviv last week, officials said. “Instead, Biden asked a series of questions that needed to be answered before a ground operation could begin and recalled the United States’ disastrous decisions to invade Iraq and wage a long, indefinite war in Afghanistan,” he said.