The number of civilian casualties in Gaza is far too high. US Defense Minister Lloyd Austin repeats this in connection with his Israeli colleague Yoav Gallant visiting Washington DC, several media outlets write.
In a Pentagon statement, Austin described the protection of Palestinian civilians as "a moral imperative and a strategic imperative." He also emphasizes that the safety of the 1.5 million Palestinians who have fled to the border town of Rafah in southern Gaza is of the highest priority for the United States.
- We will discuss alternative approaches to strike against Hamas elements.
Gallant represents the Israeli government's line that a ground offensive against Rafah is necessary.
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Israel's
Defense Minister Yoav Gallant is trying to give the appearance that
"everything is as usual" during his visit to Washington DC, where he met
with US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and CIA Director William Burns
on Tuesday. That's what the Times of Israel's Jacob Magid writes in an
analysis of the increasingly frosty relations between the US and Israeli
governments.
In the past few days, Prime Minister Benjamin
Netanyahu canceled a planned delegation to the United States where the
issue of Rafah was to be discussed. That after the United States
released a resolution in the UN Security Council demanding a ceasefire.
Now
Joe Biden's administration hopes to instead reach the government of
Israel via Gallant, but it is unclear how realistic that hope is, writes
Magid.
Aftonbladet Wolfgang Hansson writes that Israel is now
"loneliest in the world." The fact that the United States released the
UN resolution means that an extremely deep gap has been opened to the
only truly allied party, he believes.
"The next watershed will be if the US sets conditions to continue sending weapons to Israel."
Hansson states that Putin "now has more friends than Netanyahu".
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