WASHINGTON – News reports that several U.S. sources have
pointed out intensive discussions taking place between officials from
President Joe Biden's administration and the Israeli officials regarding plans for a
ground war. There are indications that there is a growing rift between the two
administrations with U.S policymakers increasingly worried about the
repercussions of
Israel launching a ground invasion.
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According to Khaberni, U.S officials have asked
Benjamin Netanyahu to delay the invasion to allow time for negotiations for the release
of more hostages held by Hamas.
Four top Israeli defense officials have indicated that the
ground invasion has been postponed multiple times, with leaks suggesting
ongoing negotiations for the release of 50 hostages from several countries,
including Israeli citizens.
The U.S. administration is increasingly concerned about the
Israeli commitment to international laws and avoiding further civilian
casualties, especially considering that the Israeli Defense Minister, Yoav
Gallant, supports a wide-scale military operation that includes Hezbollah in
the north and Gaza in the south, which contradicts
Netanyahu's position. At the
same time, there are growing international calls for the entry of more
humanitarian aid trucks to reach civilians in Gaza.
Israeli writer and professor Doron Matza said that the two
main objectives set in the early days of the
current war in the Gaza Strip,
which are dismantling Hamas's military capabilities and restructuring the
strategic situation in the Middle East, have never been farther away than they
are today.
He mentioned that Israel will not be able to win "at
least not at the current time," acknowledging that this statement is
difficult and certainly not popular but recognizing reality is better than
clashing with it and causing a high-profile uproar.
Regarding the pause in the ground operation, he stated that
the main reason for delaying the ground move is understanding that has deepened
over time that attempting to frame the war as a local
conflict between Israel and Hamas has failed. He also emphasized that it is ultimately a regional,
wide-ranging war with international implications.
He explained that the start of a ground maneuver would
immediately lead to an expansion of the regional campaign. The Lebanese
Hezbollah organization has been engaged in this campaign since the third day of
the fighting and will escalate in terms of geographical range and intensity by
using missiles and drones, and other factors include the involvement of the
Houthi rebels in Yemen or Iranian-backed militias in Syria, and possibly
Syrians as well.
He noted that the common assessment that Iran has no
interest in a wide-ranging war is baseless, and although Iran may not have
really wanted the war to break out, it has no interest in not going along with
the tide and reaching a situation that allows it to destroy the Abraham Accords
and destroy the "economic paradise" that Israel has built for itself
in the Middle East over the last decade and a half.
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