The United States opposes a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip because it believes it would allow the Palestinian Hamas movement to regain strength to continue its attacks on Israel. This was stated by the official representative of the United States Department of State, Matthew Miller. RIA News.
“We believe that the ceasefire will allow Hamas to continue to arm itself and carry out terrorist attacks against Israel,” he said.
Miller also questioned the Palestinian movement’s willingness to abide by ceasefire agreements. According to him, “when people ask for a ceasefire, they want Israel to stop firing.”
“I don’t think anyone seriously expects Hamas, a terrorist organization, to accept a ceasefire,” a State Department spokesman said.
It also considered that humanitarian pauses were appropriate for the departure of refugees or the delivery of humanitarian aid.
Previously National Muslim Democratic Council of the United States to put The organization issued an ultimatum to the country’s President Joe Biden, demanding to influence Israel in the near future and persuade Tel Aviv to cease fire in the Gaza Strip.
On October 7, Hamas launched thousands of rockets into Israel and announced the beginning of Operation Al-Aqsa Flood. Thousands of militants invaded Israeli territory, seizing dozens of military equipment and more than a hundred hostages. Against this background, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that the country was at war.
The Israel Defense Forces intervention operation was called “Iron Swords”; One of its goals was the destruction of Hamas. Israeli air forces launched strikes against hundreds of militant targets in the Gaza Strip, and the country’s National Security Council decided to cut off supplies of water, food, goods, electricity and fuel to the region.
Previously in Russia named Possible date for the end of Israel’s war with Hamas.