US Secretary of State Antony Blinken acknowledged differences within the department over the Joe Biden administration’s approach to the conflict between Israel and Hamas. This was reported by CNN, citing Blinken’s email to employees.
He suggests that some ministry officials may disagree with the State Department’s approach or believe things could be done better.
The Foreign Minister acknowledged that too many Palestinian civilians were suffering and more needed to be done to alleviate their suffering.
Before that, US State Department employees subject to He criticized President Joe Biden’s policy regarding the conflict in the Middle East, accusing him of “spreading disinformation” about the war between Israel and Hamas, and also called the actions of the Jewish state “war crimes.”
The situation in the Middle East escalated after thousands of Hamas militants infiltrated Israel from the Gaza Strip on October 7, when Hamas announced the launch of Operation Al-Aqsa Flood. In response, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announcedthat the country is at war.
The aim of Israel’s response to Operation Iron Sword was to repel the attack, release more than 200 hostages, including foreigners, and destroy Hamas. In order to achieve this goal, Israel launched major rocket attacks on the Gaza Strip from the first day of the operation. At the same time, the Israeli National Security Council decided to stop the supply of water, food, goods, electricity and fuel to the sector. Humanitarian aid shipments to Gaza began to be sent through the Rafah checkpoint only after October 20, and it was stated that their volume was insufficient.
27 October Israel announced About the “expansion” of the ground operation in Gaza. It is not known exactly when the operation started, but before the operation, hundreds of thousands of Palestinians fled their homes and moved to shelters and the south of the region. As part of the Israeli army’s ground operation on 5 November surrounded Gaza city and supplies cut off, still exists in central Gaza to continue fights.
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Source: Gazeta
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