Joe Biden’s latest comments about the way in which Israel is conducting its war in Gaza carry extra weight because it was the president who made them, a Sky News military analyst has said.
Mr Biden has warned that Benjamin Netanyahu is “hurting Israel more than helping”.
The American president also said Israel “cannot have 30,000 more Palestinians dead” as a “consequence” of pursuing Hamas fighters.
Colonel Simon Diggins said a lot of US messaging to Israel until now has been done “through the secretary of state or through the vice president”.
He added: “And here is President Biden himself very publicly explaining to the world what he expects Netanyahu to do – or indeed not to do. “
It is not clear, however, to what extent the Israelis “will listen”.
“So, there’s still the fear there that regardless of what President Biden said, that Benjamin Netanyahu could still order the Israeli military to conduct an assault [in Rafah].
“But it probably doesn’t look that likely in the immediate future.”
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