The administration of US President Joe Biden seems to be ramping up strain on Israel to maintain Palestinians protected.
Israel’s army has resumed its assault on the besieged Gaza Strip after a seven-day truce collapsed.
More than 15,000 folks have been killed in Gaza since early October, in keeping with Palestinian well being authorities.
The restricted variety of assist vehicles going into Gaza is nowhere close to sufficient to satisfy the determined wants of tens of millions of individuals, in keeping with assist businesses, and the United Nations has warned of a humanitarian disaster.
After almost two months of the Israel-Hamas warfare, the United States, a key Israeli ally, seems to be shifting its tone and warning in opposition to civilian deaths in Gaza.
US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin says Israel dangers a “strategic defeat” if it doesn’t do extra to guard civilians.
It’s a sentiment being shared by different senior US officers.
So, what’s behind this warning from Washington?
Presenter: Laura Kyle
Guests:
Bushra Khalidi – coverage lead for the occupied Palestinian territory and Israel at Oxfam
Elijah Magnier – army and political analyst
Hussein Haridi – a former assistant international minister of Egypt
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