There are questions in the White House about whether Netanyahu is ignoring Biden’s calls for restraint and making the White House look callous
Two weeks after Israel overturned a cease-fire proposal by the US and its allies with Hezbollah, Washington is making no moves to revive it and has given up on trying to shape and limit Israeli operations in Lebanon and against Iran, instead cease hostilities, US officials told CNN.
The inability of the US to stop Israel’s intense bombing and ground invasion of Lebanonwhich has killed more than 1,400 people in less than three weeks and displaced more than 1 million more, has raised questions about whether his government Netanyahu ignores the Biden administration’s calls for more restraint, as it did in Gaza, leaving the White House to look awkward again.
Concerns are high within the Biden administration, officials say, that what Israel has promised would be a limited operation will soon escalate into a larger-scale and protracted conflict.
US-led efforts to negotiate a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas have also failed.
As with Gaza, US officials say Israel originally planned a much larger ground invasion of Lebanon before the US convinced it to scale back. But they also recognize what they have learned over the past year, which is that US influence is limited when it comes to Israel’s military operations.
Source :Skai
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