U.S. President Joe Biden pauses during a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to discuss the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023. Miriam Alster/Pool via REUTERS
As Israel prepares to expand its Gaza campaign, it has Washington’s worried voice in its ear, pushing it to define its objectives. It’s a reflection of American fears that it could be pulled into a spiraling Mideast conflict by any missteps in the coming days.U.S. President Joe Biden has urged his Israeli counterpart to avoid letting rage lead to strategic military mistakes in its war with Hamas.
"We are asking what their answers are to the kinds of questions that any military ought to be asking itself, as it conducts operations," Kirby told reporters."'Have you thought through the sequels?'" — that is, not the immediate aftermath, but what comes later.The U.S. is more concerned about the Israeli war plan than it lets on in public, according to a succession of stories in The New York Times.
At separate think-tank events, observers said Washington's biggest worry is the war pulling in Hezbollah, then Iran, and, finally, the U.S. "Biden's approach has been to hug Israel, and to try to push it where he thinks it be," said Natan Sachs, director of the Brookings Institution's centre for Middle East policy.Sachs says he doubts the conflict will lead to U.S. boots on the ground, but would not be surprised to see American naval firepower used; two U.S. carrier strike groups are already mobilized for Israel's defence.
Israelis, he said, will take whatever measures they deem necessary to prevent their children from ever again being burned by Hamas.He and several colleagues voiced their fear that the Israeli government hasn't defined a longer-term strategy beyond attacking Hamas.A former CIA counterterrorism and counterintelligence official cited two challenges that military firepower alone will not resolve.
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