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Netanyahu ‘attacks civilians’ Biden ‘responsible’ for next year’s election ‘Weakening the US’ in the Middle East

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Netanyahu ‘attacks civilians’ Biden ‘responsible’ for next year’s election ‘Weakening the US’ in the Middle East

As the Israel-Hamas war is focused on next year's presidential election due to Prime Minister Netanyahu's 'responsibility' for Biden, the long-term strategy of weakening America's position in the Middle East is being revealed.
As hostage negotiations stall and civilian massacres continue, Netanyahu rejects US Secretary of State Blinken's request for a 'humanitarian pause', and the Hedgebollah leader formalizes 'confrontation with US warships in the Mediterranean' by 'stopping US aggression' revealed a strategy of ‘preparing for war’ with the United States.
U.S. President Joe Biden said on the 2nd, "A temporary pause is needed. A temporary pause means giving the prisoners time to be released. Please give us time."
Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu on Thursday rejected U.S. calls for a humanitarian moratorium, telling U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday that "we will move forward full speed ahead" unless hostages held by Hamas are released and Gaza City In strengthening the siege, a targeted attack was launched on an ambulance and a refugee camp school in Gaza City the next day.
A senior White House official said in a briefing on the 3rd, “The United States believes that the release of two American hostages will require a ‘significant pause’ in the fighting, using as a model the small-scale incident that allowed the release of two American hostages last month.” “This is a ‘test pilot’ to see if a broader negotiation can be reached, and negotiations are underway for a ‘bigger package’ of hostages, and fighting must be halted significantly to ensure their safety,” he said.
The United States deployed high-altitude Reaper MQ-9 reconnaissance drones, worth over $10 million each, to the Gaza Strip to gather hostage information.
The New York Times reported on the 3rd that six drones were deployed to the southern part of the Gaza Strip and hovered at an altitude of 25,000 feet for three hours, adding, “The goal of deployment is to deliver potential clues about the location of the hostages to the Israel Defense Forces (IDF).” revealed.
CNN reported that two MQ-9 Reapers are also carrying out missions in the coastal areas of Lebanon to monitor Hezbollah, an armed political faction in Lebanon.
Forbes reported that the Israeli military plans to deploy drones into underground tunnels in the Gaza Strip as part of its large-scale air raids and expansion of ground operations in the Gaza Strip.
The U.S. hostage rescue operation occurred in 1979, the 'October Surprise', when Democratic President Carter attempted to negotiate with hostages held in the occupation of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, but his covert operation failed and President Reagan, who was elected, entered into a secret deal with Iran. It is connected to the case of appointing a Bush CIA director as vice president.
U.S. Secretary Blinken went straight from Israel to Amman on the 4th and met with the foreign ministers of Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the Emirates, Egypt, and Jordan, as well as Palestinian representatives.
The New York Times reported on the 4th that Foreign Minister Jordan Safadi told Secretary Blinken to “stop this madness” during the meeting.
Jordan's Foreign Ministry said the meeting would "emphasize the Arab position calling for an immediate ceasefire and provide humanitarian assistance and a way to end the 'dangerous deterioration that threatens regional security'."
At a joint press conference, Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry said: "The responsibility of the international community is always to seek a cessation of hostilities, not to promote the continuation of violence."
“I think we need to get our priorities straight,” Jordan's Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi said at a press conference. How can I accept what will happen? "We must stop this war right now," he said.
Secretary Blinken, on his second visit to the Middle East, said, “A ceasefire now would leave Hamas alone and allow it to regroup and repeat what it did on October 7,” adding, “No country, none of us, will accept that. So Israel. “It is important to reaffirm the right and obligation to defend oneself,” he said.
British Foreign Secretary James Cleverley had a phone call with his Iranian counterpart, Amir-Abdollahian, on the 4th to demand that "Iran must be held accountable" for the actions of groups such as Hamas and Hezbollah, which Iran has supported for many years. revealed.
The French Foreign Ministry said in a statement on the 3rd that it would send two aircraft to Gaza to provide humanitarian aid, and that the planes would take off "in the next few days" and transport 37 tons of aid to be delivered to the Egyptian Red Crescent, the relief agency in Gaza.
French Defense Minister Sebastien Lecornu said in a BFMTV interview on the 3rd that the military is preparing a second naval ship to treat patients from the Gaza Strip. Simon Tisdall, international columnist for the British Guardian, said, "The Middle East “If the conflict causes more civilian casualties and regional instability increases, the United States could fall into a deep quagmire,” he said on the 3rd, adding, “Prime Minister Netanyahu could bring down Biden, who is fighting for political survival.”

Nihon Keizai reported on the 4th that Japanese Foreign Minister Kamikawa told Israeli Foreign Minister Cohen that he was “concerned about the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip” and urged a “temporary cessation of hostilities.”
Following Minister Cohen, he expressed concern over the increase in civilian casualties due to Israel's excessive military operations, and demanded that "all actions must be carried out in accordance with international law, including international humanitarian law."
Japanese Foreign Minister Kamikawa said at a joint press conference after meeting with Foreign Minister Safadi in Amman, Jordan on the 4th, “We share serious concerns about the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip, Palestinian territory, and we are working to achieve a temporary cessation of hostilities for humanitarian purposes.” “We agreed to cooperate,” he said.
Afterwards, Japanese Prime Minister Abe had a phone call with Omani Foreign Minister Badr and confirmed close cooperation, Yomiuri reported on the 4th.
Foreign Minister Kamikawa said at a press conference in Amman on the 3rd that the current actions of the Israeli military are within the scope of international law, saying, “An attack that unnecessarily involves civilians violates the principles of international humanitarian law and cannot be justified,” adding, “It does not constitute Israel and Palestine as two independent states.” “The Japanese government’s position of supporting the ‘two-state solution’ that allows countries to coexist will not change,” he said.
On the 3rd, Foreign Minister Kamikawa had a 40-minute meeting with Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen in Tel Aviv, Israel, and then moved to the West Bank to meet with Palestinian Authority (PA) Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki for 50 minutes.
After the ministerial meeting, Foreign Minister Kamikawa met and listened to the families of hostages detained in the Gaza Strip by Israel, and then met with Israeli President Yitzhak Herzog.
Foreign Minister Kamikawa, who visited the West Bank of Palestine, met with Foreign Minister Al-Maliki and announced additional Indian aid of $65 million, and Japan provided $10 million in aid to the Gaza Strip through the UNRWA and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). It was announced that the total support amounted to $75 million.
The leader of Lebanese Hezbollah warned the United States on the 3rd that preventing a regional conflict depends on preventing an Israeli attack on the Gaza Strip, hinting at the possibility that fighting on the Lebanese front could turn into a full-scale war and that he is prepared to confront American warships in the Mediterranean. Reuters reported on the 4th.
Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said in a speech on the 3rd, "You, the Americans, can stop the invasion of Gaza. Anyone who wants to stop a local war, and I am telling the Americans, can stop the invasion of Gaza. “It has to stop quickly,” he said.
Hezbollah possesses anti-ship missiles, and in his speech Nasrallah recalled attacks on American interests in Lebanon in the early 1980s, including the 1983 attack on the U.S. Marine Corps headquarters in Beirut and the suicide bombing that killed 241 soldiers. Terrorism and suicide attacks on the US Embassy.
The U.S. Department of Defense deployed two aircraft carriers to the eastern Mediterranean immediately after the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war, saying it was a “deterrent to prevent the conflict from escalating.”

On the 10th of last month, President Yoon Seok-yeol said in a live broadcast of the Cabinet meeting to the public, "As Iran and Hezbollah support Hamas, and the United States, the United Kingdom, France, and Germany support Israel's right to self-defense, there is a possibility that this situation may escalate into an international conflict." “I can’t rule it out,” he said.