WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden's administration is treading a tightrope on Israel, with Washington firmly backing its ally while urging caution and calling for pauses in the fighting to get aid into Gaza.
's right to defend itself since the Oct 7 Hamas attacks with concern over the plight of civilians in Gaza and the risks of a wider war.Thousands of people have been killed on both sides since Hamas militants stormed across the border, executing civilians and seizing hostages, with Israel retaliating with relentless strikes on the Gaza Strip.
"The Israelis are making their own decisions," Biden told reporters on Tuesday , when asked if he had called on Israel to delay a ground invasion. That was followed by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken asking the UN Security Council to support a new US-led resolution on the conflict Tuesday that would back"humanitarian pauses" to let in aid but not a full ceasefire."We want to see all measure of protection for civilians and pauses in an operation is a tool and a tactic that can do that for temporary periods of time," he said.
At least 5,791 Palestinians, mostly civilians, have been killed across the Gaza Strip in relentless Israeli bombardments since the attacks, according to the Hamas government's Ministry of Health.
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