President Joe Biden's national security adviser says the timing of the transition in the Gaza conflict is now the subject of intensive discussions between the US and Israel. The US wants Israel to scale down the broad military campaign and focus on more narrowly targeted operations against Hamas leaders. However, the exact timing of this transition remains uncertain.
Smoke rises inside northern Gaza Strip following an airstrike, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas . President Joe Biden 's national security adviser saying such timing was now the subject of 'intensive discussion' between the allies. Mr Biden said at the start of the week that Israel risked losing international support because of 'indiscriminate' air strikes killing Palestinian civilians.
Mr Biden's national security adviser, Jake Sullivan, visited Israel on Dec 14 and Dec 15, and US officials briefed journalists that he was carrying a message to Israel to scale down the broad military campaign and transition to more narrowly targeted operations against Hamas leaders. The New York Times quoted four US officials as saying Mr Biden wanted that to happen in around three weeks. But speaking to reporters, Mr Sullivan avoided a direct answer about the timing. 'There will be a transition to another phase of this war, one that is focused in more precise ways on targeting the leadership and on intelligence-driven operations,' he sai
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