US 'urging a change in strategy' in Israel-Hamas war - 'some degree of caution and restraint'

US 'urging a change in strategy' in Israel-Hamas war - 'some degree of caution and restraint'
Harvey Gough

By Harvey Gough


Published: 18/12/2023

- 16:05

GB News Investigates Reporter Charlie Peters comments on a shift in language used by Western leaders on the Israel-Hamas war.

Charlie, who was in Tel Aviv himself reporting on the war shortly after its outbreak, said: "When I was in Tel Aviv, of all the world leaders to offer support for Israel, Mr. Sunak was one of the strongest.

"He quite literally put his arm around Benjamin Netanyahu and said we are with you in this conflict.

"Whereas Washington, Israel's most significant supporter, urged a more cautious message back in October.

"Very soon after the country was still reeling from the October 7th terror attacks, President Joe Biden actually urged Israel to remember what happened in the United States after 9/11, when Biden said mistakes had been made that Washington and America acted with too much aggression in its response to those terror attacks.

"So Washington has always urged some degree of caution and restraint in the military operation in Gaza.

"It still supports Israel strategy to destroy Hamas, both in terms of its leadership and its wider military infrastructure, but it is urging a change in strategy."

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