White House Wants Israeli Ground War In Gaza To End Within Weeks: Report

Israeli planners have previously said they are planning for a ‘very long’ war aimed at 'eradicating' Hamas rule in Gaza

Senior US officials told CNN on 5 December that Washington hopes Israel’s ground operation in southern Gaza will last for just a few more weeks and potentially end in January.

After this, Israel should transition “to a lower-intensity, hyper-localized strategy that narrowly targets specific Hamas militants and leaders,” the officials said.

One of the officials highlighted Washington’s concerns over how the operation in south Gaza will be conducted, adding that the US has warned Israel in “hard” and “direct” talks that the amount of damage and civilian casualties inflicted on the north cannot be repeated.

“As global opinion has increasingly turned against its ground campaign […] the amount of time Israel has to continue the operation in its current form and still maintain meaningful international support is quickly waning,” the reports say.

An official familiar with US intelligence assessments said that Israel cannot maintain the same level of intensity in its operation. The source added that Israel has needed to counter Hezbollah’s daily attacks on its northern border, citing this as another reason for scaling back the Gaza operation.

“US officials are hopeful that Israel will move to a more targeted strategy by January, which will resemble how the US transitioned away from high-intensity combat in Iraq and Afghanistan to a narrower campaign against terrorist leaders,” the officials told CNN.

Washington said more than once, in the days leading up to the expiry of the seven-day truce and afterward, that Israel has been “receptive” to its advice on avoiding similar levels of carnage in south Gaza than in the northern strip.

However, since Israeli troops began pushing into the south, hundreds of Gazans have been killed, and Gaza’s southern hospitals are overrun with dead and wounded.

Tel Aviv has been warning that it is planning for a “very long war” in Gaza.

Sources familiar with Israeli war preparations told the Financial Times (FT) on 2 December that the intensive ground campaign is expected to last months, until at least early 2024, with more sporadic operations continuing beyond that time with no precise end date.

“This will be a very long war … We’re currently not near halfway to achieving our objectives,” said one person familiar with the Israeli plans.

“This isn’t going to be weeks,” said another source speaking with FT.

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