{"id":2251468,"date":"2024-05-23T17:16:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-23T21:16:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/israel-strengthening-effort-against-rafah-after-talks-with-jake-sullivan\/"},"modified":"2024-05-23T17:18:21","modified_gmt":"2024-05-23T21:18:21","slug":"israel-strengthening-effort-against-rafah-after-talks-with-jake-sullivan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/israel-strengthening-effort-against-rafah-after-talks-with-jake-sullivan\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel intensifies campaign against Rafah following discussions with Jake Sullivan"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fisrael-strengthening-effort-against-rafah-after-talks-with-jake-sullivan%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2251468&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Israel is strengthening its \u200cefforts against Rafah following\u200c consultations \u2064with U.S. officials \u2064to resolve rifts over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-israel-pounds-underground-palestinian-terror-networks-assets-with-110-precision-bombs\/\" title=\"WATCH: Israel Pounds Underground Palestinian Terror Networks, Assets With 110 Precision Bombs\">recent military operations<\/a>. The operation aims to\u2064 deal a \u200csignificant\u200d blow to Hamas, diminish its military capabilities, and facilitate the return of \u200dhostages. Internal\u200b pressures persist\u2063 as Israel faces\u200c challenges regarding hostage\u2062 release negotiations and the aftermath of a terrorist attack.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/israel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Israel\">Israel<\/a> is \u201cstrengthening our effort against Rafah\u201d following a new round of consultations with U.S. officials intended to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/2992258\/biden-netanyahu-speak-israel-orders-partial-rafah-evacuation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>bridge<\/a> a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/2997498\/israel-will-stand-alone-netanyahu-signals-what-he-thinks-of-bidens-rafah-redline\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>rift<\/a> over the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3008258\/can-hamas-be-killed-northern-gaza-fighting-lays-bare-israels-problem\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>military operation<\/a> that opened in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fed-found-economy-is-recovering-much-faster-than-officials-expected\/\" title=\"Fed Found Economy Is Recovering Much Faster Than Officials Expected\">recent months<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis operation will go on and increase, more forces on the ground, more forces from the air, and we will reach our goals: to deal a very hard blow to Hamas, to deprive it of its military capabilities, [and] to create the conditions to return the hostages to their homes,\u201d Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu\u2019s determination to attack <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/hamas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Hamas<\/a> in Rafah developed in recent months into a bone of contention within Israeli society and between his government and President Joe Biden\u2019s administration. Netanyahu has rebuffed pressure to accept Hamas\u2019s demand for a permanent ceasefire as part of a deal to release Israeli hostages, while Biden has threatened to withhold at least some military assistance from Israel if the IDF proceeds with a plan the U.S. deems irresponsible \u2014 a dispute that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/3013407\/biden-administration-softens-rafah-rhetoric-following-mass-evacuation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>prompted<\/a> Biden\u2019s top foreign policy aide to travel to Jerusalem in recent days.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was briefed by Israeli officials and by Israeli professionals on refinements that Israel has made to its plans to achieve its military objectives while taking account of civilian harm,\u201d Sullivan <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/press-briefings\/2024\/05\/22\/press-briefing-by-press-secretary-karine-jean-pierre-and-national-security-advisor-jake-sullivan-17\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>told<\/a> reporters Wednesday. \u201cWe now have to see what unfolds from here.\u00a0We will watch that, we will consider that, and we will see whether what Israel has briefed us and what they have laid out continues or something else happens.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If Netanyahu feels any relief from the American side, the respite might be offset by intensifying internal pressures related to the fallout from the Oct. 7, 2023, terrorist attack. A group of advocates for the Israeli hostages held by Hamas released footage of five teenage women who were kidnapped while serving in the Israel Defense Forces as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.israeldefense.co.il\/en\/node\/60204\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>field observers<\/a> \u2014 unarmed monitors of the border region whose base was breached by Hamas.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know that the video raises tough and sharp questions, including how did something like this happen,\u201d IDF spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari\u00a0told reporters Thursday. \u201cWe in the IDF have the responsibility to provide in-depth answers to these questions first to the families and then to the public. \u2026 On Oct. 7, the IDF failed to defend. Now we have the responsibility to investigate in-depth and correct.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The families of the girls released that footage to spur Netanyahu to authorize a continuation of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-biden-willing-to-lift-certain-sanctions-on-iran-to-bring-them-to-the-table-on-nuclear-deal\/\" title=\"Report: Biden Willing To Lift Certain Sanctions On Iran To Bring Them To The Table On Nuclear Deal\">indirect negotiations<\/a> with Hamas. The Israeli <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/israel-agrees-to-unity-government-to-wage-war-on-hamas\/\" title=\"Israel agrees to form a unity government to combat Hamas.\">war cabinet<\/a> agreed Thursday \u201cto continue negotiations for the return of the hostages,\u201d but a senior Israeli national security council official resigned last week after objecting to the government\u2019s strategy.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Yoram Hemo warned that the defeat of Hamas is \u201ca long way from being completed with the current approach, and I doubt it will be at all,\u201d\u00a0according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/top-security-official-resigned-after-pillorying-management-of-gaza-war-reports\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Israeli media reports<\/a>. He added that the attack would diminish Hamas\u2019 incentive to release the hostages in exchange for a ceasefire,\u00a0\u201cturning the hostages into a yearslong issue, with everything this entails for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/three-teenagers-who-tested-negative-for-covid-arrested-in-australia-for-leaving-quarantine\/\" title=\"Three Teenagers Who Tested Negative For COVID Arrested In Australia For Leaving Quarantine\">national resilience<\/a>, Israel\u2019s freedom to act, and failing to reach the war\u2019s goals.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The war cabinet is not optimistic about Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar\u2019s willingness to bargain with Israel, according to other reports.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe assessment, as of now, is that\u00a0Sinwar is not at all interested\u00a0in the deal and that any Israeli initiative is doomed in advance to failure,\u201d an unnamed Israeli official told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.haaretz.com\/israel-news\/2024-05-23\/ty-article\/.premium\/israeli-war-cabinet-okays-continuation-of-talks-with-hamas-as-sources-doubtful-of-success\/0000018f-a651-d8a2-a3cf-a6d394090000\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><em>Haaretz<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Israel enhances action against Rafah post-talks with U.S. officials to mend a divide regarding the ongoing military operation. The operation escalates with more ground and aerial forces deployed, aiming to achieve its objectives effectively<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2743,"featured_media":2251469,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AP24144241556642.jpg.optimal.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2251468","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AP24144241556642.jpg.optimal.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2251468","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2743"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2251468"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2251468\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2251469"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2251468"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2251468"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2251468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}