Israel insists that the war in the Gaza Strip will not end “until Hamas is eliminated”, an objective that – he warns – will cost “more than several months”. This is what Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his Defense Minister Yoav Gallant have conveyed to the United States in the last few hours. Washington, for its part, calls on Israel for “more care” to minimize civilian casualties.

Thus, Netanyahu has repeated again, in a meeting with the US national security advisor, Jake Sullivan, that The war will not end “until Hamas is eliminated”after the discrepancies that have arisen in recent days between both countries, after Joe Biden warned that Israel is “starting to lose support” international for its indiscriminate bombing of the Palestinian enclave.

“I told our American friends: our heroic warriors did not fall in vain. Despite the deep pain of their fall, we are more determined than ever to continue fighting huntil Hamas is eliminated, until complete victory“said Netanyahu in a video message released after his meeting with Sullivan in Tel Aviv.

Sullivan traveled to Israel this Thursday, where he also met with his Israeli counterpart, Tzchi Hanegbi, and the head of Defense, who warned him that the offensive within the enclave could still last “more than several months,” according to ‘The Times of Israel‘.

“Hamas is a terrorist organization that has been built over a decade to combat Israel and has developed infrastructure above and below ground. It won’t be easy to destroy them“Gallant stated, according to the Israeli newspaper.

Biden calls for “more care” with civilians

Meanwhile, the president of the United States, Joe Bidenstressed this Thursday that Israel should be “more careful” in its offensive in Gaza to do everything possible to minimize civilian casualties. “I want them to focus on how to save civilian lives. Not to stop going after Hamas, but to be more careful,” said the Democratic president.

Some statements that come after Biden stressed this week that Israel is losing support internationally for its bombings in Gaza and advise Netanyahu to change government.

The Biden Administration has from the beginning shown its support for Israel to eliminate the Palestinian Islamist group and opposes a ceasefire – a resolution that vetoed in the UN Security Council– because he considers that it would be used by Hamas to rearm and attack the Jewish State again.

However, as the civilian casualties from bombings In Gaza, the US has increased its pressure on the Netanyahu government to minimize the deaths of innocent Palestinians. The Israeli ‘premier’, in turn, recognizes the disagreement with his partner about what will happen in the Strip after the war and rejects that it remains in the hands of the Palestinian National Authority, as the US proposes.