According to Israel’s Harletz newspaper, Washington has put strong pressure on Tel Aviv to make a deal with Hamas, warning the administration to face only the consequences if it refuses, the report reported.
This is when President Donald Trump visits Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates next week.
High-ranking US officials have criticised Israel’s stance aimed at renewing ceasefire and prisoner exchange deals, warning that Israeli Cabinet will pay a very high price if it continues to oppose the agreement in Gaza.
On Wednesday, the Jerusalem Post reported that a senior US official whose name has not been revealed told the families of Israeli prisoners of war in Gaza that the prisoners were already paying the price for not ending the war.
“If they ever paid the price to not end the war, today for Israel, not just hostages, but prices will be much heavier.”
Officials noted that the US will reach a regional agreement with Saudi Arabia without Israeli involvement.
An unnamed official described the ceasefire agreement with Yemen as “just a prelude.” “If Israel doesn’t reach the sense, even the “millennium trade” will happen without it. ”
Trump announced Tuesday that the US would stop bombing Yemen. The Ansarra Resistance movement has made it clear that a ceasefire with Washington would only stop mutual attacks in the Red Sea and Bab al-Mandab Straits, but will not affect Yemen’s operations against Israel.
On Thursday, Israel Hayom confirmed that Trump will no longer wait for Israel before he loses patience with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and advances the initiative in West Asia.
Under Joe Biden’s old administration, the US and Israel were involved in consultations with Riyadh, who would see Washington enter a defense agreement with the kingdom, provide civilian nuclear technology and sell it in exchange for normalization with Israel.
As part of the agreement to normalize relations with Israel, Saudi Arabia hopes for the end of the war in Gaza and the Israeli Declaration of the “Horizon of the Palestinian State.”
Trump believes Netanyahu is delaying taking the decisions necessary for a potential US-Israel agreement with Saudi Arabia.
MNA