Despite reports of an American deadline set for Tel Aviv to end its war on Gaza, estimated at weeks, a White House official denies that Washington has set a deadline for Israel to end the war, while Biden held new phone conversations with Netanyahu.

US President Joe Biden held telephone discussions on Thursday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about the Israeli war on the Gaza Strip, amid reports of a discrepancy in the American and Israeli positions regarding the date for ending the war.

This came according to what an official in Whites House said, who spoke to Reuters, without revealing further details of the call between Biden and Netanyahu, and what was discussed regarding the war on Gaza.

While Israeli reports indicated that the call between Biden and Netanyahu touched on the operations of the Israeli occupation army in the southern Gaza Strip, and the need to bring more humanitarian aid to the Strip.

In an official statement, the White House stated that Biden held two separate calls, on Thursday, with Netanyahu and Jordanian King Abdullah, and said that there was a need for more aid for civilians in Gaza.

The White House said that Biden "stressed the urgent need to protect civilians and separate them from Hamas, including through corridors that allow people to move safely from designated areas of hostilities."

Biden stressed to Netanyahu that “there is an urgent need for more assistance in various fields.”

A “gap” between what Israel says about protecting civilians and the results on the ground

In turn, US Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken, confirmed in a joint press conference with his British counterpart, David Cameron, Blinken stressed that there is a “gap” between what he described as “Israel’s intention to protect civilians” and the results on the ground in Gaza, adding that Washington is speaking with Israel regularly concerns the protection of civilians.

Blinken said, "It remains necessary for Israel to give priority to protecting civilians. There is still a gap between, exactly as I said when I was there, the intention to protect civilians and the actual results that we see on the ground," and he noted that after his visit to Israel, at the end of the week Last, “aid began flowing into Gaza.”

He added, "Over the past few days, we have noticed Israeli steps towards protecting civilians in Gaza," considering that "the task of protecting civilians is difficult because Israel is dealing with a terrorist enemy," and claimed that "there are safe areas for civilians in Gaza, and we are working to ensure their readiness so that they are far from the fighting."

He added, "Hamas should not be able to commit its atrocities again against Israelis, and there should not be a forced transfer of Palestinians from Gaza." He said, "I was clear about basic principles, including not reoccupying Gaza and rejecting forced displacement or reducing the area of the Strip."

On the other hand, White House National Security Assistant, John Feiner, confirmed that the United States did not give Israel a deadline or specific date to end combat operations in Gaza; He considered that if the war stopped now, Hamas would continue to “pose a threat.”

In statements he made during his participation in a security forum and reported by Reuters, Viner said that the United States believes that many of “Israel’s security targets are still in the southern Gaza Strip.”

According to the American official, “If the war stops today, Hamas will continue to pose a threat to Israel, and for this reason the United States is not asking Israel to stop.”

He explained that Washington believes that "there are many legitimate military targets that still exist in southern Gaza," and said that the Palestinian Authority is the only option to deal with them as a political and institutional entity, referring to "the day after the war."

This comes after the Wall Street Journal revealed, on Thursday, that US Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken, informed officials in the Israeli war cabinet that Washington believes that the war should stop within weeks, not within months.

It added, quoting informed American officials, that Israeli officials did not provide any guarantees regarding this, but they expressed their “interest in things returning to normal,” especially in terms of the Israeli occupation economy not receiving blows.

US Secretary of State, Blinken, had telephone conversations with the Israeli Minister of Strategic Affairs, who is close to Netanyahu, Ron Dermer, and informed him that Israel must make more efforts to protect civilians in the Gaza Strip.

Blinken also urged Dermer for Israel to allow more humanitarian aid to enter Gaza, while he welcomed the decision issued by the Israeli government, on Wednesday evening, to “allow” more fuel to enter the Strip.

This comes within the framework of ongoing communications between the Biden administration and the Israeli government to achieve the equation that Washington is trying to establish, which is represented by “humanitarian steps in exchange for more time” that it may grant to Israel in its war on Gaza.

In this context, Weiner pointed out that more than 200 humanitarian aid trucks arrive in Gaza every day, stressing his country’s desire to see more of them.