The Hebrew newspaper Haaretz reported today, Monday, that estimates in Israel indicate that the administration of US President Joe Biden will pressure Israel to end the war in Gaza after the US presidential elections.

According to the Hebrew newspaper, the prevailing assessment in Israel is that Biden will take real steps in an attempt to push forward towards the end of the war, including making decisions that have so far been avoided, including in international forums, or regarding harming the American arms supplies on which Israel depends.

This assessment is based, among other things, on the letter sent to Israel by the Biden administration’s defense and state secretaries, Lloyd Austin and Antony Blinken, last month, in which they warned that if Israel did not significantly improve its procedures regarding the transfer of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip within 30 days, this could lead to the cessation of American support, including in the field of weapons.

The deadline set by the Israeli government in the letter expires the week following the elections, and so far there has been no significant increase in the amount of aid provided to the population of Gaza.

The administration also warned Israel in the letter against harming UNRWA's activities in the Gaza Strip, which currently plays a major role in distributing humanitarian aid in the Gaza Strip, but the Knesset approved two laws last week that could make its work in Gaza more difficult.

Senior Israeli officials estimate that the legislation will force the Biden administration to declare that Israel is making it more difficult to deliver aid to civilians in Gaza, and that this policy will require the administration to take practical steps in response.

Three Western diplomats who spoke to Haaretz said the amount of aid provided was insufficient.

One of them pointed out that "the Americans demanded that Israel bring in more than 400 trucks a day, and Israel is not even close to meeting that number."

According to him, the Israeli explanations are not convincing, and there is growing suspicion that Israel is trying to carry out a mass deportation of the Palestinian population from the northern Gaza Strip.