International newspapers: Trump warns Netanyahu and may suspend military aid to Israel policy

Major newspapers paid attention to the implications of the shuttle visits made by senior officials of the administration of US President Donald Trump to Israel, and the assurances of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) that it will not be erased, and looks forward to having a role in managing the Gaza Strip in the future.

The British Guardian newspaper considered the influx of prominent American officials to the Middle East in recent weeks as “a clear warning from the American administration to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the Israeli political parties.”

The American warning – according to the newspaper – includes the need not to obstruct the ceasefire agreement in Gaza and to refrain from annexing the West Bank.

According to the newspaper, Washington is warning Tel Aviv of a “dangerous rift” in their relations, noting “the possibility that the Trump administration might suspend military aid to Israel.”

She pointed out that this step may provoke major negative political reactions within the United States.

For his part, an article in the New York Times opined that what happened in Gaza “may be worse than Americans imagine,” pointing out that many of them may tend to underestimate the scale of the disaster in the Gaza Strip.

The article attributed the reason for this to the fact that the disaster was “funded from the pockets of the Americans, supported by their weapons, approved by their government, and carried out by one of their closest allies (Israel).”

According to the article, the rubble in Gaza tells the story, while the people who made it tell another story.

For its part, the Wall Street Journal reported that Hamas is demonstrating its will and ability to remain in Gaza two weeks after the truce brokered by the United States.

The movement’s leaders assured Arab mediators in Cairo in recent days that Hamas will not be erased, according to the American newspaper, and that the movement expects to have a role in managing the sector in the future.

The newspaper warned that this development comes at a time when negotiations are heading to the second phase of Trump’s plan to formulate alternatives for managing Gaza and securing it away from Hamas.

For its part, Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper reported that the Israeli army intends to significantly reduce the number of its forces in the West Bank settlements while “transferring part of its security responsibility to the local population (settlers).”

The decision comes more than two years after Israeli forces were reinforced following the attack of October 7, 2023, when “thousands of fighters were recruited to prevent attacks in the West Bank similar to what happened on the border with the Gaza Strip.”

As for the Israeli newspaper Maariv, it published the results of an opinion poll showing that 64% of Israelis support the formation of an official investigation committee into the events of October 7, 2023.

The newspaper indicated that only 22% of the Israelis participating in the poll opposed the formation of an official investigation committee.