Gaza Truce Extended Amid Disclosures of Frayed Israel-U.S. Ties
By Jonathan Ferziger and Calev Ben-David Aug 14, 2014 10:13 AM ET
Israel and Gaza Strip militants agreed to stop hostilities for five more days amid disclosures that ties between Israeli and U.S. leaders had been strained by Israeli conduct during the monthlong conflict.
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Relations between U.S. President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, already worn by disputes over Iran and peacemaking with the Palestinians, have deteriorated further over the Gaza fighting, the Wall Street Journal reported today, citing unidentified American officials.
Missiles on Hold
The Obama administration held up a transfer of Hellfire missiles that Israel requested and instituted a new policy that will require White House and State Department approval of all munitions requests Israel makes to the Pentagon, the Journal said.
Netanyahu spokesman Mark Regev had no comment on the report, which cited officials as saying they were “increasingly disturbed by what they saw as heavy-handed battlefield tactics that they believed risked a humanitarian catastrophe.”
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