Blinken said US officials had debated “vigorously” the Biden administration’s response to the war, a reference to a slew of resignations by officials in his State Department who criticized the policy to continue providing arms and diplomatic cover to Israel.

Others felt Washington held Israel back from inflicting greater damage on Iran and its proxies, he said.

Israel is itself torn over the conduct of the war
Many seek a political deal to secure the release – and lives – of the surviving hostages

And the IDF is reportedly struggling to maintain the morale of reservists exhausted by more than a year of fighting and recruit replacements from among both hard-line Jewish sects and the general populace