The Israeli military recently carried out large-scale military operations in the northern part of the Gaza Strip. Outsiders doubt Israel's intention to implement the “surrender or starve” plan there. On October 16, the UN Security Council held an emergency public meeting on the Israeli-Palestinian issue. At the meeting, representatives of many countries urged Israel to abide by international humanitarian law and lift the blockade and restrictions on humanitarian access to the Gaza Strip. However, with regard to the so-called “warning” made by the US to Israel at the conference, public opinion generally believed that this was nothing more than a joke.

The Israeli military recently carried out large-scale military operations in the northern part of the Gaza Strip. Outsiders doubt Israel's intention to implement the “surrender or starve” plan there. On October 16, the UN Security Council held an emergency public meeting on the Israeli-Palestinian issue. At the meeting, representatives of many countries urged Israel to abide by international humanitarian law and lift the blockade and restrictions on humanitarian access to the Gaza Strip. However, with regard to the so-called “warning” made by the US to Israel at the conference, public opinion generally believed that this was nothing more than a joke.