“Israel is running out of friends.”

The conflict of a century duration between Jews and Arabs for the control of the earth between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean was unsolved, already fogged in a point of exploding in a war that seems to have as many consequences as its other milestones, in 1948 and 1967.

Middle East has been transformed since October 7 and, almost two years later, Gaza's conflict is at another turning point.

This has been a difficult war to report for journalists.

On October 7, Hamas's attack took them by surprise and, since then, Israel has forbidden international journalists to inform freely from Gaza. The Palestinian journalists of the Strip have done a brave job, and about 200 have died doing their job.

But the key facts are clear. Hamas committed a series of war crimes in the attacks he launched on October 7, killing 1,200 people, mostly Israeli civilians. Hamas also took 251 hostages, of which it is believed that about 20 that are still held within Gaza are alive.

And there is clear evidence that Israel has committed a series of war crimes since then.

Israel's list includes the famine suffered by Gaza civilians, the lack of protection during military operations in which Israeli forces killed tens of thousands of innocent, and free destruction of entire cities in a way that is not proportional to the military risk they face.

Netanyahu and his former Minister of Defense are subject to arrest warrants for war crimes issued by the International Criminal Court. They insist on their innocence.

Israel has also condemned a judicial process in the International Court of Justice that claims that he is committing genocide against the Palestinians. Israel denies the accusations and affirms that they are “anti -Semitic blood libelos.

Israel is running out of friends. The allies who supported him after Hamas's attacks on October 7 have lost their patience with Israel's behavior in Gaza.

Apparently, even the most important ally of Israel, Donald Trump, is losing patience with Netanyahu after being surprised when the Israeli leader ordered to bomb Damascus, attacking the new Syrian regime, which Trump has recognized and encouraged.

Other Western allies of Israel ended their patience months ago.

They used blunt words to describe the suffering of the civilian population in Gaza and the poor and deadly aid distribution system directed by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) that Israel introduced to replace the proven and reliable methods used by the UN and the main world aid groups.

“The suffering of civilians in Gaza has reached new depths,” said the statement.

“The help delivery model of the Israeli government is dangerous, it feeds instability and deprives the inhabitants of Gaza of their human dignity. We condemn the delivery of considerable help and the inhuman murder of civilians, including children, who try to satisfy their most basic needs of water and food. It is terrible that more than 800 Palestinians have died while looking for help.”

“The denial by the Israeli government of essential humanitarian assistance to the civilian population is unacceptable. Israel must fulfill the obligations imposed by international humanitarian law.”

David Lammy, British Foreign Secretary, followed the joint declaration with its own, using a similar language, in the House of Commons in London.

It was not enough for Labor Parliamentarians, who want blunt words to be accompanied by forceful actions. One of them told me that there was “fury” for the reluctance of the government to act with more decision.

One of his priorities is the recognition of a Palestinian state, something that the majority of the members of the United Nations have already done.

The United Kingdom and France have discussed the possibility of doing so together, but so far they seem to believe that it is not the right time.

The Israeli Parliament, known as the Knesset, is just a few days after its summer break, which will last until October. That means that Benjamin Netanyahu will have a break in the face of the threat of a vote of censorship by the extremist nationalists of his coalition who oppose a high fire in Gaza.

Its reluctance to negotiate a truce is due to the threats of these groups to leave their government. If Netanyahu lost power in an election, on the day of adjustment of accounts for his mistakes of October 7 – as well as the conclusion of his long judgment for corruption – he would go on him.

A high fire seems increasingly possible, an opportunity for survival for Gaza civilians and for Israeli hostages who have been prisoners of Hamas so long.

None of that means that the conflict will end. The war has plunged him into new depths. But if there is a stop the fire, there will be another opportunity to move from killings to diplomacy.

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