With hostilities in Israel’s conflict with Iran coming to a halt following US pressure, attention is shifting back to the ongoing bloodshed in Gaza, and with it the question of whether Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu could be pressured to change course there, according to Al Jazeera.

Mairav Zonszein, a senior Israel analyst with International Crisis Group, tells Al Jazeera that “if Trump wants to, he can get Netanyahu to stop this war”.

But so far, the US had given Israel weapons and impunity “to do whatever it wants” in Gaza.

“I don’t see a US president stopping that, unless he has interests that directly conflict,” she said.

“But for now, with Trump, he’s allowing Israel carte blanche.”