US tells Israel war should end in weeks, not months: WSJ

On a visit to Israel last week, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken told officials in Israel’s war cabinet that the Biden administration believed the conflict should end in weeks, not months, US officials with knowledge of the discussions told the Wall Street Journal.

Israeli officials made no guarantees but expressed their interest in a return to normal, particularly so that the country doesn’t take a hit economically, according to the WSJ.

US officials also told their Israeli counterparts that the civilian death toll in Israel's campaign in the south should not be as high as it was in the north, however, no explicit consequences were laid out if just as many civilians were killed.