International Pressure Weighs Heavy on Israel Over Gaza

On Oct. 7, 2023, Netanyahu promised to ‘forcefully avenge this dark day,’ but is international pressure going to force him to end his Gaza offensive?

An Israeli soldier, and his child, at the site of the Oct. 7, 2023, attack by Hamas-led terrorists at the Nova music festival near Kibbutz Reim, southern Israel, on April 30, 2025. Ohad Zwigenberg,AP

After the Oct. 7, 2023, attack in which Hamas terrorists crossed the border and massacred about 1,200 Israelis, taking 251 hostages, Israel had the unwavering support of the United States, the UK, Canada, Australia, Japan, and the European Union.

But much of that support has fallen away in recent months—and especially in the past week.