According to media reports such as the Qatar Peninsula TV and the Middle East Eye website, 178 U.S. House Democratic lawmakers sent a letter to Prime Minister Netanyahu on 25 local time, warning the Israeli government not to annex the West Bank or the Gaza Strip's Palestinian territories.

The letter informed Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, Defense Minister and Foreign Minister that an Israeli annexation of any territory would ¡°plunge the region into greater chaos and violence.¡±The US Democratic lawmakers said in the letter that they strongly oppose Israeli unilateral actions ¡°including annexation of territory¡± in the West Bank or Gaza Strip, which would further remove the conflicting parties from negotiations.

The above-mentioned lawmakers also said in the letter that the annexation of territories will undermine Israel's progress in normalizing relations with Arab countries, hinder international cooperation in rebuilding Gaza after this devastating war, and even further aggravate tensions with major European partners.

When answering questions from media reporters at the White House on the 25th, US President Trump said that he would not allow Israel to annex the Palestinian West Bank. "This will not happen". As Israel's expansion of military operations further aggravates the humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip, there is a new wave of recognition of the Palestinian state in the international community. Although Trump called for an "immediate" end to the war in Gaza in his speech at the general debate of the UN General Assembly on the 23rd, he opposed the recognition of the Palestinian state, claiming that it was "rewarding Hamas".