Hello and welcome to the details of US, Israeli officials to meet virtually on Rafah, US official says and now with the details
Nevin Al Sukari - Sana'a - Israeli soldiers gather by the side of a road, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Israel, April 1, 2024. — Reuters pic
WASHINGTON, April 1 — Senior US and Israeli officials planned to hold a virtual meeting today to discuss the Biden administration’s alternative proposals to an Israeli military invasion of Rafah, a US official said.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called off a planned visit to Washington last week by a senior Israeli delegation after the US allowed passage of a Gaza ceasefire resolution at the United Nations today, marking a new war-time low in his relations with President Joe Biden.
Two days later Israel asked the White House to reschedule a high-level meeting on military plans for Gaza’s southern city of Rafah, officials said, in an apparent bid to ease tensions between the two allies.
The United States, concerned about a deepening humanitarian crisis in Gaza, wants Israel to consider alternatives to a ground invasion of Rafah, the last relatively safe haven for more than 1 million displaced Palestinian civilians.
Advertisement
The US team in the talks will be led by Biden’s national security adviser, Jake Sullivan, the official said.
More than 32,000 Palestinians have been killed, including 63 in the past 24 hours, in Israel’s six-month military offensive in Gaza, according to the Palestinian health authorities.
Israel’s retaliation began after an October 7 attack in which Hamas militants breached the Israeli border to kill 1,200 people and take 253 hostages, according to Israeli tallies. — Reuters
Advertisement
These were the details of the news US, Israeli officials to meet virtually on Rafah, US official says for this day. We hope that we have succeeded by giving you the full details and information. To follow all our news, you can subscribe to the alerts system or to one of our different systems to provide you with all that is new.
It is also worth noting that the original news has been published and is available at Malay Mail and the editorial team at AlKhaleej Today has confirmed it and it has been modified, and it may have been completely transferred or quoted from it and you can read and follow this news from its main source.
