U.S. and Israeli officials will meet virtually where they will continue their discussions about Israel's intended operations in the southern Gaza city of Rafah.
officials will meet virtually on Monday, and they will continue their discussions regarding Israel’s intended operations in the southernhas warned for weeks that an Israeli ground invasion into the city would pose a grave risk to the more than 1 millionwho have fled to Rafah to avoid the front lines of the war, while Israeli leaders insist they have to conduct full-scale operations to meet their war goals.
He then canceled the trip in protest of America’s abstention during a United Nations Security Council resolution on the war that ultimately passed and called for an immediate ceasefire. The White House has said, as the U.S. official reiterated, that they now expect the meeting to take place — simply at a later date.
though the remaining ones are in Rafah, which is why they intend to go into the city. Hamas intentionally embeds itself within and underneath civilian infrastructure in Gaza to force Israelis to either not go after them or to increase the likelihood of civilian casualties.
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