The White House expects Israel to hold off on a ground invasion into Rafah until after top advisors to Prime Minister Netanyahu meet with U.S. officials.
Israeli Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer and Israeli national security adviser Tzachi Hanegbi planned to travel to the United States for meetings with administration officials about alternatives to full-scale operations in Rafah, but Netanyahuon Wednesday that the U.S.
“The tone throughout here has been businesslike, and it’s been professional, and we expect that it’s going to stay that way. We’re hoping that this meeting can be scheduled in-person, here in, as was the original plan. That’s the plan that we’re still working on now,” Kirby said. “But again, no final date.”
As a result, more than a million Palestinians have fled to Rafah, the southernmost part of the strip, who would be at risk if Israel engaged in full-scale military operations there without accounting for them.
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