The proposal will be one of many U.S. officials will suggest to an Israeli delegation expected next week.
Members of the Al-Rabaya family break their fast during Ramadan outside their destroyed home in Rafah. For months, officials in Egypt have lobbied Washington to urge Israel not to move forward with a ground invasion of Rafah. | Fatima Shbair/APThe U.S. will advise Israel to secure the Gaza-Egypt border as part of a series of alternatives to an all-out invasion of Rafah, two U.S. officials told POLITICO.
Preparations for the meeting in Washington show just how far apart the U.S. and Israel are on Rafah. While both sides agree Hamas should be militarily defeated in Gaza, they differ over the need for a large-scale military operation in the city to meet that goal. , adding that the U.S. had yet to see a credible plan to protect the more than 1 million Palestinian civilians camped in Rafah, many having fled the war elsewhere in the enclave. Privately, Biden administration officials have told their Israeli counterparts they could accept a
It’s unclear who will represent the U.S. side, though White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters Tuesday “it’ll be senior members from the administration across the administration.”
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