No Rafah operation will proceed before the talks, said White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan.
WASHINGTON - US President Joe Biden warned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on March 18 that an Israeli military operation in Rafah would deepen anarchy in Gaza and they agreed that teams from each side would meet in Washington to discuss it, the White House said.
The meeting could happen this week or next, Mr Sullivan said, and no Rafah operation would proceed before the talks. “We’ve had many discussions in many different levels between our military, our intelligence, our diplomats or humanitarian experts, but we have not yet had the opportunity to have an all-encompassing comprehensive, integrated, strategic discussion...,” he said.Mr Sullivan described the conversation as “businesslike” and said it did not end abruptly. Mr Biden did not threaten to limit US aid to Israel, he said.
Mr Netanyahu said the two men discussed Israel’s commitment to achieve all the targets it had set out for the war: eliminating Hamas, releasing all the hostages and ensuring Gaza would no longer pose a threat to Israel.
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