Netanyahu agrees to Biden's request to send a team of top Israeli security officials to Washington to discuss its Rafah invasion plans, says White House, as fear mounts that domestic opposition to war could hurt Biden's reelection chances.
Netanyahu agrees to Biden's request to send a team of top Israeli security officials to Washington to discuss its Rafah invasion plans, says White House, as fear mounts that domestic opposition to war could hurt Biden's reelection chances.Children stand next to the rubble of Al Faruq Mosque, that was destroyed by Israeli bombardment, in Rafah in southern Gaza on March 17, 2024.
It comes as US Democrats fear that domestic opposition to the war could hurt Biden's reelection chances in November. Biden had asked Netanyahu during the call to dispatch a delegation to the United States to"hear US concerns" about its Rafah plan and"lay out an alternative approach." Sullivan also pointed to Rafah's role as a primary entry point for international deliveries of humanitarian aid, adding that"invasion would shut that down or at least put it at grave risk right at the moment when it is most sorely needed."
Netanyahu said in a statement after the Biden call that he had reiterated"Israel's commitment to achieving all of the war's objectives." With the UN warning of imminent starvation in Gaza, Biden earlier this month ordered the US military to start airdrops of food into the enclave and has sent a temporary US port there to speed up delivery of maritime aid.The US declared its support for Israel since the beginning of the war in Gaza on October 7 last year. Washington never holds back in arming Israel, regardless of alarming Gaza civilian casualties.
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