US national security adviser Sullivan met Israel's Gallant again

27/3/2024 6:51

        White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan held a second day of talks on Tuesday with Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant as the U.S. presses its case against Israel launching a ground offensive in Rafah.
        
        The White House meeting came a day after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu abruptly blocked an Israeli delegation from meeting American counterparts when the U.S. allowed a UN resolution demanding a Gaza ceasefire to be approved by abstaining from a vote on it.
        
        U.S. President Joe Biden is trying to prevent Israel from launching a ground offensive in the southern Gaza city of Rafah because of dire humanitarian conditions there and the risk of civilian casualties.
        
        Rafah is the last refuge for about half of Gaza's 2.3 million population, many of them forced to cluster there because of fighting elsewhere.