The Biden administration views Egypt as a key player in any post-war plan for Gaza.
Palestinian truck drivers and United Nations vehicles wait near the Rafah border gate on the Gaza side to cross into Egypt on May 14, 2024.
He promised the Egyptian president that if the flow of aid was resumed, the U.S. would work to reopen the Rafah crossing as soon as possible, the U.S. official said.Israeli and U.S. officials say a delegation of Israeli security officials is also expected to travel to Cairo at the same time. U.S. officials said a key issue in the talks will be a plan for how to reopen the Rafah crossing without Israeli military presence on the Palestinian side of the crossing.
As part of the possible plan, the IDF would redeploy outside of the crossing and secure it from the outside against Hamas attacks.for curbing arms smuggling by building an anti-tunnel underground "wall" on the border between Egypt and Gaza, U.S. officials said.
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