The meeting is a follow-up to a similar meeting held on April 1.
Displaced Palestinians, who fled their houses due to Israeli strikes, take shelter in a tent camp, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, February 14, 2024.Senior US and Israeli officials will hold a virtual meeting on Thursday about Israel’s plans for the southern Gaza city of Rafah as Washington seeks alternatives to an Israeli offensive, a US official said.
Washington is trying to dissuade the Israelis from retaliatory strikes to avoid inflaming an already tense situation, a second US official said.
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