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07.27 GMT
Israel and US resume talks over high-level visit
Israel and the US have revived talks on an
official, high-level visit to Washington to discuss the planned offensive on
Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip.
The talks
were cancelled after Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu reacted angrily
to the US decision to abstain in a UN security council vote on a ceasefire,
allowing it to pass.
“So we’re
now working with them to find a convenient date that’s obviously going to work
for both sides,” said White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre.
No date has
been finalised yet. One US official said strategic affairs minister Ron Dermer
and national security adviser Tzachi Hanegbi would be among the delegation to
come to Washington, reports Associated Press.
The
delegation to the US was meant to discuss a promised ground invasion of the
southern Gaza city of Rafah, which is overflowing with displaced civilians.
Israel has so far rejected American appeals to call off the planned assault.
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