It occurs at the same time as a number of humanitarian organizations have issued warnings that nearly everyone in the besieged strip is having difficulty getting adequate food, with an estimated 70% of people in northern Gaza facing catastrophic hunger.
On Monday, the chief envoy of the European Union laid the blame for the crisis squarely on Israel, claiming that the imminent famine in Gaza was “entirely man-made.”.
White House national security advisor Jake Sullivan said that Mr. Netanyahu had spoken with him over the phone, their first conversation in thirty-one days, amid rumors of friction between the US and Israel.
He said that they had decided to send a group of Israeli officials to Washington to speak with Mr. Biden’s team about US concerns on a potential military attack on Rafah, a city in southern Gaza.
