Additionally, Kamala Harris encouraged Israeli war cabinet member Benny Gantz to expand supplies to the damaged enclave. Gantz’s visit to Washington was not approved by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
About 1.5 million people are thought to be jammed into Rafah in southern Gaza; the majority of them are thought to have fled the offensive further north. Israel increased its shelling of Rafah last month.
Ms. Harris reiterated her remarks from Sunday, in which she referred to the situation in Gaza as “inhumane” and urged Hamas to agree to conditions for an urgent ceasefire, as worries over a humanitarian disaster intensify.
