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Israel seeks new date for cancelled US meeting on Rafah offensive plans

US officials said the Biden administration was perplexed by the earlier cancellation by Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu [File: Ronen Zvulun/Reuters]

Israel has asked the United States to reschedule a meeting to discuss its military operation in Gaza’s Rafah days after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu abruptly cancelled a planned visit to Washington.

White House spokeswoman Karine Jean-Pierre on Wednesday told reporters that “we’re now working with them to find a convenient date that’s obviously going to work for both sides”.

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