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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Edward Helmore

White House seeks weapons package for Israel amid ‘real risk of escalation’

Jake Sullivan with Joe Biden at the Eisenhower executive office building in Washington last week.
Jake Sullivan with Joe Biden at the Eisenhower executive office building in Washington last week. Photograph: Drew Angerer/Getty Images

Joe Biden’s national security adviser Jake Sullivan toured the US Sunday morning shows to sell White House policy on the conflict between Israel and Hamas as Israeli forces massed on the border ahead of an expected ground incursion into Gaza amid a deepening humanitarian crisis there and fears over the conflict spreading.

Responding to an Axios report that Iran warned Israel through the United Nations that it will intervene if the Israeli operation in Gaza continues, Sullivan told ABC’s This Week that he could not confirm it.

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