National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan will journey to Israel this week to talk with officers about their timetable for finishing the following section of the warfare in opposition to Hamas, the White House introduced Wednesday.
Mr. Sullivan will go to the Jewish state on Thursday and Friday. He will meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his warfare Cabinet and President Isaac Herzog, White House spokeswoman Adrienne Watson mentioned.
Speaking publicly Tuesday, Mr. Sullivan mentioned he desires to talk with Israeli officers about their post-war plan for the Gaza Strip, the place the Palestinian militant group reigns.
“The subject of how they are seeing the timetable of this war will certainly be on the agenda for my meetings,” Mr. Sullivan mentioned at a Wall Street Journal discussion board with out saying when he deliberate to go to.
The journey comes as President Biden has begun to precise elevated concern in regards to the loss of life of Palestinian civilians in Gaza, whilst he has expressed robust assist for the Israeli warfare effort.
At a marketing campaign fundraiser Wednesday, Mr. Biden mentioned Israel has a lot of the world’s assist, however “they’re starting to lose that support by the indiscriminate bombing that takes place.”
Mr. Biden is scheduled to fulfill with relations of Americans taken hostage by Hamas throughout its Oct. 7 terrorist assault on southern Israel wherein 1,200 folks had been killed.
