US says Israel seeks to reschedule canceled Rafah meeting
A White House spokesman said Wednesday that the Israeli government has agreed to try to reschedule the visit of a group of officials whose trip to Washington to discuss a possible assault on a key southern Gaza city was canceled due to the United States decision not to veto a UN resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire.President Biden had asked Israel to send a delegation to Washington to discuss alternatives to a ground offensive in Rafah, the southern Gaza city where more than a million people have sought refuge. But Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu canceled the delegation's trip at the last minute after being angered by the United States' decision to abstain from voting on the resolution at the United Nations Security Council on Monday.“The prime minister's of...