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Netanyahu rejected plan to renew mediated talks: Report
Several Israeli media outlets are reporting the Israeli Prime Minister has rejected a proposal to resume indirect negotiations with Hamas put forward by Israeli negotiators.
Netanyahu reportedly turned down the plan on Saturday, the same day Israeli war cabinet member Benny Gantz said he would quit if Netanyahu’s government failed to present a post-war plan for Gaza by June 8.
The update comes almost two weeks after Netanyahu’s office said it would “send a working delegation to the mediators” when it rejected a Qatari-Egyptian mediated ceasefire deal that Hamas had accepted. Soon after, Israel launched its long-threatened ground invasion of Rafah, which according to the United Nations has since displaced about 800,000 people.
Israel’s Gallant says Israel will expand operation in Rafah
Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant has told White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan that his country is committed to expanding its operation in Rafah in southern Gaza.
“We are committed to broadening the ground operation in Rafah to the end of dismantling Hamas and recovering the hostages,” a statement from Gallant’s office quoted him as saying during the meeting.
Gallant also said that Israel made adjustments to its evacuation operations in Rafah. UN refugee agency for Palestinians estimates that more than 800,000 people have been displaced from Rafah to other regions of the enclave since Israel started its operations in the city more than two weeks ago.
