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President Joe Biden is scheduled to meet with Jordan's King Abdullah II at the White House on Monday as the administration continues talks on a possible hostage release deal in the Israel-Hamas war and has criticized Israel's planned ground assault on the Gaza city of Rafah.
What we knowIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has pledged “safe passage for the civilian population” of Rafah, where more than 1 million Palestinians are crowded into shelters. A planned Israeli ground assault has spread fear in the southern Gaza city and fueled mounting global alarm. Netanyahu told ABC News that an attack on Rafah was key to defeating Hamas, but it’s unclear where people packed into the city and pressed against the Egyptian border might go to find safety.President Joe Biden is sending CIA Director Bill Burns to Egypt on Tuesday to continue talks on a cease-fire deal that would also secure the release of the estimated 136 hostages still being held in Gaza, a senior administration official told NBC News, amid a growing divide between the U.S. and its close ally.Six-year-old Hind Rajab has been found dead, 12 days after she made a desperate plea for help in a call with an emergency dispatcher from the car where she was trapped alongside some of her relatives, all of whom died, amid fighting around Gaza City. “This is the most difficult feeling,” her mother told an NBC News crew in Gaza on Saturday.More than 28,000 people have been killed in Gaza since the war began, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry. More than 67,700 have been injured, and thousands more are missing and presumed dead.Israeli military officials said at least 224 soldiers have been killed during the ground invasion of Gaza.NBC News’ Raf Sanchez, Matt Bradley and Chantal Da Silva are reporting from the region.
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What we know Trapped in and around Rafah, more than 1 million Palestinians are bracing themselves as Israel plans to launch a ground assault against Hamas fighters in Gaza's southernmost city. Aid agencies have warned that large numbers of civilians could die in the offensive. "People have no idea where to go," Philippe Lazzarini, the head of the UNRWA agency, said yesterday. His comments came after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office announced that the military had been ordered to develop a plan "for evacuating the population and destroying" four Hamas battalions it said were deployed in Rafah. The U.S. said it would not back an assault that did not protect civilians, and had briefed Israel on a new national security memorandum reminding countries receiving American arms to adhere to international law.Six-year-old Hind Rajab has been found dead, 12 days after she made a desperate plee for help in a call with an emergency dispatcher from the car where she was trapped alongside some of her relatives, all of whom died, the Palestinian Red Crescent said told NBC News today. Two first responders who set out to rescue the little girl were also found dead in their ambulance, the PRCS said.More than 27,900 people have been killed in Gaza since the war began, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry. More than 67,400 have been injured, and thousands more are missing and presumed dead. Israeli military officials said at least 224 soldiers have been killed during the ground invasion of Gaza. NBC News’ Raf Sanchez, Matt Bradley and Chantal Da Silva are reporting from the region.
What we knowPresident Joe Biden said Israel's military offensive in Gaza has been ''over the top,'' offering what appeared to be his most pointed criticism yet of the U.S. ally's response to the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks. He added that he was working to secure a sustained pause in the fighting, with a Hamas delegation in Egypt for new hostage talks after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dismissed the militant group's counterproposal and vowed to push for ''total victory.'' The U.S has joined aid groups and U.N. officials voicing mounting fears about an Israeli incursion into Rafah, the Palestinian enclave's southernmost city where more than a million civilians are sheltering in dire conditions. Deadly new airstrikes hit the overcrowded border city overnight, after the U.S. warned that a ground offensive into the city without proper planning would be a "disaster."More than 27,900 people have been killed in Gaza since the war began, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry. More than 67,400 have been injured, and thousands more are missing and presumed dead. Israeli military officials said at least 224 soldiers have been killed during the ground invasion of Gaza. NBC News’ Keir Simmons, Raf Sanchez, Matt Bradley and Chantal Da Silva are reporting from the region.
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