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US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan tells reporters that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has agreed to send a team to Washington to discuss a potential military operation in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip. SOUNDBITE
An Israeli ground invasion of the city of Rafah at the southern end of the Gaza Strip would be a "mistake," US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan says at the White House. SOUNDBITE
The White House says that the US President Joe Biden is not turning a "blind eye" to casualties in Gaza's Rafah. "This is not something that we've turned a blind eye to," National Security Council spokesman John Kirby tells reporters. SOUNDBITE
"I have no policy changes to speak to," US National Security Council spokesman John Kirby tells reporters following Sunday's strike in Rafah in which Gaza health authorities said 45 people were killed. SOUNDBITE
White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan briefs the press following a phone call between Joe Biden and Benjamin Netanyahu during which the US president told his Israeli counterpart that he is "deeply concerned" about Israel potentially conducting military operations in Rafah, adding, "Israel has not presented us or the world with a plan for how or where they would safely move those civilians." SOUNDBITE