Sources say that the Americans are proposing to isolate Rafah and carry out a slow and focused operation, and that Israel wants a broad invasion. Follow-up meetings will be held between experts from both sides in preparation for a high-level meeting at the White House.
A significant part of the discussion focused on the question of evacuating the over one million Palestinian citizens who have taken refuge in Rafah since the beginning of the war. The Biden administration is very concerned that a hasty and insufficiently organized evacuation of the population from Rafah will result in a humanitarian disaster.