A virtual meeting will take place Monday between Israeli and US officials over Israel's planned offensive in Rafah in the Gaza Strip, an Israeli source said. “The meeting is scheduled for today online.

There may be an in-person meeting later in the week,” the source said on condition of anonymity. Israel had decided not to send a delegation to Washington as planned to discuss its planned offensive against Rafah, after the abstention of the United States at the UN on March 25.