American President Joe Biden called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and reiterated the United States' opposition to an attack on Rafah "without protection for Palestinian civilians".
The White House reported this in a statement.
Biden, we read in the US statement, "reaffirmed that the military operation cannot proceed without a credible and executable plan to guarantee the security and support of civilians in Rafah".
The American president and Netanyahu also discussed the ongoing negotiations for the release of the Israeli hostages still in the hands of Hamas, the White House adds.
US Vice President Kamala Harris will meet with Israeli President Isaac Herzog and Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani today at the Munich Security Conference.
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