from Daily Sabah
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris hosted Israel's wartime Cabinet member Benny Gantz in Washington on Monday amid speculations of growing cracks in Tel Aviv.
The meeting comes a day after she delivered strong criticism of Israel's approach to the war on the besieged Palestinian enclave of Gaza.
Following the meeting, the White House said Harris had expressed to Gantz, a former defense minister, her "deep concern about the humanitarian conditions in Gaza and the recent horrific tragedy around an aid convoy in northern Gaza," in which more than 100 Palestinians were killed while trying to get supplies.
The vice president was said to have spoken about the urgency of a hostage and truce agreement.
She called on Hamas to accept the terms on the table "whereby the release of hostages would result in an immediate six-week cease-fire and enable a surge of humanitarian assistance throughout Gaza," according to the White House statement.
The two also discussed the situation in the southern city of Rafah and the need for a viable humanitarian plan before considering a major Israeli military operation there, the statement added...
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