US and Israeli military officials discussed “broad concepts” about how to limit harm to civilians during a planned operation in Rafah, southern Gaza, the chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff said. A planned visit to Washington by Israeli officials will help the Americans “to understand their concept” of the military operation and offer “alternative opportunities” to minimize civilian deaths, Gen Charles Brown said. The US has warned Israel not to launch an operation on Rafah, where more than a million people are sheltering from the war.
