Netanyahu nixes Rafah talks after US allows UNSC resolution demanding Gaza ceasefire
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Netanyahu nixes Rafah talks after US allows UNSC resolution demanding Gaza ceasefire

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday canceled a planned trip to Washington by his top aides to discuss plans for an offensive in the Gaza city of Rafah‚ taking the step after the United States refrained from using a veto to block a United Nations Security Council resolution‚ backed by Russia and China‚ that called for a ceasefire without conditioning it on the release of hostages. In a statement from the Prime Minister’s Office‚ Israel said the US decision was harming the war effort...