(CNN) — A senior Israeli official told CNN that “although there are differences” between the United States and Israel over the war in Gaza, both countries “want to see an end to Hamas.”
Mark Regev, a senior adviser to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, added: “We can have different discussions on this or that tactical issue.”
He continued: “We listen very carefully to everything Washington says, and I think they listen very carefully to everything we tell them, but in the end, we are on the same side of this. We want to see Hamas destroyed.”
Ron Dermer, considered one of Netanyahu’s closest confidantes, is expected to meet with officials from the White House and US State Department on Tuesday to discuss the next phase of the war in Gaza, CNN reported.
These meetings come at a time when the United States is looking forward to Israel moving away from the war it has been waging for nearly 3 months in Gaza.
Regev said it was “only a matter of time before Israel wins in northern Gaza,” because “reconstruction in the Strip cannot take place until Hamas is eliminated.”
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2023-12-26 20:49:16
