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Biden’s top Middle East adviser to visit Israel and Egypt this week –report
US National Security Council Coordinator for the Middle East and North Africa Brett McGurk speaks during the IISS Manama Dialogue security conference, in Manama on November 18, 2023. (Mazen Mahdi / AFP)
US President Joe Biden’s top adviser for the Middle East is slated to visit Israel and Egypt this week to discuss a potential IDF operation in Gaza’s Rafah and the efforts to free the hostages held by Hamas, the Axios news site reports.
Citing Israeli and US officials, the report says Brett McGurk is expected to fly on Wednesday to Cairo to meet with Egyptian intelligence chief Abbas Kamel, before traveling to Israel the next day for talks with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and other Israeli officials.
There is no immediate comment from the White House.
