NY Times: Saudis warn US Israeli ground offensive will have catastrophic implications
Jacob Magid is The Times of Israel's US bureau chief
Smoke rises from buildings demolished by Israeli airstrikes in Beit Lahiya in the northern Gaza Strip on October 26, 2023. (Gili Yaari/Flash90)
Saudi officials have reportedly warned American counterparts that an Israeli ground incursion into Gaza would have catastrophic implications for the Middle East.
“The Saudi leadership was hopeful that a ground operation could be avoided for reasons of stability as well as the loss of life,” US Sen. Richard Blumenthal tells The New York Times after meeting with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Riyadh.
Senior Saudi officials have given more forceful warnings to their American counterparts behind closed doors, NYT reports, citing a Saudi official and a second source familiar with the matter.
