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White House: We’ll make Gaza deal phase two announcements ‘at appropriate time’
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleJacob Magid is The Times of Israel's US bureau chief
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt says the US will make announcements regarding the transition to phase two of its Gaza peace plan “at the appropriate time.”
“There is a lot of quiet planning going on behind the scenes right now for phase two of the peace deal, and the United States will make those announcements public at the appropriate time,” Leavitt tells reporters during a press briefing.
The US had initially planned to announce a transition to phase two this month, but has hit snags in getting countries on board amid Israeli red lines on who can join and Hamas’ refusal to disarm.
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