White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan will visit Ramallah tomorrow to meet with President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian Authority, according to a Biden administration official. NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER WILL MEET WITH PALESTINIAN PRESIDENT The official said those talks are taking place with Israel, the Palestinian Authority and regional partners. The official said it was one idea of many being considered for establishing security in Gaza for Palestinians. The official said Sullivan and other officials have discussed the prospect of having those associated with the Palestinian Authority security forces before Hamas took over the territory in 2006 serve as the “nucleus” of post-war peacekeeping in Gaza. is exploring having security personnel associated with the Palestinian Authority help restore public safety in Gaza if Israel is successful of removing Hamas from control of the territory. The official said Sullivan during his talks with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah on Friday is expected to focus on the Palestinian security forces, efforts to rein in Israeli settler violence targeting Palestinians in the West Bank, and revitalizing the Palestinian Authority. The talks also covered the humanitarian situation in Gaza, the ongoing threat of attacks on vessels in the Red Sea coming from Houthi rebels in Yemen, and the posture of Iranian proxy groups through the region. The official pushed back on reports that the Biden White House wants to see major operations completed by the end of the month, but declined to provide a timetable. and Israeli officials agreed that there would a point in which there is a shift from the current high-intensity operations to a more targeted surgical operations on high-value targets, specific military infrastructure, and other narrower targets. The official spoke on the condition of anonymity under ground rules set by the White House.

WASHINGTON - White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan in his talks with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and other senior Israeli officials on Thursday spent time discussing the “phasing” of Israel’s operations, including how the Israelis expect the fighting to play out in the weeks ahead and going into January, according to a senior Biden administration official.

AND ISRAELI OFFICIALS DISCUSS PHASING AND STRATEGY OF MILITARY OPERATIONS IN GAZA Yahya Saree, also alleged the vessel had been heading to Israel - again without providing evidence to support the claim. The spokesperson for the Iran-backed fighters, Brig. Later Thursday, a Houthi military spokesperson claimed without offering evidence that the rebels had hit the Maersk Gibraltar with a drone strike, after its crew failed to respond to the rebels’ call to surrender. The missile fired Thursday splashed harmlessly in the water near the Maersk Gibraltar, a Hong Kong-flagged container ship that had been traveling from Salalah, Oman, to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, the U.S.

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