President Joe Biden is considering sending a State Department official to the Middle East to help de-escalate renewed fighting between Israel and Hamas, it was reported Wednesday.
Five Israeli officials and Western diplomats told Axios of Biden’s plans as Israel and Hamas were engaged in their most intense fighting in seven years. Action increased overnight when Hamas and other militants fired a second barrage of more than 100 rockets toward Tel Aviv and other nearby cities.
Israel destroyed high-rise buildings, Hamas facilities, and rocket units in the Gaza Strip via a continued air campaign.
The Israeli-Palestinian conflict had been a relatively low priority for the Biden administration. Unlike former President Donald Trump, Biden didn’t appoint an envoy for the issue and still hasn’t nominated an ambassador to Israel.
