US and Israel to hold meeting on Rafah on Monday, Axios reports

Smoke rises during an Israeli ground operation in Khan Younis, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, as seen from a tent camp sheltering displaced Palestinians in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip March 14, 2024. /Bassam Masoud/File Photo

The United States and Israel are expected to hold a virtual meeting on Monday to discuss the Biden administration's alternative proposals to an Israeli military invasion of Rafah, Axios reported on Sunday citing three Israeli and U.S. officials.

(Reporting by Rishabh Jaiswal in Bengaluru; Editing by Jacqueline Wong)