The White House urged Hamas terrorists in Gaza to release women, elderly and wounded hostages and accept a temporary ceasefire.
Netanyahu says not sending delegation back to Cairo for talks.
White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan would not indicate any specific threats.
Ohana will also meet with Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and US House Speaker Mike Johnson.
Such a deal “is in the national security interest of the United States. And we're going to press for it relentlessly," US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said.
If world leaders, including Israeli and Palestinian leaders, truly want an end to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, they need to stop focusing on old ideas that expired a long time ago.
Sullivan clarified that “Israel doesn’t have a long-term plan to occupy Gaza - and that ultimately the control of Gaza has to transition to the Palestinians.”
Jake Sullivan stressed that deterrence is an important element of the kind of diplomacy needed to bring security to north.
There has been no order preventing Barnea or the Mossad from returning to Qatar to restart hostage negotiations.
Jake Sullivan and Mahmoud Abbas will reportedly discuss "ongoing efforts to revamp and revitalize" the Palestinian Authority and holding "extremist" settlers accountable for violence.
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