CNN, citing US officials, reports that Israel has proposed holding talks in Washington, DC, on Monday after cancelling a meeting with US counterparts earlier this week, Al Jazeera reports.

The request comes as the US White House signed off on a $2.5bn arms package to Israel, consisting of more than 2,000 bombs, even as it pushes back on Israel’s planned incursion of Rafah.

US officials told CNN that a date for the Rafah talks has not yet been finalised.

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