The United States has discussed with Israel its timeline for military operations in Gaza and “how that fits into a longer-term strategy to address this issue that goes beyond simple military means,” White House national security adviser Jake J. Sullivan.

“We’ve talked to them about the timelines. I don’t want to share that because Israel has already kind of telegraphed exactly the location of their ground operation and I don’t want to be the one telegraphing the timelines,” Sullivan told Reuters in a telephone interview. , which largely focused on Ukraine’s defense industry.

“I will just say that we have discussed with them what they are thinking about in terms of duration and how that fits into a longer-term strategy to deal with this issue that goes beyond simple military means,” he said.