Angered by American abstention on a U.N. Security Council resolution that called for a ceasefire in the Gaza war without explicitly linking it to the release of Israeli hostages, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu canceled a critical trip to Washington by his leading advisors, Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer and National Security Advisor Tzachi Hanegbi, who were slated to discuss alternatives to an all-out IDF ground operation in Rafah, the last major Hamas redoubt.
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