Hosting Gantz, Harris balances praise of Israel with criticism over Gaza aid crisis

US Vice President Kamala Harris “expressed her deep concern about the humanitarian conditions in Gaza” during her Monday meeting with visiting war cabinet minister Benny Gantz, according to a White House readout, but also credited Israel’s “constructive approach” in the ongoing hostage negotiations.

Harris was one of several top US officials meeting with Gantz, who arrived in DC on Sunday for a visit seen as partially aimed at smoothing over bubbling Israel-US tensions, as Washington increasingly loses patience with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s handling of the war in Gaza.