President Biden on Thursday named Lisa Grande as the new U.S. special envoy for humanitarian issues in the Middle East. Grande will replace David Satterfield in the post created immediately after October 7 to coordinate aid to Gaza. Israel’s war cabinet will meet on Thursday to discuss negotiating a hostage deal ahead of Israel’s planned invasion of Rafah, where many of the Gaza Strip’s displaced people are staying, said a person who declined to be named due to the sensitivity of the matter. an Israeli official said. For months, talks failed to reach an agreement on a ceasefire in Gaza and the release of hostages.
