US official says White House supports Israel

President Joe Biden’s national security adviser, Jake Sullivan, will travel to the West Bank on Friday in his push to demonstrate continued US support for Israel in its fight against Hamas while also urging the Israeli government to take meaningful steps to reduce civilian casualties in Gaza, Report informs, citing CNN.

The US official told CNN that Sullivan would meet with President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian Authority in Ramallah on the second day of his trip to the region. Sullivan previously met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other top government officials on Thursday.