Good evening. I'm Jeff Bennett on the Navas is away. On the news hour tonight

Israel's prime minister says the intense phase of the war in Gaza will end soon as Israel and the US are The

intense phase of the war in Gaza will end soon, as Israel and the US argue over weapons deliveries.

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Israel today indicated it's close to ending what it called the intense phase of its operations in Gaza

and would soon transition to a new stage of the war.

That word came as Israel's defense minister met with senior U.S. officials here in Washington today

and as the U.S. and Israel continued a public spat over weapons deliveries.

Nick Schifrin joins us now, Nick, it's good to see you.

So what did Israel say about the future of the war?

Jeff, for months Israel has described its operation in Raffa as targeting the final four Hamas battalions.

And today, Israel's chief of the general staff said that Israeli soldiers for the

general staff

said that Israeli soldiers in Raffa

were quote, approaching the point

where Hamas's Raffa brigade was quote,

defeated.

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