Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office reached out to the White House, asking to reschedule a meeting regarding a potential Israeli operation in Rafah, which the premier canceled earlier this week, a US official told The Times of Israel on Wednesday.

Netanyahu’s office denied granting final authorization for any such trip, but an Israeli official told The Times of Israel that the reports were “not wrong” and that Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer and National Security Council chairman Tzachi Hanegbi would likely travel to Washington when the meeting was finalized.