U.S. and Israeli officials will meet virtually on Monday, and they will continue their discussions regarding Israel’s intended operations in the southern Gaza city of Rafah.

The Biden administration has warned for weeks that an Israeli ground invasion into the city would pose a grave risk to the more than 1 million Palestinians who have fled to Rafah to avoid the front lines of the war, while Israeli leaders insist they have to conduct full-scale operations to meet their war goals.