conversation yesterday between top u.s. officials and the top israelis about rafah. there was communication as well. apparently about this. with passover about to start and the sabbath, as you point out, as you were right about there, and passover on monday, all indications we are getting is that anything in rafah is way off. blinken made that clear -- second blinken made that clear at the g7. he said the u.s. has not received a plan for what to do about 1.4 million people, and there's no plan how to move them and how to shelter them. so the u.s., he said, does not support any major operation in rah fa. raf? >> reporter: that's right. we are not expecting the israelis to initiate a ground offensive in rafah, at least in the next few days, while the passover holiday is underway. the feeling is at minimum israel