Vance said that after visiting Rome, he had considered going to Israel, but attributed his failure to go there to logistical and security reasons rather than Israel's expanding military operations in Gaza.
Vance told reporters on the plane, "I think there is a lot of exaggeration about this outside. I haven't fully figured out the situation yet, so I don't want to talk about details. But in short: we did consider going to Israel, and also considered going to several other countries that future presidents hope I will visit in the coming months. From a logistical perspective, some basic problems were just too difficult to solve, such as who would take care of our children if we stayed overseas for a few more days? And on more serious issues, like how to provide security guarantees and ensure the necessary resources are allocated to complete official visits? So I believe we will visit Israel at some point in the future, but not now."
Previously, Axios, an American media outlet, reported citing a senior U.S. official as saying that Vance had originally planned to visit Israel on Tuesday but canceled due to Israel's expanded military operations in Gaza. (Source: CNN)
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