Several meetings held at Capitol Hill between the United States and Israel’s representatives did not manage to alleviate the former’s concerns about some of the latter’s recent moves against Hamas, which includes a ground operation in Rafah and a risk of causing civilian casualties, Axios reported on Wednesday. Israel Defense Forces (IDF) General Eliezer Toledano had a conversation with both Democratic and Republican members of the House Foreign Affairs Committee. Meanwhile, Israeli Ambassador to the US Michael Herzog set with several Jewish House Democrats. According to people familiar with the matter, Toledano was questioned about the transfer of humanitarian help to the Gaza Strip and Israel’s use of 2000-pound bombs, with his responses labeled “technical” and “uninformative.” In the meantime, Herzog talked about the operation in the Gazan city of Rafah but was also described as not giving any useful information. NN: Hamas is a cancer. And the sooner the tumor is removed the better