Israel will take “into account” US concerns over its planned offensive in the crowded city of Rafah, where more than a million civilians are sheltering from Israel’s war on Gaza, the White House said Monday. Tensions have risen between Israel and its chief backer the United States over the heavy civilian death toll in the Gaza Strip, and especially over Israeli plans to send ground forces into the southern city. But the two sides had a “constructive engagement on Rafah” during two hours of video conference talks, attended by Secretary of State Antony Blinken and National Security Advisor Jake …