Israel moved quickly to contain the armed confrontation between the Sudanese army led by Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and his opponent, Mohamed Hamdan Daglo. Israel took the initiative to contact the parties to the conflict in order to convince them to lay down arms and agree on a settlement.
Israel's rapid move to try to mediate an end to the fighting in Sudan reflects its great concern about the negative repercussions of the armed conflict on the chances of signing a normalization agreement with Sudan.