Restoring dialogue between the US and Chinese militaries as tensions persist will be the priority for President Joe Biden when he meets Wednesday with his counterpart Xi Jinping, according to US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan. "Having our two militaries in communication is the way you reduce mistake, you avoid escalation, you manage competition so it doesn't veer into conflict," he tells reporters. Speaking on the fighting between Israeli forces and Hamas around Gaza's main hospital, he says, "we do not want to see firefights in hospitals, we want to see patients protected, we want to see hospitals protected." IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES