The U.S. Embassy in Israel said the aim of his trip was "to reinforce the need to work toward a sustainable calm." Israel launched day-long attacks to destroy what it said were several km (miles) of tunnels, launch sites and weapon manufacturing warehouses used by the militants in an effort to halt the rocket attacks.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/15/world/middleeast/israel-palestinian-gaza-war.html