US President Joe Biden arrives in Tel Aviv as Israel-Hamas war enters 12th day

Tel Aviv, October 18

US President Joe Biden arrived in Tel Aviv on Wednesday to meet Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and show support to its Middle Eastern ally as Israel entered into the 12th day of war against the Hamas terror group.

The US President was received by PM Netanyahu at the airport.

The US President’s visit comes amid an attack on a hospital in Gaza which claimed the lives of hundreds present in and near the premises. 

US President Joe Biden on Wednesday departed for Israel from Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, and ahead of the US President’s official visit to war-torn Israel, security measures have been significantly strengthened here in the national capital on Wednesday.

To ensure the safety of the US President, several roads have been closed and several security personnel deployed in the city.

Earlier today, US National Security Council (NSC) coordinator for strategic communications, John Kirby, said President Biden, on his visit to Israel, will call on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to ensure there is no further escalation in the ongoing war with terror group Hamas.

“When he talks to PM Netanyahu, he’ll be asking some tough questions, as a true friend of Israel. He’s also going to make it clear that we continue to want to see this conflict not expand, not deepen…He will address the humanitarian situation in Gaza, making it clear, that we want to see humanitarian assistance flow in,” Kirby said.  

Sharing further details of the President’s visit to Israel, he said that Biden and PM Netanyahu will have a “very small, restricted” bilateral meeting, adding that the former will also engage with some families that lost their loved ones in the Hamas terror attacks.