Biden arrives in Israel and hugs Netanyahu and Herzog

President Joe Biden’s trip will be “confined to Tel Aviv”, National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby told reporters on board the presidential aircraft on Wednesday.

It will begin with a sit-down with President Netanyahu “in a very small restricted bilateral meeting” that will later extend to other members of his team and members of the Israeli war cabinet.

Mr Biden will then meet a group of Israeli first responders and thank them for “bravely putting themselves in harm’s way in response to these Hamas attacks”.

He will also speak with the relatives of Israelis and Americans who lost their lives or have been taken hostage by Hamas.

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