US President Joe Biden is expected to iron out a Gaza cease-fire deal with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Netanyahu is also set to meet Kamala Harris on his visit to Washington.
US President Joe Biden was due to meet Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House on Thursday after the Israeli Prime Minister delivered a combative speech to Congress the day before.
Tensions between the two are present, with Biden’s administration urging Israel to do more to provide further aid to Gaza and to protect civilians there.
The health system in the Palestinian territory has been decimated, with widespread malnutrition and a risk of famine in some areas.
The meeting comes after Netanyahu’s heated speech on Wednesday, in which he called for the United States and Israel to stand shoulder-to-shoulder in confronting Iran.
Netanyahu is set to hold talks with Biden in the Oval Office before both meet the families of US hostages held in Gaza.
The Israeli leader is also set to meet the Democratic Party’s presumed presidential candidate Kamala Harris on Thursday, before meeting Donald Trump at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida on Friday.
The visit is Netanyahu’s first to Washington since the Hamas attack on southern Israel on October 7 — and the first in nearly four years.
