Biden to visit Israel in ‘critical moment’ for the region, says Blinken

Joe Biden to meet Benjamin Netanyahu, with Israel’s war aims and aid for Gaza high on the agenda, says US secretary of state

• Israel-Hamas war: latest updates

President Joe Biden will travel to Israel for talks with prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday as concerns grow that the Israel-Hamas war could spiral into a regional conflict.

The US president’s plans to travel to Tel Aviv were announced by US secretary of state Antony Blinken as the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip grows more dire and as Israel prepares for a ground attack on the enclave to root out Hamas militants behind what US and Israeli officials have called the most lethal assault against Jews since the Holocaust.