{"id":10155,"date":"2023-10-17T13:50:35","date_gmt":"2023-10-17T13:50:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/2023\/10\/17\/israel-hamas-war-biden-to-visit-israel-on-wednesday-in-show-of-support\/"},"modified":"2023-10-17T13:50:35","modified_gmt":"2023-10-17T13:50:35","slug":"israel-hamas-war-biden-to-visit-israel-on-wednesday-in-show-of-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/2023\/10\/17\/israel-hamas-war-biden-to-visit-israel-on-wednesday-in-show-of-support\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel-Hamas war: Biden to visit Israel on Wednesday in show of support"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"speakable\">President Biden will visit Israel on Wednesday as he tries to send a message of his administration\u2019s commitment to the Jewish state amid its war with Hamas.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Secretary of State Antony Blinken confirmed the visit Monday night, saying the visit will happen \u2018at a critical moment for Israel, for the region, and for the world.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u2018The president will reaffirm the United States solidarity with Israel and our ironclad commitment to its security,\u2019 a White House official said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Blinken also added that Biden will speak to Israeli leaders about how to minimize civilian casualties in the densely populated Gaza Strip, which has been bombarded with Israeli airstrikes.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u2018The president will hear from Israel how it will conduct its operations in a way that minimizes civilian casualties and enables humanitarian assistance to flow to civilians in Gaza in a way that does not benefit Hamas,\u2019 he explained.<\/p>\n<p>Israel has urged 1 million residents in Gaza to evacuate the northern end.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The visit coincides with Biden\u2019s pledge to support Israel. The administration has already promised military support, sending U.S. carriers and aid to the region.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, Biden spoke with several world leaders and his own national security team about the humanitarian crisis unfolding in the besieged Gaza over fears the conflict could expand.<\/p>\n<p>Biden spoke by phone with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi, Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz about the fallout from Hamas terrorist fighters\u2019 surprise attacks on Israel that left 1,400 dead and retaliatory strikes that have killed at least 2,778 Palestinians. Biden scrapped a planned trip to Colorado on Monday where he was expected to tout his economic agenda.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-media fn-video\">\n<div class=\"video-container\">\n<div class=\"m video-player\"> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>After visiting Israel, Biden will visit neighboring Jordan to meet with Arab leaders as tensions increase in the region.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said Biden will meet with King Abdullah, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018He will reiterate that Hamas does not stand for the Palestinian people\u2019s right to dignity and self-determination and discuss the humanitarian needs of civilians in Gaza,\u2019 the White House said of Biden\u2019s upcoming visit.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Associated Press contributed to this report.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-bio\">\n<p>Louis Casiano is a reporter for Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent to\u00a0louis.casiano@fox.com.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>This post appeared first on FOX NEWS<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Biden will visit Israel on Wednesday as he tries to send a message of his administration\u2019s commitment to the Jewish state amid its war with Hamas.\u00a0 Secretary of State Antony Blinken confirmed the visit Monday night, saying the visit will happen \u2018at a critical moment for Israel, for the region, and for the world.\u2019 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":10156,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-10155","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-politics"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10155","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10155"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10155\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10156"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10155"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}