The US president’s plane Air Force One has touched down in Tel Aviv.
Joe Biden is carrying out a diplomatic mission as concerns grow around the conflict – not least because of a hospital attack in Gaza that Palestinian officials say killed at least 500 people.
Mr Biden will be hoping to prevent the war from spiralling into an even bigger conflict, but this task will be made more difficult as outrage has swept through the Middle East.
He was also scheduled to visit Jordan, but this meeting with Arab leaders was called off as he was leaving Washington – costing him the opportunity for crucial face-to-face conversations.
The president will be speaking with Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during his trip to Tel Aviv.
Biden greets Netanyahu with hug
As we just reported, Joe Biden has landed in Israel – and as soon as he stepped off Air Force One, he was greeted by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
The pair embraced, with Mr Biden patting his counterpart on the back.
Mark Austin (Sky News reporter) says “one wonders whether after events at the hospital [in Gaza], he considered not coming”.
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