Details have emerged of what President Joe Biden plans to do after arriving in Tel Aviv later today.

Speaking on board Air Force One, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said the first thing the president will do is meet Benjamin Netanyahu. 

The encounter will be a “very small, restricted bilateral meeting”. 

After this, the meeting will widen to include the Israeli war cabinet.

The president is then expected to meet with Israeli first responders, and thank them “for all their bravery” during the response to the Hamas attack. 

“He will also have a chance after that to meet with some of the families,” Ms Jean-Pierre said. 

“It’ll be some of the families of those who have lost loved ones in Israel, and some of the families who still don’t know of their loved ones.”

Ms Jean-Pierre added that some of the family members will include those whose relatives have been taken as hostages.

It is unknown if they will be families of Americans known to have been killed or who remain missing. 

US urges Americans ‘do not travel’ to Lebanon

The US has raised its travel advisory for Lebanon to “do not travel”. 

The US State Department made the announcement earlier today as a result of rocket, missile and artillery exchanges between Israel and Hezbollah.