Biden Delivers Remarks On Tel Aviv Visit

US President Joe Biden has just finished delivering public remarks following his talks with PM Benjamin Netanyahu in Tel Aviv. Biden: "I came to Israel with a single message: you are not alone." Biden: 'There is no higher priority than release of hostages.'

• Biden states that he will ask Congress for an "unprecedented support package" for Israel later this week.
• Biden says that other nations, hostile actors should not think of attacking Israel.
• Biden: "Justice must be done, but don't be consumed by it...The vast majority of Palestinians are not Hamas, Hamas do not represent the Palestinian people....Palestinian people are suffering greatly as well."
• Biden to Israel: "You are a Jewish state. You are also a democracy."
• Biden: "There is an agreement with Israel to allow humanitarian aid to move from Egypt to Gaza."
• It remains to be seen if Biden's trip and warnings against intervention by other actors will be enough to keep the conflict contained between Hamas and Israel.
• Meetings have taken place today between foreign ministers at an Organisation of Islamic Cooperation exec committee event in Jeddah. FM's from senior players in the region inc. Saudi Arabia, Iran, and Turkey held talks. Stance of these three nations could prove crucial in determining whether the conflict spreads further outside of the current Israel-Hamas conflict.
• Wires report the US has also vetoed a Brazilian-proposed resolution on Israel-Gaza at the UN.