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President Joe Biden and Israeli President Isaac Herzog met at the White House on Tuesday afternoon to discuss the war against Hamas and Hezbollah and other Middle East concerns.

Joe Biden met with Israel President Isaac Herzog at the White House on Tuesday, which included a gift from Herzog to Biden.

“But first and foremost, we have to get the hostages back,” the Israeli president asserts before stressing that the primary problem for the region is Iran, which seeks to destabilize the Mideast directly, through its proxies, by calling for the annihilation of Israel and by seeking nuclear weapons.

President Joe Biden hosted Israeli President Isaac Herzog at the White House on Tuesday as the outgoing administration seeks cease-fire progress in Gaza and Lebanon.

U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday hosted Israel's president while President-elect Donald Trump has separately held multiple phone calls recently with Israel's head of government, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

President Biden sat down with Israeli President Isaac Herzog on Tuesday. During the meeting, Herzog praised Mr. Biden for his ongoing support of Israel since the war with Hamas broke out in 2023. CBS News' Elizabeth Palmer and Willie James Inman report.

President Biden met with Israel's president to discuss concerns over the war in Gaza and continued to assert the United States' commitment to delivering aid in the region.