乔·拜登总统将访问以色列周三，美国国务卿安东尼布林肯周一晚上宣布。
布林肯星期二早上在以色列宣布了这一消息，此前他与以色列总理内塔尼亚胡进行了长时间的会谈。
除了拜登即将访问的消息之外，布林肯还宣布，美国和以色列将制定一项计划，“使捐助国和多边组织的人道主义援助能够到达加沙的平民手中，并且只能到达他们手中，包括建立一些地区帮助平民免受伤害的可能性，”他说。
2023年10月14日，美国总统乔·拜登在DC华盛顿会议中心举行的人权运动全国晚宴上发表讲话。(安德鲁·卡瓦列罗·雷诺兹摄/法新社)
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布林肯在对媒体的讲话中说，拜登有一个由四部分组成的目标。
“首先，总统将重申美国对以色列的声援，以及我们对以色列安全的坚定承诺。拜登总统将再次明确表示，正如他在哈马斯屠杀1400多人(包括至少30名美国人)后明确表示的那样，以色列有权利也有义务保护自己的人民免受哈马斯和其他恐怖分子，并防止未来的袭击，”布林肯说总统将听取以色列的意见，在我们继续与国会合作以满足这些需求的时候，以色列需要什么来保护自己的人民。"
布林肯接着说，总统“将向任何试图利用这场危机攻击以色列的国家或非国家行为者强调我们的明确信息:不要。为此，他在该地区部署了两个航空母舰群和其他军事资产。”
布林肯还表示，拜登将继续与以色列合作伙伴协调，努力从哈马斯手中解救人质。
最后，国务卿布林肯说，拜登将听取以色列“战争目标和战略”的简报
在周一晚上与记者的纯音频简报中，白宫国家安全发言人约翰·柯比简要介绍了总统本周对以色列和约旦的访问。布林肯在他的新闻发布会上表示，拜登将在以色列-哈马斯战争的“关键时刻”来访和抵达。
柯比说，拜登将在以色列举行“会议”，包括与内塔尼亚胡的双边会议，以及“与其他以色列官员会面的机会”。
他说，拜登星期三还将前往约旦首都安曼，在那里他将会见约旦国王阿卜杜拉二世、埃及总统阿卜杜勒·法塔赫·塞西以及巴勒斯坦总统马哈茂德·阿巴斯。
在哈马斯发动恐怖袭击后，拜登政府承诺坚定不移地支持以色列。该恐怖组织于10月7日发动了前所未有的入侵，在一个音乐节上杀害了数百人，并杀害了加沙边境附近以色列社区的家庭。哈马斯还从以色列劫持了近200名人质，其中包括美国人。
拜登总统称哈马斯的行为是“纯粹的邪恶”,并迅速支持向以色列提供军火。包括国务卿布林肯和国防部长劳埃德·奥斯丁在内的高级官员已经被派往该地区以示团结。
最近几天，拜登还对巴勒斯坦平民面临的人道主义危机表示担忧，他说，虽然以色列有权自卫，但必须遵守“战争规则”
在他对以色列反击哈马斯的最强烈的声明中，他警告说，以色列占领加沙将是一个“大错误”。
加沙的死亡人数继续攀升，至少有2750人死亡，9700多人受伤。在以色列，至少1400人死亡，3400人受伤。
以色列切断了加沙的电力供应，告诉了一百多万平民逃往南方为可能的地面攻击做准备。被哈马斯拒绝的撤离呼吁引起了恐慌，迫使居民做出艰难的决定是去是留。
这场危机给拜登政府带来了外交挑战。
一名美国高级官员此前告诉美国广播公司新闻，如果拜登接受内塔尼亚胡的邀请，那将是试图“调整”以色列内阁内部的决策，相信政府只有拜登才能成功敦促克制。
布林肯表示，一个新的焦点是加沙平民的“安全区”，以及谈判开放以埃之间的拉法过境点，以允许人道主义援助的流动。
但截至周一，联合国救济和工程处表示，没有燃料，食物，水或其他种类的援助进入加沙。
也有人担心哈马斯和以色列的战争可能会蔓延成更大范围的地区冲突。战斗加剧了黎以边境的紧张局势，在那里，以色列和伊朗支持的真主党之间发生了一些冲突。
一名美国官员向ABC新闻证实，五角大楼已将约2000名美国士兵置于高度戒备状态，可能会在需要时部署到中东。
President Biden to visit Israel on Wednesday: Sec. Blinken
President Joe Bidenwill visit Israelon Wednesday, Secretary of State Anthony Blinken announced Monday night.
Blinken made the announcement from Israel, where it was early Tuesday morning, following a lengthy meeting with Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Beyond the news of Biden’s impending visit, Blinken also announced the U.S. and Israel will develop a plan "that will enable humanitarian aid from donor nations and multilateral organizations to reach civilians in Gaza and them alone, including the possibility of creating areas to help keep civilians out of harm's way," he said.
At his address to the media, Blinken said Biden has a four-part goal.
"First, the president will reaffirm the United States’ solidarity with Israel and our ironclad commitment to its security. President Biden will again make clear, as he's done unequivocally since Hamas’ slaughter of more than 1400 people, including at least 30 Americans, that Israel has the right and indeed the duty to defend its people fromHamasand other terrorists, and to prevent future attacks," Blinken said. "The president will hear from Israel what it needs to defend its people as we continue to work with Congress to meet those needs."
As he continued, Blinken said the president “will underscore our crystal-clear message to any actor, state or non-state, trying to take advantage of this crisis to attack Israel: Don't. To that end, he's deployed two aircraft carrier groups and other military assets to the region.”
Blinken also said Biden will continue coordinating with Israeli partners on working to get hostages released from Hamas.
Lastly, Secretary Blinken said Biden will be briefed on Israel’s “war aims and strategy.”
In an audio-only briefing with reporters Monday night, White House national security spokesman John Kirby offered a light preview of the president's trip to Israel and Jordan this week, echoing what Sec. Blinken stated at his news conference -- that Biden will be "visiting and arriving at a critical moment" in the Israel-Hamas war.
Biden will hold "meetings" in Israel, Kirby said, including a bilateral meeting with Netanyahu and "a chance also" to "meet with other Israeli officials as well.
He said Biden would also travel Wednesday to the Jordanian capital, Amman, where he'll meet with Jordan's King Abdullah II, Egypt's President Abdel Fatah El-Sisi and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.
The Biden administration has pledged unwavering support to Israel in the wake of the terror attacks inflicted by Hamas. The terrorist group launched an unprecedented incursion on Oct. 7, killing hundreds at a music festival and families inside Israeli communities near the Gaza border. Hamas also took nearly 200 hostages from Israel, including Americans.
President Biden called Hamas’ actions “sheer evil” and quickly bolstered munitions to Israel. Top officials, including Secretary Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, have been deployed to the region in a show of solidarity.
In recent days, Biden has also expressed concern about the humanitarian crisis unfolding for Palestinian civilians, stating while Israel has a right to defend itself it must follow the “rules of war."
In his strongest statements yet on Israel's counteroffensive against Hamas, he cautioned that an Israeli occupation of Gaza would be a "big mistake."
The death toll continues to climb in Gaza, with at least 2,750 people killed and 9,700 more injured. In Israel, at least 1,400 people have died and 3,400 have been injured.
Israel, which cut off electricity to Gaza, told more than a million civiliansto flee southas it prepares for a possible ground assault. The evacuation call, rejected by Hamas, prompted panic and forced residents to makedifficult decisionson whether to stay or leave.
The crisis presents a diplomatic challenge for the Biden administration.
A senior U.S. official previously told ABC News that if Biden did accept Netanyahu's invitation, it would be to try to "modulate" decision-making inside the Israeli cabinet with a belief in the administration that only Biden can successfully urge restraint.
Blinken has said a new focus is "safe zones" for civilians inside Gaza, as well as negotiating the opening of the Rafah border crossing between Israel and Egypt to allow for the flow of humanitarian assistance.
But as of Monday, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency said no fuel, food, water or other kinds of aid had entered Gaza.
There are also concerns that the Hamas-Israel war could spread into a wider regional conflict. Fighting has increased tension along the Lebanon-Israel border, where there have been some clashes between Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah.
The Pentagon has placed about 2,000 American troops on a heightened state of readiness to possibly be deployed to the Middle East in case they're needed, a U.S. official confirmed to ABC News.
