总统乔·拜登将于周四向全国发表讲话，向美国人民介绍美国对哈马斯袭击的回应，白宫说。
美国东部时间晚上8点在椭圆形办公室发表演讲的前一天，拜登进行了高风险的访问以色列在那里，他敦促以色列总理本雅明·内塔尼亚胡允许来自埃及的援助进入加沙，帮助遭受以色列空袭的巴勒斯坦平民。
拜登罕见地在空军一号上对记者说，他已经与埃及总统阿卜杜勒·法塔赫·塞西通过电话进行了“坦率的谈判”，塞西已经同意开放关闭的拉法过境点大门允许多达20辆装载救援物资的卡车通过。
“我来是为了完成一件事——我完成了，”他说。
2023年10月18日，乔·拜登总统抵达以色列特拉维夫时会见了以色列总理本杰明·内塔尼亚胡。
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“他们将修补道路——他们必须填补坑洼，以便卡车通过，”他说。“预计明天大约需要八个小时。因此，可能不会有任何进展……可能要到周五。”
当被问及他对以色列官员说了什么时，拜登说:“我非常坦率地表示，需要支持向加沙提供人道主义援助，让它进入加沙，而且要快。”
他补充道，“我没有遇到任何阻力，事实上没有。...让我再说一遍，我不反对。”
拜登说:“看，以色列是严重的受害者，但你知道，事实是，如果他们有机会减轻那些无处可去的人的痛苦，他们会去的，这是他们应该做的。”"如果他们不这样做，他们将被以可能不公平的方式追究责任."
在他前往以色列之前，有人提出了这样的问题，即此行是否值得冒身体和政治风险，拜登周三自己也提到了这一点。
“让我在这里选择我的话。没有多少人认为我们能完成这项工作，”他说，显然指的是向加沙运送援助物资。"没有多少人愿意与失败联系在一起."
“没有多少人愿意与失败联系在一起。坦率地说，关于是否要去，有一个很长、很长、一个多小时的讨论，因为如果我们去了，这失败了，你知道美国失败了，拜登的总统任期失败了，等等，这将是合理的批评。”
拜登说，巴勒斯坦权力机构主席阿巴斯和约旦国王阿卜杜拉处于“艰难的境地”，他继续说，“如果我们不能完成这项工作，我们将把他们都置于艰难的境地。在我看来，我们要么承担所有的责任，要么不让任何人为难，要么完成任务。我认为值得抓住机会去完成它。”
Biden to address nation after Israel trip, says 'I got it done' on aid to Gaza
PresidentJoe Bidenwill address to the nation Thursday to update Americans on theU.S. response to the Hamas attacks, the White House said.
The 8 p.m. ET Oval Office speech comes a day after Biden's high-stakes visit toIsraelwhere he pressed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to allow aid from Egypt into Gaza for Palestinian civilians reeling from Israel airstrikes.
In a rare move, Biden spoke to reporters aboard Air Force One, telling them he had been on the phone with Egypt's President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi in "blunt negotiation" and that El-Sisi had agreed to open theclosed Rafah crossing gatein southern Gaza to allow up to 20 trucks with aid through.
"I came to get something done -- I got it done," he said.
"They're going to patch the road -- they have to fill in the potholes for the trucks to get through," he said. "Expect that to take about eight hours tomorrow.So, there may be nothing rolling through … probably until Friday."
Asked about what he told Israeli officials, Biden said, "I was very blunt about the need to support getting humanitarian aid to Gaza, get it to Gaza and do it quickly."
He added, "I got no pushback, virtually none. ... Let me say it again, I got no pushback."
"Look, Israel has been badly victimized, but you know, the truth is that if they have an opportunity to relieve suffering of people who are, have nowhere to go, they're gonna be, it's what they should do," Biden said. "And if they don't, they'll be held accountable in ways that may be unfair."
Before he left for Israel, questions were raised about whether making the trip was worth the physical and political risk, something Biden brought up himself Wednesday.
"Let me choose my words here. Not many people thought that we could get this done," he said, apparently referring to the delivery of aid to Gaza. "And not many people want to be associated with failure."
"Not many people want to be associated with failure. And there was quite frankly a -- a lengthy, lengthy, hour or more discussion about whether to go, because had we gone and this failed then, you know the United States failed, Biden's presidency failed, et cetera, which would be legitimate criticism."
Saying Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and Jordan's King Abdullah were in a "tough spot," Biden continued, "We're putting all of them in a tough situation, if we didn't get this done and so. It had to be in my view, we either, either took all the blame or not to put anyone else on the spot, or get it done. And I thought it was worth taking the chance to get it done."
