Sitting beside US President Joe Biden in the Oval Office, President Isaac Herzog begins his remarks in front of reporters by noting the tragic events in Israel earlier today in northern Israel, where two people in the border town of Nahariya were killed in a Hezbollah rocket attack and a kindergarten was hit in a drone attack in Haifa.

Israeli President Isaac Herzog met with President Joe Biden at the White House Tuesday as conflict continued to roil the Middle East. Herzog called Iran the "empire of evil" and stressed that the focus in Gaza must be on freeing hostages held by Hamas.

Israeli President Isaac Herzog thanked U.S. President Joe Biden for his support during a visit to the White House on Tuesday (November 12), and said his successor Donald Trump's "major objective" should be to ensure Iran "cannot fulfil their evil intentions.