US Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken, announced at dawn on Tuesday that the United States and Israel had agreed on a plan that would allow aid to reach civilians in Gaza.

Blinken said, "It is necessary for aid to begin flowing to Gaza as soon as possible."

Blinken also announced that President Joe Biden will visit Israel, on Wednesday, to show solidarity in the wake of the unprecedented attack launched against it by the Islamic Resistance Movement “Hamas” on October 7.

US President Biden is expected to visit the Jordanian capital, Amman, to meet with the Jordanian King, Abdullah II, the Egyptian President, Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, and the Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, on Thursday.

According to Reuters, Blinken told reporters at the conclusion of marathon talks he held in Tel Aviv with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, “The president will affirm the solidarity of the United States with Israel and our strict commitment to its security.”

He added that Biden will continue close coordination with Israeli partners to release hostages held by Hamas.

Pinken explained that Biden "will confirm our message to any party that tries to exploit this crisis to attack Israel."

Reuters quoted a witness on Monday as saying that trucks carrying aid to the Gaza Strip were heading from Al-Arish in the Egyptian Sinai Peninsula towards the Rafah crossing. It is not clear when or if the crossing will open.

It is noteworthy that Israel launched a raid on the vicinity of the crossing, on Monday, according to press reports.

These developments come amid intense preparations by the Israeli army to launch a large-scale attack in Gaza, following the November 7 attack launched by the Islamic Resistance Movement - Hamas, in which the movement’s fighters were able to storm Israeli military headquarters and multiple towns, killing more than 1,400. One person, according to Israeli reports, while the fierce Israeli bombing of the besieged Gaza Strip led to the death of 2,670 Palestinian citizens, a quarter of whom were children, and more than 9,600 were injured, most of them civilians, amid estimates that there were hundreds under the rubble, according to officials.