The speech comes the day after Biden's election challenger Donald Trump became the first former US president to be convicted on criminal charges. AP
"Later today, I'll deliver remarks on the Middle East. Tune in here," Biden said on X, with a video link to the event.
The White House did not give further details or a time.
The speech comes the day after Biden's election challenger Donald Trump became the first former US president to be convicted on criminal charges.
Biden -- who was flying back to Washington from his beachside home in Rehoboth, Delaware on Friday -- has not yet commented on Thursday's Trump verdict.
The US president has been under growing pressure over his support for Israel since Sunday's Israeli strike on a displacement camp in Rafah killed 45 Palestinians and wounded 250 others.
The White House however said on Tuesday that while the Israeli strike was "devastating," it did not breach Biden's red lines for withholding weapons deliveries to the key US ally.
Biden does not believe that Israel's actions in Rafah amount to the full-scale operation he has warned Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu against, National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken acknowledged Friday that the humanitarian situation was "dire" in Gaza as Israel pushes in deeper, despite US efforts to bring in more assistance.
Blinken spoke a day after USAID chief Samantha Power quoted aid workers as saying that the "conditions are worse now than ever before" in Gaza.
"The humanitarian situation remains dire for people in Gaza," Blinken told reporters in Prague when asked about Power's remarks.
"We've seen changes -- some positive changes -- but the net effect is not there," he said.
Blinken added that while the number of aid trucks entering Gaza was up "significantly", distribution remained difficult.
He pointed to the impact of Israeli military operations around the crowded southern Gaza city of Rafah and the closure of the Rafah border into Egypt after Israel seized control of the crossing from the Hamas militant group.
"We're not just measuring inputs, we're measuring impact. And yes, the impact remains insufficient in terms of addressing the acute needs of children, women and men in Gaza," Blinken said.
The United States has built a temporary pier into Gaza at a cost of at least $320 million, but it was damaged in poor weather, suspending deliveries.
Israel's bloodiest-ever war on Gaza has killed at least 36,284 Palestinians and wounded more than 80,000 others, mostly women and children, according to the Gaza health ministry.
*This story was edited by Ahram Online
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