Netanyahu to Address Congress Amid Heightened Tensions in Middle East

It will be the Israeli prime minister’s fourth speech to a joint session—a record for a foreign leader.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, front, attends a wreath-laying ceremony marking Holocaust Remembrance Day in the Hall of Remembrance at Yad Vashem, the World Holocaust Remembrance Centre, in Jerusalem, Israel, on May 6, 2024. Amir Cohen via AP

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will address Congress on July 24, making the case for the United States to keep supporting Israel in its ongoing war with Hamas in Gaza.

It will be Mr. Netanyahu’s fourth speech to a joint session of Congress, a record for a foreign leader.