Czech President Pavel begins Israel visit

The Czech president, Petr Pavel, arrived in Israel by plane on Monday morning, the Czech News Agency reported. During his visit to the country he is set to meet his Israeli counterpart, Isaac Herzog, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other senior leaders.

Mr. Pavel will also meet members of the families of people kidnapped by Hamas during an attack in early October.

The trip had previously been announced but the date had not been revealed for security reasons.

Mr. Pavel will later visit Qatar, where he will also meet senior leaders.