
Biden supports Israel's position on deadly Gaza hospital explosion
Joe Biden shares Israel's position on the devastating explosion at a hospital in the Gaza Strip during a visit to Israel to alleviate the humanitarian impact of the Israeli-Hamas conflict and prevent it from escalating into a regional war. supported.
The US president says in remarks to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that the evidence he has seen is that "some other team" was responsible for Tuesday night's Gaza City hospital explosion that killed hundreds of people. He said that it suggests.
Earlier in the day, the Israeli military presented evidence that the explosion was the result of an errant rocket fired by the Islamic Jihad militant group. The group denied any responsibility.
The massacre at Al Ahly Arab Hospital caused the cancellation of Biden's second leg to meet with Arab leaders in Jordan before the president leaves Washington. He will return directly to Washington after meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, senior civilian and military officials in Tel Aviv, and families of victims of the October 7 Hamas attack that killed more than 1,300 people and sparked the latest cycle of violence. is.
The Hamas-run Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip blamed an Israeli attack for the hospital explosion that killed 471 people, a ministry spokesperson said.
The Israel Defense Forces provided evidence on Wednesday morning that there were no craters in the hospital that would indicate an airstrike. Instead, a spokesperson said the explosion was caused by an accidental detonation of the warhead and fuel of an Islamic Jihad rocket that failed shortly after being fired from a nearby cemetery and landed in the hospital's parking lot. He claimed that the high number of casualties was due to the area being overcrowded with civilians.
Joe Biden shares Israel's position on the devastating explosion at a hospital in the Gaza Strip during a visit to Israel to alleviate the humanitarian impact of the Israeli-Hamas conflict and prevent it from escalating into a regional war. supported.
The US president says in remarks to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that the evidence he has seen is that "some other team" was responsible for Tuesday night's Gaza City hospital explosion that killed hundreds of people. He said that it suggests.
Earlier in the day, the Israeli military presented evidence that the explosion was the result of an errant rocket fired by the Islamic Jihad militant group. The group denied any responsibility.
The massacre at Al-Ahly Arab Hospital has caused the cancellation of Biden's second leg to meet Arab leaders in Jordan before the president leaves Washington. He will return directly to Washington after meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, senior civilian and military officials in Tel Aviv, and families of victims of the October 7 Hamas attack that killed more than 1,300 people and sparked the latest cycle of violence. is.
The Hamas-run Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip blamed an Israeli attack for the hospital explosion that killed 471 people, a ministry spokesperson said.
The Israel Defense Forces provided evidence on Wednesday morning that there were no craters in the hospital that would indicate an airstrike. Instead, the spokesperson said the explosion was caused by an accidental detonation of the warhead and fuel of an Islamic Jihad rocket that failed shortly after being fired from a nearby cemetery and landed in the hospital's parking lot. He claimed that the high number of casualties was due to the area being overcrowded with civilians.