US President Joe Biden attends a gathering with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
US President Joe Biden on a solidarity go to to Israel Wednesday backed the ally’s account that Palestinian militants brought about a devastating hospital strike in Gaza, including Hamas had introduced “only suffering.”
“I was deeply saddened and outraged by the explosion at the hospital in Gaza yesterday. And based on what I’ve seen, it appears as though it was done by the other team, not you,” Biden stated as he opened a gathering with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Tel Aviv.
“But there’s a lot of people out there not sure so we have to overcome a lot of things,” Biden stated.
Well being authorities in Hamas-ruled Gaza stated the explosion killed between 200 and 300 individuals and was attributable to the most recent in a wave of Israeli air strikes.
The Israeli navy blamed Palestinian militants, saying an outgoing Islamic Jihad rocket misfired and that it could present proof.
“We have to bear in mind that Hamas does not represent all the Palestinian people and has brought them only suffering,” Biden stated.
Biden stated he was encouraging Netanyahu to make sure “life-saving capacity to help the Palestinians who are innocent and caught in the middle of this”.
In asserting Biden’s go to, Secretary of State Antony Blinken stated that Israel had agreed to work with the USA on a plan to let support into Gaza, which has been besieged and bombarded for 12 days and below an Israeli blockade for 17 years.
Israel is threatening a floor invasion following the devastating October 7 assault by Hamas militants.
Biden stated he was “proud” to go to Israel.
“I want to say to the people of Israel — their courage, their commitment and their bravery is stunning,” Biden stated.