U.S. President Joe Biden has backed the Israeli account of the lethal assault on a Gaza hospital by blaming Palestinian resistance teams for the explosion.
His feedback come throughout a solidarity go to to Israel on Wednesday when he additionally denounced the Palestinian group Hamas for bringing “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.
Health authorities in Gaza stated the explosion killed over 500 folks and was brought on by the newest in a wave of Israeli airstrikes.
The Israeli navy blamed Palestinian militants, saying an outgoing Islamic Jihad rocket misfired and that it might 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.
He 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 United States on a plan to let support into Gaza, which has been besieged and bombarded for 12 days and beneath an Israeli blockade for 16 years.
Israel is threatening a floor invasion following the Oct. 7 incursion by Hamas.
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.
Netanyahu hailed Biden for paying “the first visit of an American president in Israel in a time of war.”
“There’s only one thing better than having a true friend like you standing with Israel and that is having you standing in Israel,” Netanyahu stated.
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