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President Biden mentioned Tuesday that he’s “outraged and deeply saddened” by the rocket strike in opposition to a hospital in Gaza that killed a whole bunch of Palestinians amid ongoing violence in Israel stemming from Hamas terrorists’ shock assault on the Jewish State.
The president mentioned he spoke in regards to the blast with Jordan’s King Abdullah II and Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and directed U.S. nationwide safety officers to additional examine the incident.
“I’m outraged and deeply saddened by the explosion on the Al Ahli Arab hospital in Gaza, and the horrible lack of life that resulted,” Biden mentioned in a press release. “Instantly upon listening to this information, I spoke with King Abdullah II of Jordan, and Prime Minister Netanyahu of Israel and have directed my nationwide safety staff to proceed gathering details about what precisely occurred.”
Well being authorities in Gaza accused the Israeli forces of launching an airstrike in opposition to the hospital. However Israel’s officers say the rocket was a misfire launch by the Islamic Jihad in Gaza.
HUNDREDS KILLED IN BLAST AT GAZA STRIP HOSPITAL; ISRAEL SAYS ISLAMIC JIHAD’S ‘FAILED ROCKET LAUNCH’ TO BLAME
President Biden mentioned Tuesday that he’s “outraged and deeply saddened” by the rocket strike in opposition to a hospital in Gaza that killed a whole bunch of Palestinians. (Andrew Caballero)
“From the evaluation of the operational methods of the IDF, an enemy rocket barrage was carried out in direction of Israel, which handed by the neighborhood of the hospital when it was hit,” an IDF spokesperson mentioned in a press release. “In accordance with intelligence data, from a number of sources we now have, the Islamic Jihad terrorist group is answerable for the failed capturing that hit the hospital.”
Authorities in Gaza are estimating greater than 500 individuals had been killed within the explosion on the Al Ahli Arab Hospital.
“The US stands unequivocally for the safety of civilian life throughout battle and we mourn the sufferers, medical workers and different innocents killed or wounded on this tragedy,” Biden mentioned.
Greater than 4,200 individuals have been killed in Gaza and Israel since Hamas launched its largest assault in opposition to Israel in many years on October 7, resulting in retaliatory motion from Israeli forces. 1000’s extra have been wounded, and lots of others have been taken hostage by Hamas and raped, tortured and murdered.
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Biden mentioned he directed his nationwide safety staff to research what precisely occurred concerning the hospital explosion in Gaza. (Drew Angerer/Getty Pictures)
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Biden arrived in Israel on Wednesday in assist of the nation within the wake of Hamas’ act of terrorism. He was initially anticipated to then depart for Jordan to fulfill with leaders of Jordan, Egypt and the Palestinian Authority, though the journey to Jordan was canceled after the hospital explosion.
A senior Palestinian official mentioned after the blast that Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas canceled the assembly with Biden in protest of the incident.
“After consulting with King Abdullah II of Jordan and in mild of the times of mourning introduced by President Abbas of the Palestinian Authority, President Biden will postpone his journey to Jordan and the deliberate assembly with these two leaders and President Sisi of Egypt,” the White Home mentioned in a press release.
