The decision to allow water, food and other supplies came just as President Joe Biden visited Israel in hopes of preventing a wider conflict.
The decision to allow water, food and other supplies came as rage over a blast at al-Ahli Hospital spread across the Middle East, and just as President Joe Biden visited Israel in hopes of preventing a wider conflict.that killed hundreds the day before put immense strain on Gaza doctors treating the wounded as medical supplies ran out.
In his brief visit, Biden tried to strike a balance between showing U.S. support for Israel, while containing spiking alarm among Arab allies over its toll after Tuesday’s explosion. Upon his arrival, Biden embraced Netanyahu — and expressed concern for the suffering of Gaza’s civilians. Israeli military spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari said it was not firing in the area when the blast occurred. And, he said, Israeli radar confirmed a rocket barrage was fired by the Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad from a nearby cemetery at the time of the blast, around 6:59 p.m. Independent video showed one of the rockets in the barrage falling out of the sky, he said.
The Anglican bishop of Jerusalem, Hosam Naoum, said the hospital, run by the Episcopal Church, had received at least three Israeli military orders to evacuate in the days before the blast. It was hit by Israeli shelling Sunday, wounding four staffers, he said. Israel had ordered all 22 hospitals in northern Gaza to evacuate last week.
On Wednesday morning, the blast scene was littered with charred cars and the ground was blackened. One man who had been sheltering there with his family, Mohammed al-Hayek, said he was sitting with other men in a hospital stairwell Tuesday night, idling away the hours but wary of sitting in the yard.“When I returned, they were torn to pieces,” he said. Struggling to speak, he pointed to where their bodies had lain. The stone walls were still splattered with blood.
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