The us President Joe Biden has arrived in israel. This was always a diplomatically risky visit a us president arriving in the middle of a fast paced war but his role here and what he can hope to achieve today has been hugely complicated by the devastating deaths last night of hundreds of civilians in gaza in an explosion in an overcrowded hospital. That has raised a number of People Killed since hamas attacked to 3,500, according to Palestinian Health minister. President biden has been meeting Benjamin Netanyahu. The two leaders made these comments before going into closed door talks. I want to thank you for coming here today and for the unequivocal support have given israel during these trying times. Support that reflects the overwhelming will of the american people. I have seen your support everyday and the depth and breadth of cooperation that we have had since the beginning of this work. 11 of cooperation that is truly unprecedented in the history of the Great Alliance between origin nations. We see that support and your steadfast commitment to providing israel with the tools we need to defend ourselves. We see that support in the clear message have sent our enemies not to test our resolve and imitate American Carrier battle groups that you sent to the region to back up those words with action. But above all, mr president , the world says that support and clarity that have demonstrated from israel was attacked. I demonstrated from israel was attacked. , demonstrated from israel was attacked. , , demonstrated from israel was attacked. ,. , attacked. I was doubly sent and outra. Ed attacked. I was doubly sent and outraged by attacked. I was doubly sent and outraged by the attacked. I was doubly sent and outraged by the explosion attacked. 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The world as we can, says joe and they are looking to see what. The world as we can, saysjoe biden. The world as we can, sastoe biden. The world as we can, sastoe biden. The first us president said israels Prime Minister during those press statements, to visit israel any time of war, and a time of escalating tensions in the wider region here. Live now to our chief international correpsondent, lyse doucet, whos on the israel gaza border. Joe biden, after making those statements, went into closed door talks with Benjamin Netanyahu and then with israels or covenant. Between him and Benjamin Netanyahu, they have known each other for decades actually, havent they, and their relationship has at times, been tense, even though the us president always speaks clearly that the us is a staunch ally of israel. How frank a discussion think they will be having a behind closed doors, considering what feels like it is at risk right now in the region . 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We dont know, of course, whether he has been looking at the american case for her was behind that devastating explosion at the Hospital In Gaza city, which caused such carnage and chaos. We have heard from our reporter that there are still picking up body parts there today. President joe biden, both in terms of his hugs on the tarmac, on what he has said, has omitted absolutely clear that he is the best of friends to israel. Behind closed doors, he will use the power that best friends are supposed to have. He can say exactly what he thinks and what he thinks is that America Israel Cosmic back, that is your can have all the financial and military support and advice on intelligence it needs and in exchange, United States winston that israel will do Everything Possible to respect the rules of war, that it will do Everything Possible to minimise civilian casualties and to try to get desperately needed aid into the gaza strip whereby every account there is, to use the words of the secretary general, ethnic suffering. We have been hearing from some of the arab leaders, the egyptian leader hinted, he said, well, they want me to check in large numbers of palestinians yet they want me to settle them in the sinai but i am saying to them, why doesnt israel within its own territory to the nigel evans desert. He gives them present that he is under the impression under pressure to do something that is not good for Injured Palestinians who have been pushed from one place to another one war after the other and they know that any temporary measurement from their own land will mean a permanent dislocation into excel. Jae their own land will mean a permanent dislocation into excel. Dislocation into excel. Joe biden at least had been dislocation into excel. Joe biden at least had been expected dislocation into excel. Joe biden at least had been expected to dislocation into excel. Joe biden at least had been expected to meet l dislocation into excel. Joe biden at i least had been expected to meet the egyptian president face to face today as part of an arab summit and that was cancelled after the explosion at the hospital but as you say, pressure on israel internationally and including the United States, to allow aid into the gaza strip. It stopped short, fuel, water and medicines into the gaza strip while continuing his aerial bombardment is but a chipped or under pressure as well. Israel says, will let people out into a and egypt said, we dont want palestinians coming out to egypt for a number of reasons. , israel, should let aid into the gaza strip, and with this big humanitarian situation, suffering, death and gaza, the trouble in israel after the attacks by militants inside israel and the massacre of people ten or ii by militants inside israel and the massacre of people ten or 11 days ago. There are domestic politics and each one of these leaders are also keeping in mind, including the us president. We keeping in mind, including the us president. ~ ,. President. We start with the United States, president. We start with the United States. Israel president. We start with the United States, israel is president. We start with the United States, israel is not president. We start with the United States, israel is notjust president. We start with the United States, israel is notjust a president. We start with the United States, israel is notjust a foreign l states, israel is notjust a Foreign Policy issue, it is a domestic policy issue, it is a domestic policy issue. One president after another in the United States, from the time of the i948 another in the United States, from the time of the 1948 War Of Independence which established the state of israel, the us was the first country to recognise the jewish state. Down through the decades, american leaders have stood by as well but at times they have also tried to be a friend by being, by exercising the kind of leverage that such Close Friends and allies should be able to exercise and as i mentioned, this is certainly good President Joe Biden wants to do today. We had heard before his arrivalfrom today. We had heard before his arrival from antony blinken, his top diplomat, that the us and israel where, in his words, developing a plan to get aid into gaza. This morning we had the most direct description from the attorneys that they were going to set up a zone along the Southern Coast and part of the enclave there where people should now go and there would be international aid. Tragically, palestinians, days ago, ordered to the northern part of the gaza strip to head south for their safety and protection, only to find, this is what the United Nations has been saying, that the bombardment did not stop on the south, and that the people in the south cannot find water there is an electricity, no fewer and what we have seen last night, there is no safety either. There is a lot of work to be done on a very short visit. A very short visit. After that cancelled a very short visit. After that cancelled arab a very short visit. After that cancelled arab summit, a very short visit. After that cancelled arab summit, the a very short visit. After that. Cancelled arab summit, the us president will be speaking to arab leaders on his plane on Air Force One as he heads back to the us. Thank you very much, our international corresponded there. Back now to what happened last night in gaza at that hospital. Palestinian officials have directly blamed israel for striking a hospital. Israel has been bombarding the gaza strip with air raids since the Massacre By Hamas Of Moo Israelis Inside Israel 11 days ago. But israel blames last nights deadly hospital explosion on a malfunction of a rocket intended to be aimed at israel by the islamichhad armed militant group. The huge number of deaths at the hospital triggered angry Street Protests in palestinian cities in the west bank and across the arab world. President biden had been hoping to attend a summit of arab leaders injordan after visiting israel but that has been cancelled after the president of the Palestinain Authority pulled out following the hospital explosion declaring three days of mourning for the men, Women And Children killed. Our correspondent is in gaza and he sent us this update. One of the people who witnessed this massacre, he said that they were just sitting there garden, peacefully, and suddenly, a huge explosion rocked this area and he said, Wejust Explosion rocked this area and he said, we just started to collect people from all around. People came and tried to help and we said, we are collecting bodies, injured people. Some people evacuated on foot. Our reporter there outside hospital after the explosion which caused the deaths of 100 people, many of the people there, notjust patients, but people there, notjust patients, but people who had been sheltering from aerial bombardments. You are watching bbc news. We are speaking to you live today from jerusalem, the day that us President Joe Biden becomes the first us president to visit israel at a time of war. That is how he was greeted by ss Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and also with a hug on the tarmac when he arrived. The two men made some press statements. The us emphasising how close he had stood with israel and emphasising israels right to defend itself. There were also words from the us president , saying to israel that it must bear in mind that not all of palestinians are hamas. Hamas, of course, which governs the gaza strip and are seen as a Terrorist Group by the us, israel and many other western governments. And which monsters unprecedented attacks on israel 11 days ago in which 1,400 people were killed and 200 people taken hostage. It is a very complex visit, a risky visit diplomatically for the us President Joe Biden. Admiral Daniel Hagari addressed these claims at a Press Conference a short while ago. Israel insisting that it was not to blame for the explosion. We can see part of the Press Conference now, which was held a little earlier today. The idf has concluded an after Action Review and confirm that the islamichhad was responsible for the strike at the madani Hospital In Gaza. We did an immediate review with all relevant branches of the idf. This is what took place on tuesday, october 17th. At 6 15 pm, a barrage of rockets was fired by hamas to israel. Then at 6 59 pm, a barrage of around ten rockets was fired by islamichhad from a nearby cemetery