Congressman adam smith, in washington, welcome to hardtalk. And let me begin with a very simple question what do you believe President Biden hoped to achieve by flying out to the middle east . Well, i think the number one biggest goal is to contain the conflict. Thats number one. Number two, to work with israel to try to figure out some way to minimise the impact on civilians within gaza, and also within israel, to try to chart a path forward. And i am seeing reporting its this morning, my time, where were at, recording here im seeing reporting this morning that a humanitarian corridor has been opened up out of gaza, and thats one of the biggest goals. The second is to work with partners in the region to try to make sure that this conflict doesnt spread, that hezbollah and iran dont get more involved. Thats the goal and thats the objective. And i guess also to have the conversations with israel about how best we can help them defend themselves against the threat from hamas. Lets just s
What the update is. Thank you very much. And thank you so much for joining us tonight here live on the ground in tel aviv. Well be back here tomorrow night. Now ill turn it over to cnn news night with abby phillip. In a region known to be a powder keg, there are serious concerns that a fuse has been activated as a war of bloodshed and a war of misinformation intensifies. Thats tonight on news night. Good evening. President biden is scheduled to address the nation tomorrow night to discuss the conflict between israel and hamas that is quickly expanding. Now, the prime time address signals that biden wants the country to be prepared for what could be a Pivotal Moment for the world. It also signals his confidence that israel is not responsible for that deadly attack on a hospital in gaza. So far, there is good reason for him to be. As misinformation runs rampant, heres what we know so far. U. S. Intelligence believes that israel was not responsible based on missile activity, the time of e
The president showing solidarity with israel and revealing hes seen u. S. Intelligence that israel was not responsible for the Hospital Explosion in gaza. Based on what i have seen, it appears as though it was done by the other team. Norah tonight, the new video israelis say show the rocket came from within gaza by the Islamic Jihad. On air force one, the president later telling reporters egypt agreed to allow 20 trucks of humanitarian aid into gaza. If hamas confiscates it or doesnt let it get through, just confiscates it, then its going to end. Norah the protests tonight across the middle east and here at home, as israeli troops ready on the border of gaza. Throughout the course of just over a week what, we have witnessed is a steady buildup of hundreds of thousands of israeli troops and heavy equipment like this, in Staging Areas, all pointed in one direction, about a mile from gaza. Norah american troops hurt after Drone Attacks near Iraqi Air Force bases. The concerns tonight of a
More than i palestinian territory, where more thani Million People need food, water, as well as medicines, and a short while back, egypt did confirm that it will open what it called a sustainable aid corridor through the rafah crossing into gaza. The announcement comes after a visit to israel by the us president , and Whatjoe Biden called a very blunt negotiation, to get as many aid trucks into gaza as possible. President buys and is now on his way back to President Biden is on his way back to the us in a short while ago he spoke about his phone call with the egyptian president. He agreed that what he would do is open the gate to do two things one, let up to 20 trucks through to begin with. Satterfield, my ambassador, is down there. Not down there, in cairo now. Hes going to co ordinate this. He has my authority to do what is needed to get it done. Theyre going to patch the roads. They have to fill in potholes to get these trucks through and thats going to occur. They expect itll take
Wont get in the way of food, water and medicine getting to civilians, as long as the assistance does not reach hamas. Mr biden says they are a few more things that need to happen before the aid can come in. This has been a very blunt negotiation i have had, so we want to get as many of the trucks out as possible. There are a 150 or so there. Not all will go. The first tranche, if there is a second tranche, see how it goes. Lets look at some of the other top headlines from the war at this hour. Protests across the middle east erupted over the explosion at the Al Ahli Hospital in gaza tuesday that left at least a71 people dead. Arab states and the main palestinian militant group, hamas, have continued to blame israel for the explosion, even as mr biden backed israels claim that it had nothing to do with it. And the United States vetoed a Un Security Council vote calling for humanitarian pauses in gaza, a move that was condemned by other members including russia, china and the uae. Our In