Killed hundreds of innocent civilians. Officials in gaza claim it was an israeli airstrike. The Israeli Military insists it was a Misfire Rocket launched by Palestinian Militants near the hospital. Cnn geolocated this video, this is the moment of blast. This morning President Biden appearing to take israels side. Listen to the president. Deeply saddened and outraged by the explosion at the hospital in gaza yesterday. And based on what i have seen, it appears as though it was done by the other team, not you. But there is a lot of people out there who are not sure. So we have to overcome a lot of things. Shortly before President Biden landed in israel, the Israeli Military laid out evidence blaming the explosion on the Islamic Jihad militant group, including intercepted audio of hamas operatives alleged by talking about the misfired rocket. Despite israels denials, a wave of protests have erupted across the middle east. Lebanon hundreds tried to break through Security Barriers near the u
Deemed necessary to have in person is going to start immediately. The president will start having these conversations urt the israeli plans for this war in the days and weeks ahead. Exactly what the president can learn in terms of what they can do if theres a Ground Offensive that happens in the near future. The president will have a chance to sit down with his Prime Minister and war cabinet to discuss those things around fighting this war. Also we expect an indepth conversation about the need for humanitarian aid to get into gaza. There are millions of people there already living under dire conditions. Weve seen much more stress on those people there as now the president is getting off of Air Force One to begin his conversationwise the israeli Prime Minister, going directly to Benjamin Netanyahu, and embracing him we see here. This is critical moment for the president. There have been hightensions between these two men, but right now there is a level of stakes thats not been seen prev
Latest on the explosion at the hospital, palestinian officials blaming israel. Israel categorically denies that and says Islamic Jihad is responsible while protests break out in the middle east. Were joined by a spokesperson for the islamic Defense Force when we come back. A bit more than two hours until the sun comes up here in tel aviv. Its country both at war and still in shock from the initial atrocities that caused this war, the Terror Attacks that took place here last saturday. Now it appears that the face of what already was a dire potentially widening crisis has been transformed potentially by a fresh human tragedy. Today explanations at the Baptist Hospital in gaza city full of patients and also reportedly hundreds of people from the very old to the very youngest who had sought refuge there over the last week or so. Hundreds are believed dead. We neither know the precise number nor who is responsible for the blast. Hamas blames israeli air strikes. Israels military says theres
Expectations out there. My pleasure. Thank you for joining us. Ac360 begins now. It is 3 00 a. M. Here in israel, which is even at this late hour dealing with repercussions of a huge tragedy on a terrible, terrible scale. The massive explosion at a hospital in gaza city. We should say at the outset the pictures are as horrible as the incident itself. We want to show you new video moments after the blast. Hundreds are believed dead. We are talking about men, women, and children, civilians, more may still be buried in rubble at the alahli baptist hospital. The hospital not only had patients and doctors and nurses inside, but thousands of displaced people outside who had been seeking shelter there displaced from the bombings that had been going on in gaza. Compounding the loss of life. We cannot independently confirm how many people were killed in this blast, but the pictures are sickening. One photojournalist witnessed many moments like this, telling the new york times, quote, there were
Oh, wow. Oh, what, what . What . I love. Tonight, events in The Middle East spiraling out midd. Trol i an airstrike at a hospital in gaza has left hundreds dead. But its not what it seems. Hamas claims israel struck the hospital. Israel denies struc it. Fault they say a Faulty Hamaset Rocket fired from gaza hit their own hospital. Number one, israe numl does r target places like hospitals. Theyre not a target for us. S ouldnt and we wouldnt have deliberately hit a hospital. Number two, we know that at the time of the of this tragedyt that hamas was firing a barrage of rockets at tel aviv and thevr center of the country. The idf has just released Surveillance Footage showinghed a rocket launch towards israel, igniting midflight and thendire propelling directly down into gazactly. There that is right there, the surveillance Camera Timestamp also directlyo th corresponds to the moment the hospital was struc thek. The idf also reportedly have recorded a Conversatio N among jihadists that l