Fired by the Palestinian Militant Group Islamic Jihad that hit the hospital. Islamic jihad has denied responsibility. The idf saying that evidence at the site shows it was not an israeli missile, which would have left a large crater. Structural damage the walls stay intact. No craters. These are the characterized that shows that it is not an aerial munition that have hit the parking lot. They say they have intercepts in which Palestinian Militants acknowledge it was not an israeli missile, while hamas says the idf warned people to evacuate around the hospital before the explosion, and that damage is consistent with an israeli strike. The carnage at the hospital loomed over this critical visit. The president touching down in israel, greeting the Prime Minister. This hugged on the tarmac. A trip aimed at showing solidarity with one of america s closest allies. People of israel people of the world to know the United States stands. Thank you for standing with israel today, tomorrow, and al
The 11th hour gets underway on this wednesday night. Good evening, i am Alicia Menendez, in for stephanie ruhle. President biden is now on his way back to washington d. C. After his wartime trip to israel. He spent less than a day on the ground and left no doubt about the u. S. Governments commitment to backing israel in the war with hamas. The president s trip came amid outrage over the blast that killed hundreds of at a hospital in gaza. President biden said today, it appears that israel was not behind the explosion. He will likely talk about all of this tomorrow night during a primetime speech to the nation from the oval office. Nbcs lester holt has more from israel. 24 hours after that deadly Hospital Explosion that sparked anger across the arab world, President Biden in israel today, blaming a misfired palestinian rocket, not an israeli missile, for the deaths. I was outraged and saddened by the enormous loss of life yesterday in a hospital in gaza. Based on the information we hav
There are americans who remain unaccounted for. I do expect, unfortunately, that the list of americans confirmed dead will rise today. Miller went on to say that the u. S. Is reaching out to any country it can with ties to hamas to get them to release those hostages. We have reported, kate, that one of those countries is qatar. There are also discussions, we are told, with the israelis, with the eej gyptians with the humanitarian corridor so theyre able to get out of the gaza strip if israel decides to go in. Weve heard from israeli officials that they plan to exact a harsh response to hamas for these attacks. Alex, we will bring those remarks from the Secretary Of State if and when he does come to the cameras to speak and our alex is there. Thank you very much, alex. Top of the hour. Im john berman with kate bolduan and sara sidner. We just learned israel has a government in the war cabinet, this is Benjamin Netanyahu who made the announcement moments ago all of this as hundreds of th
all right. at the tomb of the unknown soldier, there are many special events to honor our veterans. this has always been the most profound, if not the most somber because in its quiet it speaks volumes. the president of the united states, commander-in-chief, laying a wreath at an unknown soldier s tomb and just brings it back, we re following that, the president moments away from doing so himself. lucas tomlinson, where he ll be going after this at wilmington, delaware. he s looking at a lot of world developments concurrently, not the least of which is going on in israel as we speak. do you, lucas. that s right, neil. and veterans day of course, one of the most sacred traditions here in the united states, dating back to president eisenhower who, for years, of course, the world and the united states celebrated and honored armistice day end of world war i. sadly world war i was supposed to be the war to end all wars, it was not. you had world war ii, the korean war and pres
but the us secretary of state is en route to the middle east as the pressure mounts on the white house to limit civilian casualties. we will hear tonight from the rafah border, where another 400 foreign nationals have crossed into egypt today. and we will get the thoughts of the qataris who are playing an important role in the backchannel negotiations with hamas. later in the programme, we will assess the widespread damage caused by storm ciaran across southern england and the channel islands. and a first outing tonight for our new segment ai decoded, at the end of a two day summit at bletchley park at which 28 countries pledged to collaborate on safety. welcome to the programme. the israeli army says it has now completely encircled gaza city, as the prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, said the height of battle had been reached. the army says it is beginning the work to dismantle the series of hamas tunnels. the prime minister said he will reject all calls for a cease fire.