By an explosion last night at a hospital in gaza city. The Health Ministry says a71 people were killed. Israel and hamas are blaming each other for the blast, which has inflamed tensions and sparked protests across the region. Israel says the blast was caused by a rocket misfired by the Palestinian Militant Group islamichhad. A senior us official says its high confidence that israel did not do it. But hamas, palestinian authorities and other countries blame israel for the explosion. The bbc is trying verify the claims from both sides. After talks with benjamin netanyahu, President Biden warned israel not be consumed by rage and to learn from mistakes the us made after 9 11. Israels Prime Minister called biden a true friend and commended his Deeply Moving decision to visit israel during a time of active war. He also said he would not block Aid Deliveries from egypt to gaza where food, water and fuel are running out after nine days of total siege. Well have the very latest on a day of di
Welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. President biden, On A High Stakes visit for talks with israels Prime Minister benjamin netanyahu, in tel aviv, has secured a deal, allowing aid into gaza, via egypt, bringing in much needed food, water and medicine to more than a million people. He said egypt has agreed to open the Rafah Crossing, into the territory, allowing in 20 trucks carrying aid. But mr biden s trip was overshadowed by tuesdays blast at a hospital in gaza, which the Gazan Health Ministry says killed a71 people. It has inflamed tensions and sparked protests across the region. Israel has maintained it was not responsible, saying the blast was caused by a rocket misfired by the Palestinian Militant Group islamichhad. On wednesday, us President Biden agreed with the israeli leader, saying it appears the blast was done by the other team. But hamas, palestinian authorities and other arab nations have blamed israel for the explosion which trigg
It has inflamed tensions and sparked protests across the region. Israel has maintained it was not responsible, saying the blast was caused by a rocket misfired by the Palestinian Militant Group islamichhad. Today President Biden agreed, saying it appears the blast was done by the other team. But hamas, palestinian authorities and other countries blame israel for the explosion which triggered protests across the middle east. The bbc is trying verify the claims from both sides. After their talks, mr neta nyahu called biden a true friend, saying he commends his Deeply Moving decision to visit israel during the war. But, its been a rare day of hope for the people of gaza, after their talks, mr neta nyahu called biden a true friend, saying he commends his Deeply Moving decision to visit israel during the war. But, its been a rare day of hope for the people of gaza, Withjoe Biden securing access for aid to the territory, via egypt, bringing in much needed food, water and medicine, for hundre