Live pictures right now in tel aviv where any moment we expect to see the president. Indeed, the president and also the Secretary Of State tony blinken who has been with the president on this trip. Hes actually been crisscrossing the middle east for days now. The president is expected to speak any minute now. When he does, we will bring those words to you. He just met with israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu this morning. He has been meeting with even the war cabinet there in israel as well as First Responders and Family Members of victims of that horrific attack on october 7th, and those Family Members also wondering whats happening with members who are still missing. The president is now literally in a war zone thrown into fresh turmoil by the deadly blast at a gaza hospital. Hundreds reportedly killed. Hamas blames israel, israel blames another militant group, Islamic Jihad. Protests erupting across the middle east, a large crowd of Palestinian Protesters gathering this mornin
The explosion at the hospital in gaza was carried out by palestinian militants, not israel. The blast is reported to have killed and wounded hundreds of people, many of them women and children. Israel has blamed the incident on a misfiring palestinian rocket, saying the physical evidence at the scene backs up the claim. Arab countries Havejoined Hamas in blaming israel for the explosion. The Gazan Health Ministry says a71 people were killed in the incident. Mr biden told the israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, that the us would continue to work with israel and partners across the region to prevent more tragedy to innocent civilians. The incident has led to shock waves in the region and the cancellation of a planned summit between mr biden and arab leaders. These are the scenes in the lebanese capital, beirut, where crowds gathered outside the us embassy. Over the next hour, we will look at what we know and what we dont know about the explosion at the hospital, and speak to our
President biden heading to israel this morning on a wartime journey that could prove to be the most important Foreign Mission of his administration to date. But even before touchdown, mr. Biden is encountering turbulence. It just might destroy any hope of warding off a full blown mideast battle. Good morning, everybody. Kevin corke In Washington with live one hour coverage. A special on the latest developments in the mideast. It is 3 a. M. Here in the nations capital, 10 a. M. In israel this morning. People there across in fact, across the mideast are waking up to growing concerns about a possible escalation of hostilities in the region. And now President Bidens efforts to tamp down the tensions are already facing a massive setback. The latest disturbing images from gaza explain why widespread carnage at a hospital once with wounded war victims and palestinians seeking shelter. At least 500 reported dead, many of them children. Israels military says it was a rocket fired by islamic. Ha
In for harris. Hi, john. [gunfire] john sounds of gunfire outside the u. S. Embassy in lebanon. Plow tests erupting in the middle east after a blast at a Gaza Hospital. President biden is on the ground in israel. Israeli forces say they have proof the explosion was a failed Rocket Launch by Islamic Jihad terrorists. John roberts reporting from jerusalem for Harris Faulkner today. The hospital Blast Upending the president s visit to show americas support for israel. Palestinian, jordanian and egyptian leaders canceled meetings with the president and hamas blaming israel for the explosion. Israel releasing audio that depicts hamas operatives discussing the Gaza Hospital blast. Listen here. [speaking native language] john Israeli Military says that proves who is responsible. The Islamic Jihad was responsible for the strike at the hospital in gaza. According to our intelligence, hamas checked the reports and understood it was an Islamic Jihad rocket that had misfired and decided to launch
Cut deep anywhere in the world, but it cuts deeper here in israel. October 7th, which was sacred, a Sacred Jewish Holiday became the deadliest day for the jewish people since the holocaust. It has brought to the surface painful memories and scars left by millennia antisemitism and the genocide of the jewish people. The world watched then. It knew, and the world did nothing. We will not stand by and do nothing again, not today, not tomorrow, not ever. President joe bidens trip was more than what you saw, a powerful, tangible, reaffirmation of the strength and durability of the u. S. israeli alliance. It was also a pblem solving diplomatic endeavor, one that has already yielded actual tangible results. The president announced earlier that the u. S. Would provide 100 million in humanitarian assistance for palestinians in gaza and the west bank, that money goes towards things like clean water, food, hygiene support, medical care, thats according to the white house. For israels part, Prime