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 International Editor jeremy bowen has more on the day on the ground. And a warning his report contains distressing images. A car park outside the Al Ahli Hospital became a killing ground. The arguments about whos responsible come too late for the people whose lives ended here. Even with their bodies taken away, the clean up this morning also meant collecting small pieces of flesh. God have mercy, he said, they were civilians. And muhammad, a neighbour, cant unsee children with legs blown off and the bodies he helped to carry. They all, he said, thought theyd be safe near a hospital. Early this morning at the Defence Ministry in tel aviv, the military presented data it said proved israel did not attack the hospital. Instead, they said, it was a Malfunctioning Rocket fired by palestinian islamichhad. The Trajectory Analysis from the barrage of rockets confirms that the rockets were fired in close proximity to the hospital. According to our intelligence, hamas checked the reports, understood it was an Islamic Jihad rocket that had misfired and decided to launch a Global Media Campaign to hide what really happened. They went as far as inflating the numbers of casualties. Coming to tel aviv was a gamble for President Biden. He wanted to ease gazas humanitarian catastrophe while supporting israels war effort perhaps an impossible circle to square with israels leader, benjamin netanyahu. But a deal emerged from their meeting food, water and medicine, but no fuel, from egypt to gaza. For israel, more military aid and agreement that they didnt hit the hospital. And based on what ive seen, it appears as though it was done by the other team, not you. I wanted to personally come and make that clear. Thank you for having me, and im looking forward to having a thorough discussion about where everybody goes from here. The president wont change the minds of those who insist Israel Attacked the hospital. Joe biden� s presence here will only deepen the conviction among palestinians and millions of other arabs that america isntjust on israels side but that its also complicit in Everything Israel is doing in gaza, including killing civilians. Until the hamas attacks on israel, President Biden dreamt of transforming the middle east. The americans were negotiating with saudi arabia and israel, to try to get the two countries to recognise each other. That is not on the agenda any more. Grief is crushing the families of gazas dead. Israel was warned byjoe biden not to be consumed by rage, while in gazas shifa hospital, a father was saying goodbye to his dead children in a corridor thats been turned into a mortuary. A waiting room for the grave. Jeremy bowen, bbc news, in israel. Health officials tonight in gaza say a71 people were killed in the Hospital Blast on tuesday, and our correspondent, rushdi abu alouf, was at the site and seen the carnage first hand. The Al Ahli Hospital, is right in the centre of gaza city, and a warning, you may find some of the images in his report distressing. When i arrived at the hospital this morning, they were still collecting the dead after what looks to have been the deadliest moment we have seen so far in gaza. There were burnt out cars after a huge fire following last nights blast. I was talking to one of the people who witnessed this what the palestinians are calling a massacre. He said that they were just sitting in their garden peacefully and suddenly, a huge explosion rocked this area. He said, we collected bodies, injured people. We evacuated serious injuries using a motorcycle. Some people evacuated on foot, he said, from there to shifa hospital. Blood soaked mattresses lay on the ground. As we picked our way through the devastation, beds scattered and wreckage. Childrens backpacks and collapsed tents where people had been sleeping. Doctors told us thousands were seeking shelters at the hospital when it happened. Eyewitnesses said the Hospital Grounds were packed with People Living under siege and under fire. People are still collecting body pieces from on the ground. People are still in panic. People are still trying to understand what happened. Fear, grief and anger. Translation my message to the world stand up for the right thing dont be afraid of the americans dont be afraid of the Israeli Air Forces we will continue this fight until the last drop of blood Health Officials here are saying hundreds are dead, injured and missing. This is a moment of horror for palestinians already traumatised by this war. Rushdi abualouf, bbc news, gaza city. It was against that backdrop that President Biden arrived in tel aviv to meet with israeli Prime Minister benjamin netanyahu. Mr biden is the most high profile us politician to visit the war zone of course, but hes not the only one to visit israel in recent days. A Bipartisan Group of us senators has just returned from a trip to israel where they met with Prime Minister netanyahu and his war cabinet. I spoke to one of the senators on that trip, republican bill cassidy of louisiana. Thank you so much forjoining us on bbc news tonight. You have just returned with a bipartisan delegation from a visit to israel. Can you tell us what you witnessed, what you learned there . Well, we met with both Prime Minister netanyahu and his war cabinet. We met with in a separate meeting with general galante, a separate meeting with president hertzog and then a separate meeting with benny gantz, and then lastly, with Family Members, american israelis with Family Members who have been taken hostage. From all of them, a sense of grief, a sense of shock, of disappointment that people were not kept safe. Now for the political and the military leaders, there was a resoluteness that they were going to address this, secure the border with gaza strip, they were going to protect against any incursions by hezbollah. From the Family Members, they were unfortunately buffeted by events and there is an incredible sense of tragedy, but they still were hopeful. Illjust say this. One woman said it is hard to imagine the good news is that you hear although your son has lost an arm, and is being held hostage by hamas in gaza, the good news is that hes alive, and i think that kind of summarises the pathos of the situation. Senator, we just heard the president have a rare wartime visit to israel where he reaffirmed the us� s support for israel. What you think the message he delivered on the trip, and he will also be speaking to the nation about the war thursday evening . The message is that the United States stands with israel and we stand against terrorism, and there is no one better to convey that message than the president. We did it as five senators and he did it again as president. By the way, going back to the families who have Family Members taken hostage, one of them expressed an incredible disappointment that their government had not kept them safe, but said that they were looking to the United States to kind of be that big brother who is going to support them, even if they felt as if their own government had not done itsjob. Now im just almost directly quoting what they said, so when the president goes there and expresses his support, i can imagine the emotional impact it has upon many who have been so terribly and emotionally assaulted. There has been criticism of the us� s role in not pushing enough on behalf of the citizens in gaza at the moment, and President Biden did work with egyptian president al sisi to allow 28 trucks into gaza. Egypt now say there will be an sustainable aid corridor. Our correspondents say that will be of little help because the hospitals need fuel right now. Should the us be doing more to support civilians in gaza . We have to recognise that there is a limit to what the United States or anyone can do. It requires the cooperation of the egyptians, the israelis and hamas, so we can propose but others have to permit, and if we think that we, the United States, can go in there and just dictate, in a chaotic situation, people have the wrong perception. I will point out by the way. Let me say this as an aside. Armenians with the israelis were asking that us help to make sure humanitarian aid gets into gaza. They were asking for that. Which i think says something for the israelis who are differentiating hamas from the palestinians. From the palestinian people. As far as the us role is, we should push for whatever we can do to bring humanitarian aid in, understanding that israel will have Security Concerns about some of what they might be. Weve spoken to multiple experts who have said that the israeli aim to eradicate mask will be militarily difficult, politically perhaps impossible. Since you met with the and will catlett as you said, what are they sure about what israels plan might be Going Forward critically for gaza . The plan might be Going Forward critically for gaza . Critically for gaza . The only erson critically for gaza . The only person i critically for gaza . The only person i asked critically for gaza . The only person i asked permission. Critically for gaza . The only. Person i asked permission to quote was benny gantz but they also said about the same thing. Benny gantz had at the end that there may be some guy Wander Around with an ak 47 about their Military Leadership and operational leadership will be crushed. So if you view hamas as an ideology, yes, it will persist. Why about israel, kill all the jews, persist. Why about israel, kill all thejews, but if persist. Why about israel, kill all the jews, but if you persist. Why about israel, kill all thejews, but if you want to view it as an operational and military organisation, it is israels and had a crush on. Whether they can we will see but they are resolved to do so. There were large protests at the capital today including a jewish group the end of israeli bombing of gaza and advocating for a ceasefire. What is your message to those protesters . We what is your message to those protesters . What is your message to those protesters . We have to put that in perspective protesters . We have to put that in perspective. When protesters . We have to put that in perspective. When 3000 in perspective. When 3000 americans were killed in 9 11, if someone said to the americans dont go after some of bin laden, joker after afghanistan which is hiding the fellow, we said you have to be kidding me. They killed 3000 americans. If you take the small population of the israelis, a new extracted to be 30 million of the us with the same proportion, itd be 30 to 40,000 americans killed. Looking at what happened in 911, 3000 argument we were going to go after those people that did it. Imagine that 35,000 had died. Ithink that did it. Imagine that 35,000 had died. I think you have to recognise that from the israeli viewpoint this was an unforgivable assault upon their people and they cannot have safety for their people were over there people live as long as hamas is committed to killing all the jews. As hamas is committed to killing all thejews. You have that perspective, you have their perspective, you can understand why they are conducting this operation. We will have to conducting this operation. We will have to leave it there. Thank you so much forjoining us on bbc news tonight. Around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. Lets take a look at some other stories making news. Russian leader Vladimir Putin was given the red carpet treatment at a global summit in beijing on wednesday. The meeting celebrated 10 years of chinese president xi jinpings belt and road initiative. Putin has rarely left his country since they invaded Ukraine In February last year. He is facing increasing diplomatic isolation. The International Criminal court has issued a warrant for his arrest. The head of a Jewish Centre in germany says the communitys been left shaken following an attempted firebomb attack. Early on wednesday, two masked men threw burning bottles towards the building, which landed on the pavement by the building. It is the latest in a string of reported anti semitic incidents in europe amid the deepening conflict in the middle east. Climate activist Greta Thunberg has been charged with a public order offence after her arrest outside a meeting of Oil Executives in london on tuesday. Police say they asked the activists to move on to the pavement to comply with the conditions of the demonstration. The 21 year old has been released on bail. Her trial date has been set for november 15. Youre live with bbc news. Us congressman jim jordan has failed in his second bid for house speaker. 22 of his fellow republicans voted against him that is two more than in the first vote. Jordan is hoping to replace former speaker kevin mccarthy, who was ousted two weeks ago. Mrjordan says he will not drop out of the race and his team indicated that a third vote could happen on thursday. For more on this, i spoke earlier with robert costa from cbs news. Great to have you back in the studio. ~. , , great to have you back in the studio. ~. , ,. , studio. What happens now . This is a crisis moment studio. What happens now . This is a crisis moment for studio. What happens now . This is a crisis moment for house is a crisis moment for house republicans. They have to figure out what are they going to do . Ombudsmanjimjordan of ohio has not met and necessary threshold in the first two ballots on the floor of the house of representatives. He has decided to spend the night talking to his colleagues, trying to get to that number, but the tensions are higher among republicans. So many of the moderate members of the house feel threatened by jordans allies and supporters on the right wing of the Republican Party in that trumpet orbit, and because of that they are not moving towards jordan that they are not moving towardsjordan tonight. So he is either going to drop out of the race orfind a magic way is either going to drop out of the race or find a magic way to get there politically. Get there politically. Other any other get there politically. Other any other candidates get there politically. Other any other candidates who l get there politically. Other any other candidates who could have a chance . 50 any other candidates who could have a chance . Have a chance . So many are awaiting have a chance . So many are awaiting right have a chance . So many are awaiting right now have a chance . So many are awaiting right now on have a chance . So many are awaiting right now on the i awaiting right now on the shores of the speaker race, trying to see, doesjordan stay in or not . Politically, jordan is popular so no one wants to push him out of the race, they wanted to be his own decision, but you could have some emerge a potential consensus speaker. Someone like Patrick Mchenry them at republican from North Carolina who is currently serving as a speaker pro tempore, which is an interministerial position to oversee the speakers race. 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