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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 wi ....
that is an important word to focus on at this hour in particular. i will be watching, thank you. thank you. tonight, on the way back from israel, president biden said, he understands why some people might not be ready to believe that israel had nothing to do with a missile that struck a parking lot of a hospital in gaza. people over the region are upset about the hospital. do you have a message i can understand why. i can understand. you notice i don t say things like that unless i have faith in the service from which i ve gotten it. the defense department says it s highly unlikely that the israelis anyway. that s why if you notice, i didn t say the thing i want to make sure is, look. i m not suggesting that hamas totally did it, either. that s the whole thing. you have got to know how to shoot just right. it s not the first time hamas has launched something functional. so on all the detail, but i do know the people at the defense department who i respect ....
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. government s 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. nbc s 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 ....
today. first tonight, president biden in israel, saying, you are not alone. but the president also with a warning not to make the mistake the u.s. made after 9/11, with israel s potential ground offensive imminent. also, the new clues tonight after that deadly strike on that hospital in gaza. hundreds feared dead. tonight, president biden on the evidence so far, and who he believes was behind it. martha raddatz tonight on this high stakes visit, and ian pannell on this new evidence, including what could be a key piece of sound just before the horror at that hospital, and you ll hear it. also tonight, the growing tensions across the region. what our reporter witnessed outside the u.s. embassy in beirut. security forces pushing protesters back from the u.s. embassy here. david: the violent clash between protesters and lebanese soldiers. demonstrators setting fires. from beirut to the west bank tonight. people telling me here, the time for peace is over. david: ....
by the islamichhad armed militant group. the huge number of deaths at the hospital triggered angry street protests in palestinian cities in the west bank and across the arab world. president biden has been visiting. president biden had been hoping to attend a summit of arab leaders injordan after visiting israel but that has been cancelled after the president of the palestinian authority pulled out following the hospital explosion declaring three days of mourning for the men, women and children killed. the palestinian health minister said the number of people killed in gaza over the last 10 or ii the number of people killed in gaza over the last 10 or 11 days is now at least three and a half thousand. with more than 13,000 wounded. the director general gave this reaction to what happened. it is shocking. it is horrified. 0ur colleagues are totally horrified, especially that our hospital has received has received a number of threats. we have issued days and days before ....