The defining battle of this century. Will, thank you very much. And thanks very much to all of you for joining us. You for joining us. Ac 360 starts now. Captions by vitac www. Vitac. Com it is 3 00 a. M. In tel aviv. Exactly 24 hours from now, President Biden will address americans from the oval office. The white house made that announcement shortly after he wrapped up his brief visit here to the region. The president met with according to his secretary, the president will focus on hamas attacks as well as russias war in ukraine. At a refuelling stop in germany, Cnns Kevin Liptak asked the president if he was disappointed. Lets listen. No. Disappointed . Look, i came to get something done. I got it done. Part of that appears to be an agreement with egypts president el sisi who he spoke with my phone instead of meeting face to face in aman. The president said el sisi agreed to open to humanitarian aid and affirmed israel was not responsible for the hospital explosion. What happened las
The white house was dealing with as his plane was preparing to take off from right Outside Washington yesterday and its something that hes been asked about essentially in every stop of hiss visit that was cut shorter, and he will come behind me and make remarks and that will be the culmination of President Bidens time here in tel aviv. It started out in that oneonone with Prime Minister netanyahu earlier this morning and that is where he embraced those denials by israel saying that they were not responsible for that explosion in the hospital in gaza city, and instead just a few moments ago President Biden said that it was analysis and data from his own pentagon that he was using and that it was part of his assertion that he did not believe that israel was behind it. Israel has forcefully denied that. Authorities, palestinian authorities have said that they do believe the idf is behind it. They said it was not them. It was not the only factor in this entire trip and one big question tha
Deemed necessary to have in person is going to start immediately. The president will start having these conversations urt the israeli plans for this war in the days and weeks ahead. Exactly what the president can learn in terms of what they can do if theres a Ground Offensive that happens in the near future. The president will have a chance to sit down with his Prime Minister and war cabinet to discuss those things around fighting this war. Also we expect an indepth conversation about the need for humanitarian aid to get into gaza. There are millions of people there already living under dire conditions. Weve seen much more stress on those people there as now the president is getting off of Air Force One to begin his conversationwise the israeli Prime Minister, going directly to Benjamin Netanyahu, and embracing him we see here. This is critical moment for the president. There have been hightensions between these two men, but right now there is a level of stakes thats not been seen prev
Hospital in gaza city. This hospital is vital to the northern part of gaza. The explosion in gaza was caused by an Islamic Jihad rocket that was misfired. These images are having a huge impact across the region. These protests are only going to get larger. All of that made the president s planned summit in amman, jordan, effectively untenable. President biden is meeting with netanyahu at length. It appears as though it were done by the other team, not you. Good morning, everyone. Very significant day on the world stage. Im poply harlow with phil mattingly. Clarissa ward and Kaitlan Collins on the ground in israel and President Biden is at a volatile moment in the war between hamas and israel after an explosion at a hospital killed hundreds of innocent civilians. Officials there claim it was an israeli air strike but israel insists it was a misfired rocket that was launched by Palestinian Militants, Islamic Jihad near the hospital. President biden appeared to take israels side. Listen.
News not with any phillip starts now. The horror of war takes a dramatic turn, suddenly changes the american president s trip to a dangerous and unpredictable war zone. Thats tonight on news night. Good evening, im abby philip. We begin with another Tipping Point and an already volatile crisis in the middle east. Hundreds of reported dead after a hospital was bombed in gaza. The number of casualties is not yet clear and neithers responsibility. Hamas and palestinian officials accuse israel of carrying out an airstrike. The israelis say they have evidence to prove that it was that misfired rocket from a terror group. Im going to take a moment to show you the video from the scene. It is extremely graphic. But its important to see that reality on the ground. [speaking in a nonenglish language] as fingers point, whats clear is that innocent civilians and children, you saw them there, are caught in this cross fire of a conflict that we have to remind you, began with a devastating attack on