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. Governments 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. Nbcs 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 the information we hav
And water, that line of trucks has been waiting at the Rafah Crossing on the egyptian side of the gaza border because of israels blockade, the trucks have been unable to cross into gaza where more than 2 Million People have been without many of those basic necessities for 11 days, until now. After arriving in israel today President Biden announced that the u. S. Had convinced israel to let humanitarian aid into gaza via egypt. The deal is strict, and it is fragile. All of the aid must be inspected before entering gaza and it must go to civilians. If hamas steals or diverts any of that aid, the deal will end. After repairs to the Border Crossing are completed, this aid should start moving on friday at the earliest. And it is needless to say, but it has been a very long and very difficult week already. Today, President Biden announced his fifth speech fifth about this war, is it for eight pm eastern in the u. S. , tomorrow, which is coming on the heels of his Diplomatic Mission to israel