US President Joe Biden arrives in Israel, beginning a visit to show solidarity and confer on the spiralling Gaza war, hours after an explosion at a hospital killed hundreds of Palestinians.
US President Joe Biden has arrived in Israel, beginning a visit to show solidarity and confer on the spiralling Gaza war, hours afterA White House spokesperson says Mr Biden will put "tough questions" to Israeli leaders, but did not give details.
"Welcome, Mr President. God bless you for protecting the nation of Israel," Mr Herzog's office quoted him as telling Mr Biden.Palestinian officials blamed an Israeli air strike for the blast and fireball that engulfed al-Ahli Arab hospital. "This place created a safe haven for women and children, those who escaped the Israeli bombing came to this hospital," Ibrahim Al-Naqa, who is a doctor at the hospital, told Reuters.
Palestinian security forces fired tear gas and stun grenades to disperse anti-government protesters in the West Bank city of Ramallah, seat of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, one of the Arab leaders who cancelled meeting Mr Biden.Protests also erupted at Israel's embassies in Turkey and Jordan and near the US embassy in Lebanon, where security forces fired tear gas toward demonstrators.
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