Click to see full-size image. Source: the Israeli Prime Minister office.
United States President Joe Biden has backed Israel’s claims that the October 17 deadly explosion at a Gaza Strip hospital was the result of a misfired rocket by Palestinian fighters.
Biden made the stance minutes after arriving in Israel on October 18 for an unprecedented wartime visit by a U.S. president.
“I was deeply saddened and outraged by the explosion at the hospital in Gaza yesterday,” said Biden, sitting alongside Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a Tel Aviv hotel. “Based on what I’ve seen, it appears it was done by the other team, and not you.”
At the same time, Biden added that “there’s a lot of people out there who are not sure. So we’ve gotta overcome a lot of things.”
Palestinian health officials said that more than 500 civilians were killed in an Israeli strike that targeted the Christian-run al-Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza. Doctors, nurses, patients and entire families who were taking refuge at the hospital were among the dead. Hundreds others were wounded or went missing after the explosion.
But the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) claimed it was not behind the blast, and that a misfired rocket launched by Palestinian fighters caused the explosion. Prime Minister Netanyahu and other senior Israeli officials pointed at Palestinian Islamic Jihad.
The faction denied these accusations, while the Hamas Movement, who governs Gaza, asserted that the hospital was hit by an Israeli strike, holding the U.S. responsible for the massacre due to its unconditional support for the IDF.
Gaza has been under Israel bombardment since October 7, when Hamas, Jihad and other Palestinian armed factions launched a surprise attack, launching hundreds of rockets and storming nearby bases and settlements. At least 1,400 Israelis were killed and more than 3,000 were wounded in the attack. Over 200 others were captured and taken back to the Strip.
So far, IDF strikes on Gaza have claimed the lives of some 3,200 people and wounded more than 11,000 others. Women and children make up more than half of the dead.
Despite its unproportional response, Israel continues to receive unconditional support from the U.S. The Pentagon delivered several shipments of munitions and other military equipment to the IDF and deployed two carrier strike groups with dozens of fighter jets to the Eastern Mediterranean to deter Israel’s enemies.
Biden’s new remarks show that U.S. support for Israel was not bent by the horrific massacre at al-Ahli Arab Hospital. This will lead to more escalation in the Middle East, especially against U.S. interests. There have already been reports of a drone attack on an air base hosting American troops in Iraq.
At the same time, the U.S. strong stance with Israel will likely encourage Netanyahu’s government and the IDF to go on with their plan to launch a ground invasion into Gaza. Such an attack could lead to more massacres and atrocities. Arab observers believe that the mass displacement of Palestinians into Egypt and reoccupation of the Strip are Israel’s main goals.
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there are no living beings lower than zog rats
sound analysis suggests israel used powerful jdam missile so america stands as a liar and a zionist terror state with a president from hell
exactly, definitely some sort of jdam
jdam or related ammo. falestine mujahedeen don t have such kind of high-tech weapon. so it is 100% prove israel did this crime. and people world-wide are getting ready to exterminate kikes where ever they meet them. blood of jews and collaborateurs will run through european, us and middle east streets big time ! btw see demos (old & new ones) http://rlu.ru/3azkp and http://alturl.com/fuqky
there are large – partly violent muslimeen demos world-wide right now. muslim people and whole ummah want to shield falestine civilians and take revenge on the hook-nosed zionist scum of the earth !!! demos now in turkey, jordan, germany, uk, iran, iraq, yes even in australia thousands already on 9th oct went to the streets chanting : fuck the jews & gas the jews !!! (vid see above)
the end of the usa is near
president vladimir putin announced at a press conference following his visit to china.
“on my instructions, the russian military space forces begin patrolling on a permanent basis in the neutral zone of airspace over the black sea. and our mig-31 aircraft are armed with kinzhal complexes,” he said.
according to the president, this decision was made because of the united states, which “dragged two aviation groups into the mediterranean sea.”
imagine being so gay, you are denying real evidence, yep sounds like a nazi to me.
even crazy people know biden is a liar. lie for the liar and the whole world knows their lie the liar
don’t blame biden, he is only a senile oldster, and says what he is told to say. he probably also said, that he was actually living in israel in his childhood and prayed in synagogue every day…
only this nest of fake news still doesn’t know that it was the islamic jiahd that launched the missile, didn’t they hear the wiretaps?
rascally li’l hasbarat, jewish supremacists are the only force in the region with the ordinance to murder all those people. such a liar, doodles!
need to open your eyes. only truth counts. what hamas is capable we know since 7 oct.
there are the live images from al jazeeera when the rocket fired from islamic jihad hits the hospital.
certainly israel does many things wrong, also the palestinians, but nobody wins by selfbetrying with lies.
yep, it was islamic jihad, but you can’t reason with antisemitic fanatics, they only believe what they want to believe.
they fit well with the garbage they defend.
that photo… that biden looks like an actor as the right ear gave away.
he looks like a lost senile puppet suffering from dementia.
what happened to netanyahu’s signature smug smirk?
it was a m84 jdam. no way the hamas forces have anything big enough to level a hospital and kill that many people
the only thing self blowing-up right now are brandon’s credibility and brandon’s reelection chances … he surely can do better :)
sviniari idú teraz klamať svet? že oni nie oni muzikanti? je jasné, že to bol izrael, také veľké nálože hamás nemá!!! a tá nemocnica padla ako domček z kariet po jedinom zásahu!!! tak, že o čom to tu točia? vojnový zločin spáchal izrael o tom niet pochýb!!!
perfect time to eradicate a problem right there on the tarmac.
there is indeed no creature lower than a zionist
wish that corrupt old fuck would just kick the bucket and then laugh as kamala plays potus.