US President Joe Biden is traveling to Israel as scheduled despite the cancellation of a four-way meeting with the leaders of Egypt, Jordan and the Palestinian Authority following the deadly tragedy in a Palestinian hospital.
In fact, before boarding Air Force One, Joe Biden said he was “shocked and deeply saddened” by the bombing at Al Ahli Hospital in the Gaza Strip.
As for who is responsible for this particular attack, in which an estimated 500 people died, the Palestinian side accuses Israel of a “war crime”.
Israel on its side, blames the Palestinians, specifically on the “Palestinian Jihad” organization, which is considered a follow-up to Hamas.
Although the originally agreed four-way meeting with Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and Jordanian King Abdullah II was canceled as part of his diplomatic initiative to resolve the crisis, Biden on Wednesday 10/18 meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for a private conversation.
Afterwards, the American president will have a meeting with the leadership of the Israeli armed forces, as well as with people who were on the front lines, in order to help the victims of the surprise bombings by Hamas.
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