US President Joe Biden has made an agreement with Egypt to provide some assistance to Gaza in order to help with a serious problem related to the well-being of people, during the conflict between Israel and Hamas.
While visiting Tel Aviv, Mr. Biden stated that Israel has the right to retaliate for the Hamas attack that caused the fighting.
The president of the United States said that Israel had been treated very unfairly, but he also mentioned that it is important not to let anger control us.
He also supported Israel’s claim that an explosion at a Gaza hospital on Tuesday was not caused by an air attack from Israel.
Palestinian officials are saying that a big explosion happened at Gaza’s Al-Ahli Arab Hospital, and it caused the death of 471 people. They believe that Israel is responsible for this tragic event. The incident has made the conflicts in the area even worse.
During a short visit to Tel Aviv, lasting less than eight hours, Mr. Biden agreed with the Israeli claim that the explosion was likely caused by a Palestinian rocket that went off course.
The president of America expressed his strong feelings of sadness and anger about the explosion.
Israel has blamed Islamic Jihad, a group in Gaza that carries out violent actions. Islamic Jihad said they did not cause the explosion.
Israel and Palestine have conflicting reports about the number of people who have died. A spokesperson from the foreign ministry, named Lior Haiat, mentioned on a social media site called X that a number of people, approximately “several dozen,” seemed to have been killed.
While on his way back home, Mr. Biden had a phone conversation with the Egyptian President, Abdul Fattah al-Sisi, to talk about providing assistance to Gaza.
Mr Biden said that Mr. Sisi agreed to open the Rafah crossing between Egypt and Gaza so that around 20 trucks carrying help for people in need can go into Gaza.
Egypt said that their president and Mr. Biden agreed to give aid to Gaza in a way that will last for a long time.
Mr Biden did not say when the border crossing will open, but White House spokesperson John Kirby said it will happen in a few days once the roads are fixed.
Mr Biden also said that $100 million in US funding will be provided to support Palestinian civilians.
According to someone who knows about this, the US president is thinking about asking Congress for $10 billion to help Israel. This may happen on Friday.
Many people are in great need of food, water, fuel, medicine, and other important things because Israel put up a blockade in the area 10 days ago.
Israel responded after the Palestinian group Hamas attacked and killed 1,400 people in a surprise attack from Gaza on October 7th.
According to Palestinian health officials, around 3,000 people have died in the Israeli attacks on Gaza as revenge. Over one million Palestinians have left their houses in Gaza – approximately half of the people.
The Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, said that Israel will not stop food and other things from going into southern Gaza from Egypt.
Israel said that it will not let any help pass through its land until Hamas releases the people it is holding hostage.
MrBiden is going to talk on TV to the whole country from the White House on Thursday at 8:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time (12:00 AM Greenwich Mean Time).
According to White House spokeswoman Karine Jean-Pierre, Mr. Biden will talk about how we are dealing with Hamas’s attacks on Israel and Russia’s ongoing cruel war on Ukraine in his speech.
On Thursday, the Prime Minister of Britain, Rishi Sunak, is scheduled to go to Israel.
The US president visited Tel Aviv and was warmly welcomed by Mr Netanyahu. They held a joint press conference together.
MrBiden compared the Hamas attack on Israel to the 9/11 attacks in the United States.
MrBiden said that even though the scale may vary, he is confident that the horrors experienced in Israel have stirred up a deep and instinctual emotion, much like they did in the United States. But I want to warn you: even though you may feel that rage, try not to let it completely overwhelm you.
After the terrorist attack on September 11, 2001, we were very angry in the United States. And while we looked for fairness and achieved fairness, we also made errors.
Referring to the explosion at the hospital, Mr. Biden said to Mr. Netanyahu that it seems like the other group, not him, is responsible based on what he has seen.
Reporters asked Mr. Biden why he thought Israel was not responsible, and he answered that he saw evidence from his defense department.
A high-ranking American official told CBS, who works closely with the BBC in the US, that the US has its own intelligence separate from Israel’s. This intelligence includes intercepted communications and satellite photos, which strongly suggest that Israel did not carry out the strike with a high level of certainty.
The person in charge said there were signs that the rocket may have been mistakenly fired by a group in Gaza.
MrBiden wanted to go from Israel to Jordan to meet with King Abdullah, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, and Egypt’s President Sisi. However, he canceled this part of his trip after the hospital explosion.
Jordan cancelled the meeting and strongly criticized what they called “a terrible disaster and a horrible crime of war”.
The White House said that both parties agreed to cancel that part of the visit.