President Joe Biden on Wednesday extended all-out support to Israel on a solidarity visit in which he blamed a Palestinian group for a deadly rocket strike on a Gaza hospital, which left hundreds of Palestinians martyred.
Biden also announced plans for “unprecedented” aid for Israel and the Palestinians in Gaza and the occupied West Bank, as part of a wider $100 billion package that includes support for Ukraine.
Upon his arrival, Biden stated that the tragic explosion at the hospital in the Gaza Strip appeared to be the result of “an errant rocket fired by a terrorist group”.
While addressing reporters in Tel Aviv, as he was headed back home after meeting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Biden said that he had been direct with the Israelis about the necessity of backing the delivery of supplies to the Palestinians in Gaza.
“Israel has been badly victimised but the truth is they have an opportunity to relieve the suffering of people who have nowhere to go … it’s what they should do,” Biden said during a refueling stop for Air Force One at Ramstein Air Base in Germany.
Biden praised Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi for agreeing to open the Rafah border crossing to allow 20 trucks carrying humanitarian aid into Gaza and pledged the US would get people trapped in Gaza out.
“We’re going to get people out,” Biden said without offering details.
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