U.S. President Joe Biden on Wednesday said he received information from the Pentagon that indicated the Israeli Defense Forces were not behind the Gaza hospital blast of Tuesday evening, which killed hundreds of people sheltering inside.
In a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Tel Aviv earlier Wednesday, Biden said that the deadly attack on Gaza's al-Ahli Baptist Hospital appeared to have been caused "by the other team." Horrific scenes of the wounded ignited street protests in capitals across the region.
Biden's diplomatic trip to Israel was part of an effort to show "solidarity" with Israel, following a devastating and coordinated Oct. 7 attack by the Palestinian militant group Hamas.