Killed hundreds of innocent civilians. Officials in gaza claim it was an israeli airstrike. The Israeli Military insists it was a Misfire Rocket launched by Palestinian Militants near the hospital. Cnn geolocated this video, this is the moment of blast. This morning President Biden appearing to take israels side. Listen to the president. Deeply saddened and outraged by the explosion at the hospital in gaza yesterday. And based on what i have seen, it appears as though it was done by the other team, not you. But there is a lot of people out there who are not sure. So we have to overcome a lot of things. Shortly before President Biden landed in israel, the Israeli Military laid out evidence blaming the explosion on the Islamic Jihad militant group, including intercepted audio of hamas operatives alleged by talking about the misfired rocket. Despite israels denials, a wave of protests have erupted across the middle east. Lebanon hundreds tried to break through Security Barriers near the u
Good day to our viewer in the United States and around the world. Im kasie hunt. It is wednesday, october 18. 5 00 a. M. Here in washington, noon in tel aviv where we just heard from President Biden who is in a bilateral meeting right now with israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The president commenting for the first time on camera about the explosion at a hospital in gaza city that officials there say killed hundreds of people. Deeply saddened and outraged by the explosion at the hospital in gaza yesterday. Based on what ive seen, it appears as though it was done by the other team, not you. But there is a lot of people out there who are not sure. Said to be unparalleled and indescribable. A spokesperson says most of the victims are children and women. Hours ago israel released this edited 30 second drone video that Spokesman Says proves that Israeli Military did not cause the explosion. He says craters and other damage are not consistent with an israeli airstrike. They also int
our viewers in the united states, and around the world. i m becky anderson live for you today from doha in qatar. a four-day truce between israel and hamas does now appear to be taking effect. seven weeks of a punishing air ground campaign to root out of the militant group hamas now on hold. that is part of a deal to secure the release of israeli hostages captured in the october 7th terror attack. cnn s jeremy diamond and his crew near the border with gaza report what sounded like artillery fire in the early minutes of today s truce that started two hours ago. that has since stopped. according to qatar which was absolutely instrumental in brokering this deal, the first hostages from israel are now expected to be released at some point after four pm local time. that is about seven hours from now. women and children, some from the same families will be turned over. at least this is the plan, to the red cross. because amongst those held hostage in gaza. i hope that this happ