For the aide� s arrival. Israel earlier said it wont get in the way of food, water, and medicine getting to civilians, as long as the assistance does not reach hamas. Mr biden says there are a few more things that need to happen before the aid can come in. This has been a very blunt negotiation i have had. And so want to get as many of the trucks out as possible, i guess there are about 150 there. Not all will go. The first tranche, if there is a second tranche we will see how it goes. Lets look at some of the other top headlines from the war at this hour protests across the middle east erupted over the explosion at the Al Ahli Hospital in gaza, tuesday, that left at least a71 people dead. Arab states and the main palestinian militant group, hamas, have continued to blame israel for the explosion, even as mr biden backed israels claim that it had nothing to do with it. And the United States vetoed a Un Security Council vote calling for humanitarian pauses in gaza, a move that was condemned by other members, including russia, china and the uae. Our international editor, jeremy bowen, has more on the day on the ground. And a warning his report contains distressing images. A carpark outside the Al Ahli Hospital became a killing ground. The arguments about whos responsible come too late for the people whose lives ended here. Even with their bodies taken away, the clean up this morning also meant collecting small pieces of flesh. God have mercy, he said, they were civilians. And muhammad, a neighbour, cant unsee children with legs blown off and the bodies he helped to carry. They all, he said, thought theyd be safe near a hospital. Early this morning at the Defence Ministry in tel aviv, the military presented data it said proved israel did not attack the hospital. Instead, they said, it was a Malfunctioning Rocket fired by palestinian islamichhad. The Trajectory Analysis from the barrage of rockets confirms that the rockets were fired in close proximity to the hospital. According to our intelligence, hamas checked the reports, understood it was an Islamic Jihad rocket that had misfired and decided to launch a Global Media Campaign to hide what really happened. They went as far as inflating the numbers of casualties. Coming to tel aviv was a gamble for President Biden. He wanted to ease gazas humanitarian catastrophe while supporting israels war effort, perhaps an impossible circle to square with israels leader, Benjamin Netanyahu. But a deal emerged from their meeting food, water and medicine, but no fuel, from egypt to gaza. For israel, more military aid and agreement that they didnt hit the hospital. And based on what ive seen, it appears as though it was done by the other team, not you. I wanted to personally come and make that clear. Thank you for having me, and im looking forward to having a thorough discussion about where everybody goes from here. The president wont change the minds of those who insist Israel Attacked the hospital. Joe bidens presence here will only deepen the conviction among palestinians and millions of other arabs that america isntjust on israels side but that its also complicit in Everything Israel is doing in gaza, including killing civilians. Until the hamas attacks on israel, President Biden dreamt of transforming the middle east. The americans were negotiating with saudi arabia and israel, to try to get the two countries to recognise each other. That is not on the agenda any more. Grief is crushing the families of gazas dead. Israel was warned byjoe biden not to be consumed by rage, while in gazas shifa hospital, a father was saying goodbye to his dead children in a corridor thats been turned into a mortuary. A waiting room for the grave. Jeremy bowen, bbc news, in israel. It was against that backdrop that President Biden arrived in tel aviv, to meet with israeli Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu. Mr biden is the most high profile us politician to visit the warzone of course, but hes not the only one to visit israel in recent days. A Bipartisan Group of senators has just returned from a trip to israel where they met with Prime Minister netanyahu and his war cabinet. I spoke to one of the senators on that trip, republican bill cassidy of louisiana. Thank you so much forjoining us on bbc news tonight. You have just returned with a bipartisan delegation from a visit to israel. Can you tell us what you witnessed, what you learned there . Well, we met with both Prime Minister netanyahu and his war cabinet. We met with in a separate meeting with general galante, a separate meeting with president hertzog and then a separate meeting with benny gantz, and then lastly, with Family Members, american israelis with Family Members who have been taken hostage. From all of them, a sense of grief, a sense of shock, of disappointment that people were not kept safe. Now for the political and the military leaders, there was a resoluteness that they were going to address this, secure the border with gaza strip, they were going to protect against any incursions by hezbollah. From the Family Members, they were unfortunately buffeted by events and there is an incredible sense of tragedy, but they still were hopeful. Illjust say this. One woman said it is hard to imagine the good news is that you hear although your son has lost an arm, and is being held hostage by hamas in gaza, the good news is that hes alive, and i think that kind of summarises the pathos of the situation. Senator, we just saw the president have a rare wartime visit to israel where he reaffirmed the us� s support for israel. What you think the message he delivered on the trip, and he will also be speaking to the nation about the war thursday evening . The message is that the United States stands with israel and we stand against terrorism, and there is no one better to convey that message than the president. We did it as five senators and he did it again as president. By the way, going back to the families who have Family Members taken hostage, one of them expressed an incredible disappointment that their government had not kept them safe, but said that they were looking to the United States to kind of be that big brother who is going to support them, even if they felt as if their own government had not done itsjob. Now im just almost directly quoting what they said, so when the president goes there and expresses support, i can imagine the emotional impact it has upon many who have been so terribly and emotionally assaulted. There has been criticism of the us� s role in not pushing enough on behalf of the citizens in gaza at the moment, and President Biden did work with egyptian president al sisi to allow 28 trucks into gaza. Egypt now say there will be a sustainable aid corridor. Our correspondents say that aid will be of little help because the hospitals need fuel right now. Should the us be doing more to support civilians in gaza . We have to recognise that there is a limit to what the United States or anyone can do. It requires the cooperation of the egyptians, the israelis and hamas, so we can propose but others have to permit, and if we think that we, the United States, can go in there and just dictate, in a chaotic situation, people have the wrong perception. I will point out by the way, let me say this as an aside, in our meeting with the israelis were all asking that the United States help to make sure humanitarian aid gets into gaza. They were asking for that. Which i think says something for the israelis who were differentiating hamas from the palestinians. From the palestinian people. As far as the us role is, we should push for whatever we can do to bring humanitarian aid in, understanding that israel will have Security Concerns about some of what that aid might be. Weve spoken to multiple experts who have said that the israeli aim to eradicate hamas from gaza will be militarily difficult, politically perhaps impossible. Since you met with the Prime Minister and the war cabinet, as you said, what did they share about what israels plan might be going forward, particularly for gaza . The only person i asked permission to quote was benny gantz but they all said about the same thing. But gantz said at the end of this that there may be some guy wandering around with an ak 47, but that their Military Leadership and operational leadership will be crushed. So if you view hamas as an ideology, yes, the ideology will persist. You know, wipe out israel, kill all thejews, but if you want to view it as an operational and military organisation, it is israels intent to crush it. Whether they can, we shall see, but they are resolved to do so. There were large protests at the capitol today including a jewish Group Calling for the end of israeli bombing of gaza and advocating for a ceasefire. What is your message to those protesters . We have to put that in perspective. When 3,000 americans were killed in 9 11, if someone said to the americans dont go after 0sama bin laden, dont go after afghanistan which is housing the fellow, we wouldve said you have to be kidding me. They killed 3,000 americans. If you take the small population of israel, and they lost 1,300, and you extrapolate it up to the 330 million of the United States with the same proportion of civilians, itd be 30,000 to 40,000 americans killed. Looking at what happened in 9 11, 3,000 died, we were going to go after those people that did it. Imagine if 35,000 had died. I think you have to recognise that from the israeli viewpoint this was an unforgivable assault upon their people and they cannot have safety for their people wherever their people live, as long as hamas is committed to killing all thejews. You have that perspective, you have their perspective, you can understand why they are conducting this operation. We will have to leave it there. Thank you so much forjoining us on bbc news tonight. Thank you, sumi. To give us context of what the assistance will look like for those in gaza and the west bank, my colleague Caitriona Perry spoke to ghaith al 0mari, former political advisor to the Palestinian Authority and current Senior Fellow at the washington institute. He celebrated the aid deal. First of all is definitely a very important development. People and gaza do need those basic necessities. I think this is a triumph for us diplomacy at the end of the day it was President Biden who pushed for it. And also a triumph for egyptian diplomacy that has been very insistent and frankly very firm when it comes to this issue. It is a great first step but as we all know the need for more than 2 million Palestinian Civilians in gaza need to be met. The gaza strip was already in a bread by humanitarian situation, it is teetering on the edge. More is needed but this is definitely a welcome first step. This is definitely a welcome first step this is definitely a welcome first ste. , �. , first step. President biden was also due to first step. President biden was also due to meet first step. President biden was also due to meet arab first step. President biden was also due to meet arab leaders| also due to meet arab leaders at that summit injordan. Why was i cancelled . At that summit in jordan. Why was i cancelled . Was i cancelled . Basically, after the was i cancelled . Basically, after the tragic, was i cancelled . Basically, after the tragic, tragic after the tragic, tragic incident yesterday at Al Ahli Hospital in gaza, the amount of anger in the palestinian street, in thejordanian street, in thejordanian street, in the arab street, was such that it was not time for diplomacy. We saw major demonstrations injordan in demonstrations in jordan in front demonstrations injordan in front of the Israeli Embassy and elsewhere. And i think the sense was given the grief, given the emotion, the time might not be good. Certainly, people like let us like a bus, king abdullah, president cc, also dont want to be vulnerable to attacks from the opposition saying you are sitting with the americans were so pro israel while our people are dying. So there was basically the political environment made it impossible. When you mentioned there that the us is seen to be so pro israel, is that the view that people will now come away with after President Bidens trip today . The us has said from day one that the us fully support israel. This is a strategic relationship. It is based on both the depth of relationship, but also, american perception that this attack is part of a larger regional dynamic, whether it is the iranian involvement, orthe whether it is the iranian involvement, or the attack impacted other american interests, the saudi israeli deal, etc. The us is clearly supporting israel. This is a fact. This comes with benefits for the us but also comes with liabilities particularly in terms of the United States. Around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. Lets get more on the news that british Prime Minister rishi sunak is on his way to israel. Hell arrive there in the morning as part of a two day trip to the middle east. According to downing street, he is expected to hold meetings with israeli Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu and president isaac herzog before travelling to a number of other regional capitals. As our Political Editor chris mason explains, mr sunak� s message will be that conflict must not become a catalyst for further escalation of violence in the region. Downing street says rishi sunak will express his condolences for the terrible loss of life in israel and gaza as a result of her must� s brutal Terrorist Attacks thomass. Hamas. Especially those that want to leave as quickly as possible. As well as making the argument in israel and elsewhere in the couple of days that the violence and the anger in the middle east must be contained as much as possible. Youre live with bbc news. While President Biden met israeli leaders in tel aviv, People In Gaza were collecting bodies at the Al Ahli Hospital, trying to identify hundreds of victims of tuesdays explosion. Palestinians say it was an israeli air strike. The bbc has so far not seen any evidence that definitively proves what caused the blast. But israel has blamed an errant palestinian rocket. Health officials tonight in gaza say a71 people were killed in the Hospital Blast on tuesday. 0ur reporter in gaza, rushdie abualouf, has been to the site. And a warning you may find some of the images in his report distressing. When i arrived at the hospital this morning, they were still collecting the dead after what looks to have been the deadliest moment we have seen so far in gaza. There were burnt out cars after a huge fire following last nights blast. I was talking to one of the people who witnessed this what the palestinians are calling a massacre. He said that they were just sitting in their garden peacefully, and suddenly, a huge explosion rocked this area. He said, we collected bodies, injured people. We evacuated serious injuries using a motorcycle. Some people evacuated on foot, he said, from there to shifa hospital. Blood soaked mattresses lay on the ground. As we picked our way through the devastation, beds scattered and wreckage. Childrens backpacks and collapsed tents where people had been sleeping. Doctors told us thousands were seeking shelters at the hospital when it happened. Eyewitnesses said the Hospital Grounds were packed with People Living under siege and under fire. People are still collecting body pieces from on the ground. People are still in panic. People are still trying to understand what happened. Fear, grief and anger. Translation my message to the world stand up for the right thing dont be afraid of the americans dont be afraid of the Israeli Air Forces we will continue this fight until the last drop of blood Health Officials here are saying hundreds are dead, injured and missing. This is a moment of horror for palestinians already traumatised by this war. Rushdi abualouf, bbc news, gaza city. To other news now. Us congressmanjim jordan has failed in his second bid for house speaker. 22 of his fellow republicans voted against him thats two more than in the first vote. Jordan is hoping to replace former speaker Kevin Mccarthy who was ousted two weeks ago. Mrjordan says he will not drop out of the race and his team indicated that a third vote could happen on thursday. For more on this, i spoke earlier with robert costa from cbs news. Bob, great to have you back in the studio. What happens now . This is a crisis moment for house republicans. They have to figure out what are they going to do . Congressman jim jordan of ohio has not met the