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Biden, arriving in Israel to meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, said the blast appeared to be caused by "the other team," not Israel.
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US president’s Israel visit comes as anger mounts in the region and puts US strategy at risk
Lebanon has said continued "aggression" against Gaza could spark "fire that could consume the whole region". Protests have spread around the Arab world since a deadly blast at a hospital in Gaza - for which both sides have exchanged blame.
The US president’s visit comes as anger mounts in the region and puts America’s entire strategy in the Middle East at risk.
The White House is walking a careful line as it seeks to balance support for Israel in the aftermath of Hamas’s terrorist attacks with concerns about the humanitarian fallout in Gaza. President Biden and top administration officials have publicly backed Israel’s right to defend itself and to respond with force after more than a thousand Israelis died in…