U.S. President Joe Biden visited Israel on Wednesday after the October 7 attack by the militant group Hamas that killed more than 1,400 people. In addition to talks with Israeli leaders, Biden had planned to visit Jordan. But, that part of his plan was canceled after an explosion killed hundreds of people at a hospital in Gaza. Since the attack by Hamas on civilians earlier this month, Israel has answered with air strikes and other attacks. Hamas fighters said Israel was to blame for the blast that they said killed about 500 people. Israel’s defense force responded, saying the explosion came from an off-target rocket fired by the Islamic Jihad militant group. Before the explosion, Biden was supposed to speak with King Abdullah II of Jordan, President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi of Egypt and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to discuss humanitarian aid for Gazans.
