sort9i23, 9:19 PM Israel Gaza: Biden clinches deal with Egypt to allow aid - BBC News e i oe HH Home News Sport =——Reel_=—Worklife Q World | Africa | Australia | Europe | Latin America | Middle East | US & Canada Israel Gaza: Biden clinches deal with Egypt to allow aid © 4hours ago Israel-Gaza war | President Joe Biden was welcomed by Israeli Prime Minster Benjamin Netanyahu hitps:lvwwbbe-cominews/world-midle-east-67142031 19sort9i23, 9:19 PM Israel Gaza: Biden clinches deal with Egypt to allow aid - BBC News By Holly Honderich BBC News, Washington US President Joe Biden has secured a deal with Egypt to deliver limited aid to Gaza to ease a humanitarian crisis amid the Israel-Hamas war. Visiting Tel Aviv, Mr Biden said Israel had a right to hit back for the Hamas attack that triggered the fighting. The US president said Israel had been "badly victimised’, though he cautioned against being "consumed" by rage. He also backed Israel's account that a blast at a Gaza hospital on Tuesday was not caused by an Israeli air strike. Palestinian officials say the explosion at Gaza's Al-Ahli Arab Hospital killed 471 people, blaming it on Israel. The incident has further inflamed tensions across the region. | Biden says he is “outraged and saddened” by the loss of life But during a trip to Tel Aviv lasting fewer than eight hours on Wednesday, Mr Biden supported the Israeli claim that the deadly blast appeared to have been caused by a misfiring Palestinian rocket. The American president said he was "deeply saddened and outraged" by the explosion. Israel has pointed the finger at Islamic Jihad, another militant group operating in Gaza. Islamic Jihad denied any role in the blast. hitps:lvwwbbe-cominews/world-midle-east-67142031 29sor1929, 219 PM Israel Gaza: Bdon clinches deal wih Egyptto alow id - BC Nows The Palestinian-reported death toll has also been disputed by Israel. A foreign ministry spokesman, Lior Haiat, said on social media platform X that "several dozen people" had been "apparently killed”. While flying home, Mr Biden discussed aid for Gaza with Egyptian President Abdul Fatah al-Sisi by phone. Mr Biden told journalists that Mr Sisi had agreed to open the Rafah crossing from Egypt to Gaza to allow about 20 lorries carrying humanitarian aid into the territory. Egypt confirmed its president and Mr Biden had agreed to provide aid to Gaza “in a sustainable manner’. Mr Biden did not give a timeline for the border crossing opening, but White House spokesman John Kirby said it would occur in the coming days after road repairs. | Watch: Chaos in Gaza City after hospital hit Mr Biden also said $100m (£82m) in US funding would be be allocated to support Palestinian civilians. A source familiar with the matter told Reuters news agency the US president was considering asking Congress for $10bn in aid for Israel as soon as Friday. People are desperately short of food, water, fuel, medicine and other essentials after Israel launched a blockade of the enclave 10 days ago. Israel struck back after the Palestinian militant group Hamas killed 1,400 people in an unprecedented incursion from Gaza on 7 October. hitps:lvwwbbe-cominews/world-midle-east-67142031 a9sorters, 219 PM trae Gaza: Biden cnches deal wih Egypt to alow ad - BBC Nows At least 3,000 people have been killed in retaliatory Israeli strikes on Gaza, according to Palestinian health officials. More than a million Palestinians have fled their homes within Gaza - about half of the population. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed Israel would not prevent supplies going from Egypt to the civilian population in southern Gaza. More on Israel-Gaza war * Follow live: Latest updates * Explained: What's going on in Gaza and Israel, and why now? * History behind the story: The Israel-Palestinian conflict * Hamas attack: Family seeks answers after live-stream horror * From Gaza: BBC reporter flees Israel bomb warning However, Israel said it would not allow any aid to pass through its own territory until hostages being held by Hamas were released. Nearly 200 people have been abducted, Israel says. Mr Biden will give a televised address to the nation from the White House on Thursday at 20:00 EDT (midnight GMT). In his address, Mr Biden will “discuss our response to Hamas's terrorist attacks against Israel and Russia's ongoing brutal war against Ukraine", White House spokeswoman Karine Jean-Pierre said. Also on Thursday, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is due to visit Israel. On the US president's high-stakes visit to Tel Aviv, he was warmly greeted by Mr Netanyahu, before the pair hosted a joint news conference. Mr Biden likened the Hamas raid on Israel to the 9/11 attacks in the US. "The scale may be different, but I'm sure those horrors have tapped into some kind of primal feeling in Israel, just like it did and felt in the United States," Mr Biden said. "But | caution this: while you feel that rage, don't be consumed by it. "After 9/11, we were enraged in the United States. And while we sought justice and got justice, we also made mistakes." Addressing the explosion at the hospital, Mr Biden told Mr Netanyahu: "Based on what I've seen, it appears as though it was done by the other team, not hitps:lvwwbbe-cominews/world-midle-east-67142031 49sort9i23, 9:19 PM Israel Gaza: Biden clinches deal with Egypt to allow aid - BBC News you." Mr Biden was later asked by reporters what led him to conclude that Israel was not responsible, and said: "The data | was shown by my defence department." Asenior American official has told CBS, the BBC's US partner, that Washington has its own intelligence - in addition to Israel's - that includes communications intercepts and satellite photos, which give it "high confidence" Israel was not behind the strike. The official said there were "indications" that it was an errant rocket fired by a group in Gaza. Mr Biden had planned to travel from Israel to Jordan to meet King Abdullah, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and Egypt's President Sisi, but that leg of the trip was called off after the hospital blast. Jordan cancelled the meeting and condemned what it called "a great calamity and a heinous war crime", The White House said the decision to call off that part of the visit had been “made in a mutual way". hitps:lvwwbbe-cominews/world-midle-east-67142031 59sort9i23, 9:19 PM Related Topics Israel Gaza: Biden clinches deal with Egypt to allow aid - BBC News Middle East Israel-Gaza war Israel Egypt Gaza United States Joe Biden hitps:lvwwbbe-cominews/world-midle-east-67142031 69sort9i23, 9:19 PM Israel Gaza: Biden clinches deal with Egypt to allow aid - BBC News More on this story Gaza hospital blast kills hundreds - health officials 1 day ago British teen missing in Hamas attack confirmed dead 1 day ago Biden to visit Israel in landmark show of support 1 day ago Mia Shem: Mother pleads for release after Hamas video 1 day ago Top Stories @LIVE Israel hits ‘Iwasholdingmum's —_ What video, pictures hundreds more sites in _ hand but flood water and other evidence tell Gazaas UK PMSunak __ killed her’ us about Gaza hospital arrives blast To hours ago 11 hours ago Featuressort9i2a, 9:19 Pat Israel Gaza: Biden clinches deal with Egypt to allow aid - BBC News ‘Iwas holdingmum's _ Bowen: Joe Biden's Inside Gaza hospital hand but flood water _ search for a Middle devastated by killed her’ East solution just got explosion harder > What video, pictures ‘The top electric car What's going on with and other evidence tell maker thatisnot Tesla Scottish us about Gaza hospital independence? blast Netflix film follows US hate crimes are Villagers up in arms woman who braved rising-herearesome —_ over plans to mine sharks and jellyfish solutions lithium Elsewhere on the BBC Europe's unlikely Scorsese on findinghis The sneaky trend digital nomad hub new star hurting finances Most Read 1 What video, pictures and 2 The top electric car maker other evidence tell us about that is not Tesla Gaza hospital blast hitps:lvwwbbe-cominews/world-midle-east-67142031 8910119028, 9:19 PM Israel Gaza: Biden clinches deal with Egypt to allow aid - BBC News 3 Threats fly as US House 4 Law firm pulls student job Speaker race turns ugly offers over Israel letters 5 Naga Munchetty told to 6 Korean piano sensation, 19, ‘suck it up' by NHS doctors signs record deal 7 Sunak arrives in Israel as 8 Fears grow for Holocaust escalation fears grow historian kidnapped by Hamas 9 Natalee Holloway suspect 1 0 Bowen: Joe Biden's search admits to 2005 killing for a Middle East solution just got harder BBC News Services On your mobile (On smart speakers Get news alerts Contact BBC News Home Reel Future wv News Worklife Culture Weather Sport Travel Music Sounds TermsofUse About theBBC Privacy Policy Cookies Accessibility Help Parental Guidance Contact the BBC Get Personalised Newsletters Why youcan trust the BBC Advertise with us Do not share or sell my info © 2023 BBC. 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