Hundreds Die In Gaza Hospital Attack, Biden Visits Israel, Arab Protests

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🗓️ 18 October 2023

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Hundreds of people are dead after an explosion at a hospital in Gaza. Israeli and Palestinian officials are trading blame over who's responsible for the deadly attack. President Biden arrived in Israel on Wednesday morning. There he wants to show solidarity for Israel and prevent any further escalations. And pro-Palestinian protests have erupted across the Middle East following the hospital bombing in Gaza.

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0:00.0	Hundreds of people are dead after an explosion at a hospital in Gaza.
0:06.4	Palestinian officials bling Israel for the deadly incident, but Israel says it was a terror
0:10.6	group, so who is actually to blame?
0:12.5	I mean, Martinez, that's Michelle Martin, and this is up first from NPR News.
0:20.9	President Biden arrived in Israel this morning.
0:23.0	There he met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
0:25.5	Biden wants to show solidarity for Israel and prevent any further escalations.
0:29.9	When he do that, while also pleading for more humanitarian assistance.
0:33.5	And pro-Palestinian protests have erupted across the Middle East following the hospital
0:37.2	bombing in Gaza.
0:38.5	Jordan's Foreign Minister says the war between Israel and Hamas is pushing the region to
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