Hi, it's Diane. On my mind, the deepening crisis in the Middle East. A horrific

moment at a hospital in Gaza left hundreds of Palestinians dead. Hamas planned the Israel,

but Israel along with the US claimed it was an errant missile launch within Gaza.

Meanwhile, the strike pushed Arab leaders to cancel their meetings with President Biden,

who visited Israel Wednesday and voiced support for the country.

It's a period where people really have to think carefully about long-term interests.

We could end up here with a big catastrophic war.

That's David Ignatius, foreign affairs columnist at the Washington Post.

He joined me Thursday morning to talk about the past forward.

David, let's start with the horrific bombing of the hospital in Gaza.

We are getting so many different comments on it, so many different perspectives,

so many points of evidence. Where do you come out on this?

Was it the Israelis? Was it the Palestinians? How did it happen?

Do we know yet for sure?

At this point, I couldn't say with certainty that I feel I know I have the evidence to establish

how that hospital was hit. The claims that have been made by US intelligence community

and Israel are strong, just measuring them against other statements that they make.

These do have detail and some credibility.

I pressed yesterday, both the White House and the intelligence community, to release more detail

so that there could be some independent corroboration of the claims that they're making.

I was not successful. There were still assertions that this was caused by an Islamic jihad rocket.

I think at this point, what people should do is not blame either side until they have more evidence.

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