A hospital is supposed to be a place of comfort, a place to get better, a place where new life is brought into the world.

Above all, it's supposed to be safe, even in a war zone.

That is why what we saw play out on Tuesday night in Gaza was so shocking.

Hundreds are reportedly killed at a hospital in Gaza that is still on fire.

Viteer, we're just getting into CNN shows rescue workers

pulling people out from under the rubble.

There are people who have been wounded, people who have been injured in the fire.

As we record this, the Hamas-controlled Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza says at least

471 people were killed in this blast.

Authorities in Gaza say Israel was responsible, but the IDF said its intelligence showed a failed rocket launch by Islamic jihad was to blame,

which the group denied.

And it's important to note, CNN cannot independently verify what caused the blast,

nor the extent of the casualties. Despite the lack of clarity, the blast set off a wave of anti-Israel protests across the Middle East.

Hundreds gathered around the Israeli embassy and Amman Jordan on Tuesday. All of this was a threat to the Faran.

All of this was the backdrop for a high stakes visit to Israel from the President of the United States.

Like the United States, you don't live by the rules of terrorists.

You live by the rule of law.

When conflicts flare, you live by the rule of law. When conflicts fare, you live by the law of wars.

Today, what President Biden's quick trip to Tel Aviv

can tell us about the future of this conflict.

From CNN, this is tug of war.

I'm David Rind. Nick Robertson is CNN's International Diplomatic Editor. He's been in Israel since the conflict began. You might remember we spoke

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