Middle East and Africa | Crisis in the Middle East
Joe Biden steers a risky course after a Gaza hospital blast
The president takes personal charge of diplomacy as he visits Tel Aviv
|WASHINGTON, DC
PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN’s visit to contain the crisis in the Middle East has been blown up by an explosion at a Gaza hospital in which Palestinian officials say hundreds of civilians were killed. Amid mutual recriminations over who was responsible, Jordan denounced the “heinous war crime” and cancelled a summit it was due to host in Amman with Mr Biden as well as Palestinian and Egyptian leaders.
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