A planned summit with Joe Biden and Egyptian and Palestinian leaders in Amman tomorrow has been called off. The US president is due to arrive in Tel Aviv to meet with Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, and was then due to go on to the summit in Jordan to meet Arab leaders as part of his diplomacy efforts. The Jordanian foreign minister announced that the summit had been cancelled, saying there is “no use in talking about anything except stopping the war“. Biden has made clear his support for Israel and has said it has the right to defend itself against Hamas. The leaders of Jordan and Egypt have both blamed Israel for the explosion at the al Ahli hospital in Gaza this evening. Shortly after the explosion, Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian leader, said he would not go to the summit, which at that time was still going ahead. #Israel #gaza #gazaunderattack #Biden #netanyahu #hamasattack #worldnews n18oc_world n18oc_crux 0:00 INTRODUCTION 2:48 “HEINOUS
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