President Joe Biden is arriving in Israel for a lightning round of diplomatic efforts. He wants to prevent the war with Hamas from spiraling into an even larger conflict. It's a challenge that became more difficult after an explosion that killed hundreds in a Gaza Strip hospital.
President Joe Biden waves as he boards Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023, en route to Israel. President Joe Biden walks up the steps of Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023, as he heads to Israel. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to the media during a joint press conference with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas meets with U.S.
The president also planned to meet Israeli first responders and the families of victims killed and hostages taken when Hamas made its incursion into Israel. Hundreds of Palestinians flooded the streets of major West Bank cities including Ramallah. More people joined protests that erupted in Beirut, Lebanon and Amman, Jordan, where an angry crowd gathered outside the Israeli Embassy.
Ayman Safadi, Jordan’s foreign minister, told a state-run television network that the war is “pushing the region to the brink.”
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