United States President Joe Biden has joined world leaders in expressing “outrage” over a strike at the al-Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza, which has been under non-stop bombing by Israel for the past 12 days.“The United States stands unequivocally for the protection of civilian life during conflict and we mourn the patients, medical staff and other innocents killed or wounded in this tragedy,” Biden posted on X, formerly Twitter, before landing in Israel on Wednesday morning.At a joint news conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Tel Aviv, Biden reiterated continued US support to Israel, Washington’s closest ally in the Middle East, despite the horrific bombing of the hospital. The Israeli bombardment that has killed more than 3,300 Palestinians came in response to a deadly attack by the Hamas group on October 7.
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