Biden arrives in Israel in a climate of great tension after the bombing of the hospital in Gaza

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2023-10-18 10:52:00

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Posters appear in Palma with images of people kidnapped by Hams in Gaza

The center of Palma woke up this Wednesday full of posters with images of people kidnapped by Hamas in Gaza demanding their release. Under the word kidnapped, photographs of people appear, along with their name, age and nationality. The poster, although it does not indicate who was the promoter of this initiative, encourages citizens to take a photograph and share it to thus help her release.

One of the posters with the image of a woman kidnapped by Hamas EUROPA PRESS | EUROPAPRESS

The image is accompanied by a text that states that on October 7, some 200 civilians were kidnapped in Israel and transferred to the Gaza Strip and that their whereabouts are now unknown. More than 3,000 women, men and children, from three months old to 85 years old, were injured, beaten, raped and murdered and brutally separated from their families by Hams, the poster says.

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Sumar says that Albares and Daz agreed on the response to the Israeli embassy

Sumar’s spokesperson in Congress, Marta Lois, has stressed that the Government’s response to the statement from the Israeli embassy was agreed upon and agreed upon between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the leader of the party, Yolanda Díaz, and that there is agreement in condemning any attack on the civilian population, both from Hamas and the Israeli Army.

He has also described the bombing of a hospital in Gaza yesterday as a war crime, causing hundreds of deaths, and has demanded that those responsible for this action be prosecuted and tried in the International Criminal Court, given that there is no international law that protects attacking schools or centers. doctors.

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Netanyahu and Herzog receive Biden on the tarmac upon his arrival in Israel

The president of the United States, Joe Biden, arrived this Wednesday morning at Ben Gurion airport, on the outskirts of Tel Aviv, where he was received at the foot of the tarmac by the prime minister and the president of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu and Isaac Herzog, respectively.

Before his trip, Biden has expressed in a statement his deep sadness over the explosion of the Al Ahli hospital, in a call for the protection of the civilian population in which he has avoided pointing out possible perpetrators. The White House National Security spokesman, John Kirby, has announced in statements to the press that Biden will ask difficult questions in his meetings, as a true friend of Israel.

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The Israeli Army maintains that Islamic Jihad is responsible for the attack on the Gaza hospital

The Israeli Army has distanced itself this Wednesday from the attack carried out on Tuesday against a hospital in the Gaza Strip, an event that left at least 500 dead, according to the Gaza authorities, and has maintained that the absence of a crater consistent with its ammunition would demonstrate that he is not behind the event, of which he has been accused by the Palestinian authorities and regional governments.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) have reiterated their position that the event was caused by the impact of a projectile fired by Islamic Jihad and have attached images of the hospital parking lot and craters from previous Israeli attacks. There are no visible signs of craters or significant damage to buildingsthey have stressed in a video, published through their official account on the social network X, formerly known as Twitter.

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Biden arrives in Israel

The President of the United States, Joe Biden, arrived in Israel this Wednesday to meet with the country’s authorities, having decided to continue with this trip after the massacre in a hospital in Gaza, for which Israel denies responsibility.

The presidential plane Air Force One landed about 10.55am (07.55am local time) in Tel Aviv, where Biden is scheduled to meet with Prime Minister Benjamn Netanyahu and President Isaac Herzog

US President Joe Biden is already in Israel, where he will meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Isaac Herzog. Biden decided to keep the trip after the massacre in a Gaza hospital, in which there have been hundreds of deaths.

The consequences of this attack, whose authorship is still in doubt, have not been long in coming. The Government of Jordan canceled the planned summit with the presidents of the United States, Egypt and the Palestinian Authority, while Hezbol announced a day of unprecedented anger , coinciding with Biden’s presidency in Israel.


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