US President Joe Biden arrives in Israel to meet Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. He pledges US support and says last night's hospital attack in Gaza "appears" to have been caused "by the other team"

 

US President Joe Biden has arrived in Israel to meet Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

He pledges US support and says last night's hospital attack in Gaza "appears" to have been caused "by the other team"

Israel says the blast on Tuesday evening was caused by a rocket misfired by Palestinian militants

The IDF says its evidence shows a Palestinian Islamic Jihad rocket, fired from a cemetery, landed in the hospital car park

Hamas, Palestinian authorities, and other countries blame Israel for the explosion, which Hamas says killed 500 people

Israel has carried out air strikes on targets across Gaza since the Hamas attacks on 7 October

The IDF says at least 450 rockets fired from Gaza since then have landed on Gazan territory

Palestinian death toll since 7 October climbs to 3,300 - minister

Palestinian Health Minister Mai al-Kaila says the number killed in Gaza since Israel began its airstrikes 11 days ago has risen to 3,300.

He adds that a further 13,000 have been injured.

At least 1,300 Israelis were killed in the Hamas attacks that started the latest cycle of violence, with at least 199 people thought to have been taken hostage.

Israel deny responsibility for hospital bomb

Earlier we heard from the Israeli military's Daniel Hagari, who spoke at length about last night's blast at a Gazan hospital.

There's been claim and counterclaim. Our colleagues at BBC Verify are poring through images, audio, and on-the-ground reporting to piece the incident together.

Here's a rundown of what Hagari says happened:

Timings and responsibility

• Hagari said at 18:59 local time (16:59 BST) yesterday a "barrage of around 10 rockets" was fired by the militant group Palestinian Islamic Jihad - around the same time there were reports of an explosion at the hospital
• He said the IDF's aerial footage analysis showed "with absolute certainty" that the blast was caused by a "misfired" Islamic Jihad rocket, which was fired from a cemetery near the hospital

Damage analysis

• Hagari said the "only location damaged" was a car park outside the hospital "where we can see signs of burning" - and argued Israeli strikes would've caused a more significant aftermath like "craters and structural damage"
• He also said there was evidence of the rocket launch failing because a propellent is still evident

Time taken

• Hagari said it would be "impossible to know what happened as quickly as Hamas claimed they knew"
• When asked by a reporter why anyone should believe the IDF's version of events, he admitted Israel had been "fast to go to conclusions" in the past, but he says they had taken hours to "double check" they had their facts right

He said their intelligence included:

• Confirming there was no IDF fire - "by land, sea or air" - that inadvertently hit the hospital
• Using radar systems to track the rockets fired, "from within Gaza", with a trajectory showing they were fired from a cemetery nearby
• Getting hold of communication between militants talking about the rocket misfiring (which we explain in more detail here)
• FULL ARTICLE AT: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-middle-east-67141589