'The President sent his deepest condolences for the innocent lives lost in the hospital explosion in Gaza, and wished a speedy recovery to the wounded,' a White House official said in a statement. Shortly thereafter, the White House confirmed that his planned stop in Amman, Jordan, where he was to meet Abbas, King Abdullah II of Jordan and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi was canceled altogether. The meeting was supposed to take place during Biden's trip to the Middle East. Biden's summit with leaders in Jordan and Egypt postponedĪbbas called for three days of mourning and canceled a meeting planned for Wednesday in Jordan with President Biden, according to Palestinian officials.
In Amman, police fired tear gas at crowds chanting outside Israel's embassy. Palestinians in the West Bank city of Ramallah faced off with police as the crowds chanted against Israel and called for the downfall of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas. Demonstrators chant slogans during a protest in solidarity with the Palestinian people in Gaza, in front of the French embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, on Tuesday after an explosion at a hospital in Gaza.
