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Hundreds of people were killed in a massive explosion at the crowded Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital in Gaza, according to Gazan health authorities. The explosion’s cause hasn’t been confirmed. Israel says a failed rocket launch by the Palestinian Islamic Jihad caused the blast, while Palestinian leaders blame an Israeli airstrike. It’s sparked outrage across the Middle East and led President Biden to cancel his trip to Jordan.
Wounded Palestinians sit in al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City, central Gaza Strip, after arriving from Al-Ahli hospital following an explosion there, on Tuesday.
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- NPR’s Ruth Sherlock is in Tel Aviv, where she speaks to a doctor at the hospital on the phone. He tells her they’re still recovering bodies — many of them infants. On Up First, Sherlock says people believed the Christian hospital was the safest place in Gaza. The attack has also worsened the humanitarian crisis in the area. Editor’s note: This report contains graphic details.
- Things are really tense now,” NPR’s Michele Kelemen reports from Amman, Jordan. She says Biden, who landed in Tel Aviv this morning, is trying to contain the conflict.
- NPR’s Jane Arraf is in front of the Israeli Embassy in Amman, where protesters gathered following the blast. One man tells her he came because the world has “forgotten about Palestinians.” Arraf reports the Jordanian government is “deeply worried.” Along with Egypt, they fear more Palestinian refugees could be pushed into their countries. She says they also don’t want to see…
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