President Joe Biden was asked by a reporter in Israel on Wednesday what made him confident that the Israelis weren’t behind the explosion that killed hundreds at a Gaza hospital on Tuesday.

Biden responded that it was “the data I was shown by my Defense Department.”

Two U.S. officials told ABC News the Pentagon independently concluded the Gaza hospital blast was likely caused by an errant Palestinian Islamic Jihad rocket that fell short of its target.

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    1 year ago

    I’ll take what the president says as the stance of the US government, and I don’t think that’s remotely unreasonable…

    If he’s making mistakes with off the cuff remarks, then he needs to stop making off the cuff remarks.