Biden offers Israelis support, Palestinians aid in Tel Aviv visit.

ISLAMABAD -- US President Joe Biden said on Wednesday that a deadly blast at a Gaza Strip hospital appeared to be from "an errant rocket fired by a terrorist group," and he pledged support to Israelis and humanitarian assistance to suffering Palestinians. Biden travelled to Tel Aviv on a rapid visit

to offer staunch US support in the aftermath of the Oct. 7 attack on Israeli villages and military bases by Gaza-based Palestinian Hamas gunmen who killed 1,400 people and took about 200 hostages. His trip was upended by a deadly explosion at Al-Ahli al-Arabi hospital on Tuesday evening. Palestinian officials blamed it on an Israeli air strike. Israel said the blast was caused by a failed rocket launch by the Palestinian Islamic Jihad group, which denied blame. "Based on the information we've seen to date, it appears the result of an errant rocket fired by a terrorist group from Gaza," Biden said. "The United States unequivocally stands for the protection of civilian life during conflict and I grieve ... for the families who were killed or wounded by this...