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By Joshua Davidovich
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18 October 2023, 6:26 am Edit
- US President Joe Biden is greeted by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after arriving at Ben Gurion International Airport, Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023, in Tel Aviv. (AP/Evan Vucci)
- US President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu participate in an expanded meeting with Israeli and US government officials, Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023, in Tel Aviv. (AP/Evan Vucci)
- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to the public from the IDF's Kirya military headquarters in Tel Aviv on October 18, 2023. (Screen capture/GPO)
- Israeli army spokesman Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari shows the press a graphic of alleged rocket launches near al-Ahli Hospital in Gaza at a press conference in Tel Aviv on October 18, 2023. (GIL COHEN-MAGEN / AFP)
- People inspect the damage at Ahli hospital in central Gaza on October 18, 2023, following a deadly blast which ripped through it a day earlier. (Dawood Nemer/AFP)
- US President Joe Biden meets with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023, in Tel Aviv. (AP/Evan Vucci)
- A Lebanese protester flashes the V for victory sign on October 18 as a fire rages behind the security gate of the US embassy after clashes with security forces during a demonstration in solidarity with the people of Gaza in Awkar, east of Beirut on October 17, 2023. (JOSEPH EID / AFP)
- A billboard welcoming US President Joe Biden in Tel Aviv, Israel, Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023. (AP/Ohad Zwigenberg)
- Israeli soldiers are positioned outside Kibbutz Be'eri near the border with the Gaza Strip on October 17, 2023. (JACK GUEZ/AFP)
- People stand over bodies of Palestinians killed in a blast at the parking lot of the Ahli Arab hospital in central Gaza after they were transported to Al-Shifa hospital, on October 17, 2023. (Dawood NEMER / AFP)
- Families and supporters of Israelis held hostage in Gaza call for their release during a demonstration in Tel Aviv, Israel, Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023. (AP/Petros Giannakouris)
- German police officers stand guard in front of the building complex of the Kahal Adass Jisroel community after it was attacked by two incendiary devices, in the center of Berlin, Germany, October 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
- People take part in a protest outside the Israeli consulate to show solidarity with Palestinians, in Istanbul early on October 18, 2023. (Umit Turhan Coskun/AFP)