Tensions have intensified following an explosion at a hospital in Gaza, with a United Nations envoy warning the Israel-Hamas conflict has put the Middle East 'at the brink of a deep and dangerous abyss'.
The escalating violence between Israel and Hamas risks ramping up conflict in the Middle East, a United Nations official says, amid regional fury in the wake of an explosion at a hospital in Gaza and warnings from Lebanese militant group Hezbollah. The warning from UN Middle East peace envoy Tor Wennesland came as Israel and Hamas traded blame for Tuesday's explosion at Gaza's al-Ahli Arab Hospital which killed hundreds of Palestinians .
It reiterated that it would not let aid in from Israel until Hamas released Israeli hostages. Biden's Middle East trip was designed to calm the region, but Jordan called off his planned summit there with Egypt and the Palestinian Authority after the hospital blast. Instead, he was expected to hold phone calls with Jordan and Egypt from Air Force One on his way home.
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