EXPERT COMMENT
The war has raised questions about US diplomatic efficacy in the Middle East and its commitment to the region.
As President Biden travelled to Israel, news of the deaths of hundreds of Palestinians in a hospital in Gaza captured headlines, complicating a presidential visit that was bound to be fraught.
Israelis are already grieving the victims of the murderous surprise attacks on 7 October. Now footage of the dead and injured in Gaza, moments after the hospital blast, are playing on television screens worldwide and hundreds of people have protested in the West Bank.
President Biden's trip to Israel this week follows a relentless round of diplomacy across the region by US Secretary of State Blinken.
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