People are assisted at Shifa Hospital after a blast at Al-Ahli hospital in Gaza on Tuesday. Here's how to help humanitarian efforts in Israel and Gaza.At least 3,000 people have been killed in the Gaza Strip since last Saturday, according to the Palestinian health officials. Israel has vowed to wipe out Hamas, the Islamist group that controls Gaza, in response to the October 7 terrorist attacks that killed 1,400 people.Biden is still en route to Israel as part of his planned visit, where he seeks to demonstrate staunch support for the country while also pressing for ways to ease humanitarian suffering in Gaza as water and food supplies dwindle for hundreds of thousands of displaced people.A White House official said Biden will not travel to Jordan. The blast resulted in Jordan canceling a planned Wednesday summit between US President Joe Biden and the leaders of Jordan, Egypt and the Palestinian Authority.Palestinian officials blamed ongoing Israeli airstrikes for the lethal incident, while a spokesperson for the Israel Defense Forces said a Palestinian Islamic Jihad group is responsible for a “ failed rocket launch” that hit the hospital. Hundreds of people are believed to be dead following a strike on a hospital in Gaza.
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