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Biden's Mideast Trip Upended By Gaza Hospital Strike

Headline from Latin Times, on the newest of 2 developments

As Biden, 80, climbed the steps of Air Force One, Jordan announced that a planned four-way summit with Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas, Jordanian King Abdullah II and Egypt's president Abdel Fattah al-Sisi was off.

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  1. Summit with Arab leaders called off as President Biden heads to Israel

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    Biden's Mideast Trip Upended By Gaza Hospital Strike

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  1. CBS News

    Biden's Jordan stop to meet with Arab leaders cancelled (opens CBS News)

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    CBS News's feed description

    President Biden is still traveling to Israel, but his stop in Jordan has been cancelled.

  2. WHDH Boston

    Biden will head to Israel and Jordan as concerns mount that Israel-Hamas conflict will spread - Boston News, Weather, Sports (opens WHDH Boston)

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    WHDH Boston's feed description

    TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — President Joe Biden will travel to Israel and onto Jordan Wednesday to meet with both Israeli and Arab leadership, as concerns increase

  3. Wall Street Journal

    Gaza Summit in Jordan Cancelled After Hospital Attack (opens Wall Street Journal)

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    Wall Street Journal's feed description

    Jordan has canceled a summit with President Biden and Egyptian and Palestinian leaders to discuss the situation in Gaza, the country’s foreign minister said. Biden was expected to meet the Arab leaders in Amman, Jordan, following a visit to Israel. Biden was scheduled to travel to Israel on Tuesday

  4. The Boston Globe

    Biden will travel to Israel and Jordan in bid to keep war from escalating (opens The Boston Globe)

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    The Boston Globe's feed description

    President Biden will travel to Israel Wednesday, in a visit designed to signal US solidarity with its closest Middle East ally and help prevent the conflict from engulfing the region.

  5. The Times of Israel

  6. PBS NewsHour

    Summit with Arab leaders in Jordan called off as President Biden heads to Israel (opens PBS NewsHour)

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    PBS NewsHour's feed description

    Jordan called off the president's planned summit with Arab leaders after a deadly explosion at a Gaza hospital killed hundreds. Biden now will visit only Israel and will postpone his travel to Jordan, a White House official says.

  7. The Daily Caller

    Arab Leaders Cancel On Biden After Devastating Hospital Bombing (opens The Daily Caller)

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    The Daily Caller's feed description

    Mahmoud Abbas, King Abdullah II, and Abdel Fattah el-Sisi canceled their plan to meet with President Joe Biden following the bombing of a Gaza hospital.

  8. Wall Street Journal

    Biden Departs for Israel Following Gaza Hospital Strike (opens Wall Street Journal)

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    Wall Street Journal's feed description

    President Biden has taken off for Israel hours after a deadly airstrike on a Gaza hospital raised questions about whether the U.S. president would proceed with his trip. Accompanied by top aides, Biden departed Washington on Air Force One on Tuesday evening even as Jordan canceled a planned summit

  9. Wall Street Journal

    Biden to Meet With Egyptian, Palestinian Leaders at Summit in Jordan (opens Wall Street Journal)

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    Wall Street Journal's feed description

    President Biden will meet with Egyptian and Palestinian leaders at a summit in the Jordanian capital on Wednesday to discuss the crisis in Gaza, Jordan's royal court said. The leaders will discuss the war's "dangerous" repercussions for the region and how to find a political resolution to the crisi

  10. Anchorage Daily News

    Summit with Arab leaders called off as President Biden heads to Israel (opens Anchorage Daily News)

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    Anchorage Daily News's feed description

    Jordan called off the president’s planned summit with Arab leaders after a deadly explosion at a Gaza hospital killed hundreds.

  11. Legal Insurrection

    PA President Abbas, Jordan King Abdullah Cancel Visit With Biden Due to Gaza Hospital Strike (opens Legal Insurrection)

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    Legal Insurrection's feed description

    Jordan and Palestinian Authority believe Israel struck the hospital despite obvious evidence showing a Hamas misfired rocket.

  12. Latin Times

    Biden's Mideast Trip Upended By Gaza Hospital Strike (opens Latin Times)

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    Latin Times's feed description

    As Biden, 80, climbed the steps of Air Force One, Jordan announced that a planned four-way summit with Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas, Jordanian King Abdullah II and Egypt's president Abdel Fattah al-Sisi was off.

  13. Al Jazeera

    Jordan cancels Biden summit after hundreds killed in Gaza hospital blast (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Al Jazeera's feed description

    US president will only visit Israel as Jordan says summit will be held at time when parties could agree to end the war.

  14. Politico

    Biden cancels visit to Jordan after hospital explosion in Gaza (opens Politico)

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    Politico's feed description

    The president is still expected to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu this week.

  15. The Guardian

    Biden lands in Israel in bid to prevent Gaza conflict escalating into regional war (opens The Guardian)

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    The Guardian's feed description

    US president to meet Israeli PM but talks with Arab leaders cancelled after blast in Gaza City hospital causes mass casualties

  16. RedState

  17. Fortune

    Jordan uninvites Biden to meeting with Arab leaders after hundreds die in explosion at Gaza hospital (opens Fortune)

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    Fortune's feed description

    The White House confirmed while Biden was preparing for takeoff from Washington that he now only plans to visit Israel

  18. Green Field Reporter

    Summit with Arab leaders called off as President Biden heads to Israel - The Daily Reporter (opens Green Field Reporter)

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    Green Field Reporter's feed description

    WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s efforts to tamp down tensions in the escalating war between Israel and Hamas faced massive setbacks even before he departed for the Middle East on Tuesday, as Jordan called off the president’s planned summit with Arab leaders after a deadly explosion at a Gaza…

  19. Al Jazeera

    Why has Jordan cancelled Biden visit after bombing of Gaza hospital? (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Al Jazeera's feed description

    Jordan has long had a complex working relationship with Israel. But the crisis in Gaza is stressing it.

  20. The Times of Israel

    Summit with Arab leaders called off as Biden heads to Israel for solidarity visit (opens The Times of Israel)

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    The Times of Israel's feed description

    Cancellation reflects increasingly volatile atmosphere that will test limits of US influence in region

  21. The Guardian

    First Thing: Biden flies to Israel as Jordan summit cancelled (opens The Guardian)

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    The Guardian's feed description

    US president’s talks with Middle East leaders scrapped after deadly hospital blast in Gaza, as protests spread across region. Plus, how Bethann Hardison got frank about fashion’s racism

  22. Hot Air

    Biden Skipping Stop in Jordan (opens Hot Air)

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    Hot Air's feed description

    President Joe Biden is in Israel this morning and that’s apparently going to be his only stop on this trip. New developments in the war-torn region led to what even the Associated Press was comp...

Identical headlines usually mean shared wire copy. They are counted as separate articles but are not independent confirmation.

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