TEL AVIV (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe&nbsp;Biden&nbsp;said on Wednesday that Washington would provide Israel with everything it needed to defend itself as it wages war against the Palestinian militant group&nbsp;Hamas, which he appeared to blame for a devastating&nbsp;blast&nbsp;at a&nbsp;Gaza&nbsp;hospital.
Biden, who landed in Israel and met Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu early on Wednesday, said&nbsp;Hamas&nbsp;was worse than Islamic State for its killings of Israeli civilians in the surprise attack on Oct. 7 which triggered the latest Israel-Palestinian violence.
He said he was "sad and outraged" by an explosion at a&nbsp;hospital&nbsp;in the&nbsp;Gaza&nbsp;Strip on Tuesday which&nbsp;Hamas&nbsp;said killed hundreds of people.
"Based on what I've seen, it appears as though it was done by the other team, not you. But there's a lot of people out there not sure, so we&rsquo;ve got a lot &mdash; we&rsquo;ve got to overcome a lot of things,"&nbsp;Biden&nbsp;said.
Israel says the&nbsp;blast&nbsp;was caused by a Palestinian rocket that fell short.&nbsp;Hamas&nbsp;denies that. The bloodshed there has stoked already fierce anti-Israel protests in the region.
Biden&nbsp;said 31 Americans were among the more than 1,300 Israelis killed in&nbsp;Hamas's Oct. 7 attack.
(Reporting by Dan Williams, Crispian Balmer, John Davison in Jerusalem, Editing by Angus MacSwan)

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