Biden reiterates support for Tel Aviv, seeks 'unprecedented' aid for Israel President Joe Biden delivered unequivocal US backing for Israel in person on Wednesday, supporting his ally's stance that Palestinian militants were behind a deadly rocket strike on a Gaza hospital that has inflamed anger across the Middle East and beyond. Despite Israel agreeing to letting in humanitarian aid in Gaza, a ceasefire in the short term appears unlikely, FRANCE 24's Philip Turle said in an analysis of Biden's speech.