President Joe Biden has said his comments that it “appears to be the other team” and not Israel that carried out the strike on a Gaza hospital was based on data from the US Defense Department.

“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 have to overcome a lot of things,” he said after arriving in Tel Aviv on Wednesday morning.

Mr Biden was asked by pool reporters what makes him sure that Israel wasn’t behind the explosion.

“The data I was shown by my defense department,” he responded.

Israel has blamed the Palestinian Islamic Jihad for the hospital attack. Meanwhile, the PIJ has denied involvement and Hamas has blamed Israel.

President Joe Biden has vowed the United States will do everything it can to ensure the country is safe.

Mr Biden urged Israelis not to be consumed by rage, saying the vast majority of Palestinians were not affiliated with Hamas. The Palestinian people were suffering as well, he said.

The president made reference to the Nazi Holocaust of World War Two when saying that Israel had the backing of its friends.

“We will not stand by and do nothing again. Not today, not tomorrow, not ever,” he said.

“The terrorists will not win. Freedom will win,” President Joe Biden said in a powerful speech in Tel Aviv.

“Israel you are not alone,” he added.

Mr Biden went on: “I’ve made wartime decisions. I know the choices are never clear or easy for leadership. There’s always cost.

“It requires being deliberate. It requires asking very hard questions. It requires clarity about the objectives, and an honest assessment about whether the path you’re on while achieve those objectives.”

President Joe Biden has announced $100m in US assistance to Gaza and West Bank to support those displaced due to the violence in the Middle East.

“What sets us apart from terrorists is we believe in the dignity of every human life,” he said.

The president has come under increasing pressure to address the escalating humanitarian issues facing civilians in Gaza since the war broke out on 7 October.

The president warned people not to be consumed by anger, as he compared the Hamas attacks to September 11 in the US.

“I caution this while you feel that rage, don’t be consumed by it. After 9/11, we were enraged in the United States. While we sought justice and got justice, we also made mistakes,” he said.

The US stood with Israelis, he insisted.

Mr Biden told reporters that the Hamas attacks bring back memories of the Holocaust as he insisted that Israel is “not alone”.

“I come to Israel with a single message: you’re not alone, you’re not alone,” he said.

“As long as the US stands – it will stand forever – you will not be alone.”

Mr Biden said that the Hamas attacks “brought to surface painful memories of antisemitism” seen in the Holocaust.

While he said the world watched that happen back then, he vowed this time round that won’t happen.

“We will not stand by and do nothing again. Not today, not tomorrow, not ever,” he said.

Other nations and hostile actors should not think of attacking Israel, the US president warned.

The vast majority of Palestinians were not Hamas, he said.

Joe Biden said the attack was like 15 September 11ths.

He said you couldn’t see what happened and not scream for justice.