• Palestinian leader Abbas cancels meeting with President Biden and other Mideast leaders
  • Abbas withdraws in protest of alleged Israeli airstrike on Gaza hospital
  • Health officials report over 500 people killed in the airstrike
  • Abbas returns to Ramallah in anger

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has opted out of a meeting with President Joe Biden and other Mideast leaders. Abbas decided to withdraw from the meeting in protest of an alleged Israeli airstrike on a hospital in Gaza, which health officials say has resulted in the deaths of over 500 people. The Palestinian leader is very angry about the news of the Israeli massacre and has chosen to immediately return to Ramallah.