Netanyahu: Barbaric terrorists, not IDF, attacked hospital
Israel says Islamic Jihad rocket misfire caused Gaza hospital explosion
After Hamas, Arab countries blame Israel, IDF says analysis shows rocket fired by terrorist group targeted al-Ahli hospital; The videos appear to support Israel's position.
The bodies of Palestinians killed by the explosion at Ahli Arab Hospital on Tuesday, October 17, 2023 are collected in the front courtyard of Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, central Gaza Strip. Israel said the blast was caused by a rocket fired by Palestinian militants, dismissing Hamas claims of an Israeli airstrike (AP/Abed Khaled)
The Israel Defense Forces said Tuesday night that it was not behind an explosion at a hospital in the Gaza Strip, which caused hundreds of deaths, according to Hamas health officials, and was caused by a misfired rocket launched by Gaza militants in al- There was an explosion. -Alley Baptist Hospital.
Palestinians and much of the Arab world blamed Israel, saying it had attacked a medical facility and killed hundreds. Jordan, Turkey, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and others were quick to condemn Jerusalem.
The Hamas-run health ministry in Gaza initially said at least 500 people were killed, a figure later revised to between 200 and 300, AP reported.
The terrorist group Hamas called the explosion a "war crime", and the World Health Organization also issued a rebuke.
After initially saying it was looking into the matter, the IDF denied involvement and said it was not operating in the area at the time of the explosion.
In a brief video circulated in English, IDF spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari said “an analysis of IDF operational systems indicates that a barrage of rockets was fired by terrorists in Gaza, passing in close proximity to the Ahli hospital in Gaza at the time it was hit.”
“Intelligence from multiple sources we have in our hands indicates that Islamic Jihad is responsible for the failed rocket launch which hit the hospital in Gaza,” he added.
The Israeli military said Gaza-based terror organizations routinely fire rockets indiscriminately toward Israel and about 450 rockets have fallen inside Gaza since the beginning of the war on October 7, “endangering and harming the lives of Gazan residents.”
Several videos appear to show the moment the rocket fell short and exploded inside the Palestinian territory on Tuesday.
Surveillance camera footage from Netiv Haasara shows a large barrage of rockets being launched from northern Gaza, followed by a massive blast in the Strip, apparently caused by a failed projectile.
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