As you might suspect, the dreadful attack on a major hospital in Gaza is the result of a failed Palestinian Islamic Jihad rocket — NOT the result of an Israeli airstrike. Reports indicate 200-500 people are dead at the hospital, and Hamas immediately accused Israel of being responsible. But an investigation by the Israeli Defense Forces says it was a failed Islamic Jihad rocket that hit the hospital.
The Israel Defense Forces says that based on “intelligence information,” a failed Palestinian Islamic Jihad rocket caused the deadly blast at the Gaza hospital.
In a statement, the IDF says that “an analysis of IDF operational systems indicates that a barrage of rockets was fired by terrorists in Gaza, passing in close proximity to the Al 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,” the IDF adds. . . .
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