While at least 500 people are believed to have died in the Gaza hospital airstrike, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) strongly claimed that they were not responsible for the attack, citing reasons such as the fact that there was no crater near the hospital site where the explosion occurred. did.
According to local media such as the Times of Israel on the 18th (local time), the IDF reiterated that the hospital airstrike that occurred in the Gaza Strip the previous day was not their fault.
The IDF clearly stated that they were not responsible for this incident, claiming that after an Israeli airstrike, a large hole is usually left in the ground, but no hole was created near the hospital site where the explosion occurred.
The IDF claimed that if their attack was true, the parking lot would not have burned down and roof debris would have been flying around the parking lot, but instead a large crater would have been created.
Currently, the Palestinian armed political faction Hamas health authorities are reporting on video footage of the parking lot near the hospital after the explosion occurred.
On the 18th (local time), the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) strongly claimed that Israel was not involved in the airstrike on a hospital in the Gaza Strip, citing the fact that there was no crater left near the hospital explosion site. Earlier in the morning, the Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip, Palestine, claimed that at least 500 people had died at a hospital in an Israeli airstrike. Captured by Times of IsraelIn the videos, fragments of the hospital roof blown away by the explosion can be seen falling on the roofs of nearby buildings, but most of the buildings appear to have remained intact.
Israel has repeatedly claimed that the recent airstrike on a hospital in the Gaza Strip was not their work, but was caused by a failed rocket launch by Islamic Jihad, another Palestinian armed group other than Hamas.
Previously, the Palestinian Gaza Strip’s Health Ministry announced that the al-Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza City had been hit by an airstrike by the Israeli military, resulting in the deaths of at least 500 people.
“There were hundreds of patients and wounded in hospitals, as well as people who had lost their homes due to the Israeli attack,” the Health Ministry explained.
In response, Israel countered that the attack was not their own doing but was caused by a failed rocket launch by Islamic Jihad, and the positions of both sides did not narrow down.
Differences of opinion continued over who was behind the attack, and Israel denies the airstrike, making specific claims that no crater was left.
Source: Donga
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