The Times: Evidence analyzed by Israel suggests that the destruction of the Gaza hospital was caused not by an Israeli airstrike but by a mistakenly fired Palestinian rocket. The Israelis cite the size of the crater, the condition of the surrounding buildings and intercepted conversations between two Hamas operatives as arguments in favor of their innocence. In the recording, the operatives admit that the explosion was caused by the misfire of a rocket fired from a cemetery behind the hospital by Palestinian Islamic Jihad, another militant group based in the Gaza Strip. “It’s from us?” asked the first unnamed operative. “It looks like it . . . They are saying that the shrapnel from the missile is local shrapnel and not like Israeli shrapnel,” replied the second. “They shot it coming from the cemetery behind the Al-Ma’amadani Hospital [the former name for the hospital], and it misfired and fell on them.”
Thus, according to Israel, the explosion was due to the ignition of the fuel of the failed missile, not a warhead detonation. Plus, a live broadcast by Al-Jazeera TV with a time stamp of 18:59, corresponding to the time of the explosion, showed that it was apparently a failed projectile that exploded in mid-air, causing the object to fall on the hospital grounds.
In addition, the experts noted that there was no significant crater and that nearby buildings remained upright, which is not typical of Israeli air attacks. Several experts also supported Israel’s claims, based on the fact that the object had fallen into the hospital. In addition, experts drew attention to the absence of a significant crater and the fact that nearby buildings remained upright, which is not typical of Israeli air attacks. A number of experts also supported Israel’s claims based on images and evidence from the scene. President Biden and Israel’s allies were convinced by the evidence presented in the dossier.
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