Israel-Hamas War: Blast at Gaza hospital kills over 500, PM Netanyahu says 'they killed their own children'. 10 points
Reuters that the estimated number was around 500. Also Read: Israel-Hamas War LIVE Updates: ‘Outraged, deeply saddened’ over Al Ahli Arab hospital blast in Gaza, says Joe Biden 2. Israeli and Palestinian authorities each pointed fingers at the other as they sought to assign blame for the incident.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu blamed Palestinian militants for the explosion. "The entire world should know: It was barbaric terrorists in Gaza that attacked the hospital in Gaza and not the IDF," he said, referring to the Israel Defense Forces. “Those who brutally murdered our children also murder their own children." 3.
Speaking on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's statement that Islamic Jihad is responsible for the Gaza hospital attack, Palestinian Ambassador to the UN, Riyad Mansour said that is a liar. “He is a liar. His digital spokesperson tweeted that Israel did the hit thinking that there was a base for Hamas around this hospital, and then he deleted that tweet.
We have a copy of that tweet. Now they changed the story to try to blame the Palestinians. The Israeli spokesperson of the Army made a statement in which he said evacuate the hospitals...Their intention is to evacuate or hospitals will be hit and they are responsible for that crime and they cannot fabricate stories to deal with it." 4.
Gaza is a narrow enclave spanning 45 kilometres (25 miles) and is inhabited by 2.3 million people. It has been under the control of Hamas, an Islamist organization designated as a foreign terrorist group by the United States, since 2006. The explosion occurred just before a planned visit by US President Joe Biden to Israel.
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