Israel-Hamas war: Gaza hospital was warned an hour before the blast, reveals Palestinian envoy
The Spectator. During the initial hours following the blast, a Gaza civil defence leader stated that around 300 people had perished, while sources from the health ministry indicated a figure of 500, as per Reuters' report. Hundreds of people were murdered in a major explosion at a hospital in Gaza City on Tuesday, intensifying bombardments near towns in southern Gaza rattled civilians where Israel had ordered them to take refuge.
Hamas had attributed the blast to an Israeli airstrike, however, Israeli military said it was not involved and the explosion was caused by a misfired Palestinian rocket. Israel has said that the blast was a result of a failed rocket launch by Palestinian Islamic Jihad, another militant group in the enclave. The spokesperson added that some 450 rockets fired from Gaza have fallen short and landed inside the strip in the last 11 days.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu also in a statement said that Islamic Jihad is responsible for the Gaza hospital attack. Palestinian Ambassador to the UN Riyad Mansour said that Netanyahu 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.
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