Reuters' report. 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 Israel Defense Forces (IDF)," he said. “Those who brutally murdered our children also murder their own children." IDF Spokesperson RAdm.
Daniel Hagari said that Islamic Jihad is responsible for the rocket that hit the hospital in Gaza. Also Read:Israel-Hamas War: Blast at Gaza hospital kills over 500, PM Netanyahu says 'they killed their own children'.
10 points The Palestinian militant organization Islamic Jihad dismissed the Israeli army's claims that it was behind the strike on a Gaza hospital, which resulted in the deaths of hundreds, as “false and baseless." “The Zionist enemy is trying hard to evade its responsibility for the brutal massacre he committed by bombing the Baptist Arab National Hospital in Gaza through his usual fabrication of lies, and through pointing the finger of blame at the Islamic Jihad movement in Palestine," it said in a statement Wednesday, as reported by AFP. As per the statement, it said the hospital had “received public notice made global of evacuation under threat of bombing." Also Read:Israel-Hamas war Highlights: Netanyahu flags ‘axis of evil’ Iran, Hezbollah, Hamas; says ‘they want to eradicate…’ In response, the Israeli military asserted that the hospital was struck by a rocket misfired by Palestinian militants from the Islamic Jihad group.
Iran, which supports Hamas, Islamic Jihad, and Lebanon-based Islamist group Hezbollah have warned Israel of escalation if it fails to end aggressions against Palestinians, Reuters reported. Founded in 1979 in Gaza, the Palestinian
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