[VIDEO UPDATE: IDF SAYS ROCKET FROM ISLAMIC JIHAD] – Hospital in Gaza hit by big explosion

by The Right Scoop

A hospital in Gaza was just hit by a big explosion that reportedly killed hundreds of people.

Of course, the Hamas-run Palestinian Health Ministry blames it on an Israeli airstrike.

POLITICO – The Gaza Health Ministry said an Israeli airstrike Tuesday hit a Gaza City hospital packed with wounded and other Palestinians seeking shelter, killing hundreds. If confirmed, the attack would be by far the deadliest Israeli airstrike in five wars fought since 2008.

Photos from al-Ahli Hospital showed fire engulfing the hospital halls, shattered glass and body parts scattered across the area. The ministry said at least 500 people had been killed.

But evidence suggests that wasn’t the case. In fact an account called “Gaza Report” posted well over an hour ago that “An impact at the Al Ahly Hospital, center Gaza City is being checked by some reports as a premature rocket detonation from a nearby launching site”

They also say “Reports continue to surface that a misfired rocket detonated a stockpile of munitions held on the hospital grounds.”

Gaza Report is referred to as an anti-Israel source:

Another account on X says that Hamas announced “they were launching their most robust weapons in the arsenal at Haifa”:

 
The Jerusalem Post provides more on this:

Hundreds of people were reported killed in an explosion at the Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza City on Tuesday evening, the Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry reported, at the same time as a barrage of rockets were fired from the Strip toward Israel.

Officials in Gaza issued contradictory statements about casualty numbers, ranging between dozens to hundreds, with video footage reportedly from the scene showing a number of cars on fire near the hospital.

The explosion was reported at the same time that heavy rocket barrages were fired from Gaza toward central Israel.

Hamas and other Palestinian factions fire rockets from within residential areas in the Gaza Strip, with rocket storagehouses often placed inside or near hospitals, schools, and mosques. Rockets launched by the factions often fall short and hit buildings in Gaza, with multiple deaths reported in such incidents in past rounds of conflict. During Operation Breaking Dawn in August 2022, two people were killed after a rocket fired from Gaza fell next to a clinic.

Hamas accused Israel of being responsible for the deaths, stating “We call on the international community and the Arab and Islamic countries to assume their responsibilities and intervene immediately now to stop the arrogance of the occupation and its fascist army.”

IDF Spokesperson Daniel Hagari stated shortly after the incident that the IDF was looking into what happened, noting that while there are many strikes being conducted throughout Gaza, there are also many failed launches and many false reports from Hamas.

Hamas is most likely the villain here and they are just using their mistake to increase international pressure on Israel. As JPost pointed out, this isn’t the first time they’ve done something like this and it won’t be the last.

 
UPDATE: IDF spox says it was misfire from Islamic Jihad:

 
UPDATE: Here’s video of a bunch of rocket launches and notice how one veers off at a different angle and then a few seconds later, boom.


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