The Israeli military said at a morning briefing on October 18 that the Islamic Jihad group, and not the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), was responsible for the hospital explosion in the Gaza Strip.
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We immediately conducted a review with all relevant units,” IDF spokesman Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari told reporters.
According to him, on Tuesday at 18:15 local time, before the explosion at the hospital, Hamas fired rockets at Israel. At 18.59, Islamic Jihad fired a salvo of about 10 rockets from the cemetery, which is near the hospital.
At the same time, there were reports of an explosion in a hospital in Gaza City, an IDF spokesman noted.
Islamic Jihad called earlier statements about involvement in the attack on the hospital a lie.
Meanwhile, the IDF again calls on Palestinians to evacuate – to a “humanitarian zone”
The Israeli military said on Wednesday that humanitarian aid would be provided to Palestinians who fled Gaza City, but did not specify what kind of aid or how, Reuters writes.
In a new evacuation message posted online the day after the hospital strike killed hundreds, the Israeli military said there was a “humanitarian zone” with aid available in al-Mawas, 28 kilometers south of Gaza City. .
“Al-Mawasi is a location where international humanitarian assistance will be provided as needed,” the IDF said in a statement.
When asked by Reuters whether aid was already allowed to be delivered to the Gaza Strip (and if so, where and when), an Israeli military spokesman did not immediately respond. Previously, dozens of trucks with humanitarian aid could not cross the border of the Gaza Strip due to the only checkpoint in Rafah.
Recall that the Palestinian authorities said the night before that several hundred people were killed as a result of an Israeli airstrike on Al-Ahly hospital. Israel said a rocket fired by Islamic Jihad hit the hospital.
This is the highest number of casualties since the Hamas attack on Israel. The hospital shelling sparked protests in the West Bank, Istanbul and Amman. A Palestinian health ministry spokesman said early Wednesday that rescuers were still removing bodies from the rubble.
IDF spokesman Daniel Hagari, in turn, told reporters that the rockets fired by the Islamic Jihad militant group flew past the hospital building and hit the parking lot.
Another Israeli army spokesman, Jonathan Conricus, told CNN that the military intercepted a conversation in which the militants allegedly admitted the misfire. He promised to publish the recording.
Islamic Jihad denies that any of its missiles are linked to the hospital explosion.
Iran-backed Islamic Jihad took part in the Hamas attack on Israel, and its operatives, like Hamas, fired rockets at Israel.
The attack on the hospital prompted condemnation from many countries around the world on the eve of US President Joseph Biden’s visit to Israel. Russia and the UAE demanded a meeting of the UN Security Council.
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