WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. analysis of currently available data indicates that “Israel is not responsible for the explosion at the hospital in Gaza yesterday,” a spokeswoman for the White House National Security Council said on Wednesday.
The assessment is based on the United States’ analysis of overhead imagery, intercepts, and open-source information, NSC spokeswoman Adrienne Watson said in a post on X, adding that the United States is continuing to collect information.
Israeli forces have also provided evidence that they were not operating in the area at the time, and a Palestinian rocket had misfired (which was caught on camera) causing an explosion in the area of the hospital.
New video shows the Palestinian Islamic Jihad group launch a barrage of rockets through Gaza.
One of the rockets then misfires from its intended target and hits the Al-Alhi Hospital.
At least 500 fatalities were reported.
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Footage and images obtained by Reuters from inside the hospital showed about two dozen destroyed vehicles on its grounds.
They were surrounded by damaged buildings with windows blown out. Blood stains were on the walls and the ground.
(Reporting by Jasper Ward; writing by Susan Heavey; editing by Paul Grant)
