Attack on Gaza hospital seems to be done by other team: US president Joe Biden tells Benjamin Netanyahu as he visits Israel
US President Joe Biden, who is currently visiting Israel, told country's PM Benjamin Netanyahu that the blast at a hospital in Gaza “appears as though it was done by the other team, not you.”
“The point is, is that I was deeply saddened and outraged by the explosion of the hospital in Gaza yesterday, and based on what I've seen, it appears as though it was done by the other team, not you,” he told Netanyahu after his arrival in Israel on Wednesday as quoted by CNN.
While Gaza's health ministry said the airstrike was carried out by Israel, the Israeli military citing evidence said the Islamic Jihad organization is responsible for the "failed shooting" that misfired and bombed the hospital instead of Israel.
The Israeli military has denied its involvement in an air strike on the hospital.
The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) has maintained that the blast was actually caused by a failed rocket launch by the Islamic Jihad terrorist organization.
Israel Defense Forces posted on X: "Following an analysis by the IDF's operational systems, a barrage of rockets was launched toward Israel, which passed in the vicinity of the hospital, when it was hit."
The Israeli military said that the killing of hundreds of people at a hospital in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday was caused by a failed rocket launch by the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, a militant group in Gaza.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said in a statement posted on social media X that from the analysis of IDF operational systems, an enemy rocket barrage was carried out towards Israel, "which passed through the vicinity of the hospital when it (the hospital) was hit" by a rocket.
"Intelligence from multiple sources we have in our hands indicates that Islamic Jihad is responsible for the failed rocket launch which hit the hospital in Gaza," the military added.
Palestinian media reported that at least 500 people were killed in the "Israeli airstrikes," while the Palestinian Authority announced three days of mourning, reported Xinhua news agency.
Earlier, local eyewitnesses told Xinhua that a rocket hit the hospital, sending a huge explosion through its premises.
They rushed to the place a few minutes later and saw hundreds of killed people on the ground, sources told Xinhua.
According to the Gaza-based Health Ministry, the hospital was housing hundreds of sick and wounded and sheltering thousands of displaced civilians who were forced to flee their homes due to constant Israeli attacks.
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