What is known about the Gaza hospital explosion?
- October 18, 2023
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Explosion in hospital Al Ahli Arab from Gaza At least 500 people died that Wednesday. However, some doubts remain about the attack. Who bombed a hospital in Gaza?
Explosion in hospital Al Ahli Arab from Gaza At least 500 people died that Wednesday. However, some doubts remain about the attack.
Who bombed a hospital in Gaza?
Israelis and Palestinians blamed each other for the hospital bombing.
Biden, who has been a strong supporter of Israel since the start of the conflict, said that based on information he has seen, the hospital explosion appears to have been caused by a missile from a “terrorist group” that veered off course, echoing Israel’s account.
Some Western countries have called for an investigation, without naming anyone yet, while Arab states have blamed Israel.
What do we know about the hospital?
Al Ahli Arab Hospital, founded in 1882 and run by the Church of England, was described on its website as “a safe haven in the middle of one of the most conflict-ridden places in the world.”
The hospital said it offers 80 beds with services such as a free breast cancer screening program, a senior center and a mobile clinic that offers free services to neighboring towns.
The hospital is located in the Zeitoun district of Gaza City, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip.
How many people were in the Gaza hospital?
Despite the limited number of beds, the hospital and other hospitals in the Gaza Strip have been filled with wounded beyond their capacity since the start of Israeli airstrikes in response to the Hamas invasion of Israel on October 7.
In addition to having to care for the new wounded, the population sought refuge in hospitals throughout Gaza because they believed they were protected from attacks.
Doctor Fadel Naimhead of the department of orthopedic surgery, said that some thousand people were at Al Ahly Arab Hospital on Tuesday morning, and that more people went there at the last minute after the Israeli army was notified to evacuate residents of the Zeitoun area.
Doctor Ibrahim al-Naqa said that more than 3 thousand people During the attack, they took refuge in the hospital.
What happened before the attack?
Israel previously ordered Palestinians in northern Gaza, including Gaza City, to move south for their own safety. In a message posted on social media platform X, the Israeli military specifically ordered residents of Zeitoun to move south on Tuesday.
A Kuwaiti referral hospital in the southern Gaza city of Rafah said on October 16 it had received two Israeli evacuation warnings, but its director said his staff would not leave.
How much damage was caused to the hospital in Gaza?
Pictures from inside the hospital show about two dozen cars destroyed on its territory. They were surrounded by damaged buildings with broken windows. There were blood stains on the walls and floor.
What did the Palestinians say?
The Palestinian Authority blamed Israel.
Islamic Jihad, a Palestinian militant group linked to Hamas, has denied involvement in the explosion of its rockets, saying it had no activity in or around Gaza City at the time.
Hamas leader Ismail Haniyablamed the United States, saying Washington had provided Israel with “cover for its aggression.”
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The Palestinian Authority’s health minister in the West Bank blamed Israel for what he called a “massacre.”
What did Israel say?
Israel denies any wrongdoing and said the explosion was caused by a failed Islamic Jihad missile launch.
An Israeli army spokesman said an analysis of the IDF’s operational systems showed that militants fired a salvo of rockets into the Gaza Strip, which passed very close to a hospital when it struck.
Information from several sources we have indicates that Islamic Jihad is responsible for the failed rocket launch at a hospital in the Gaza Strip.
A military spokesman said there was no structural damage to buildings around the hospital or craters typical of an airstrike. The spokesman said Hamas had inflated the death toll and said the group could not have known so quickly what caused the explosion.
A failed rocket launch by the Islamic Jihad terrorist organization hit Al-Ahly Hospital in Gaza City.
IAF footage from the area around the hospital before and after the failed Islamic Jihad missile launch: pic.twitter.com/AvCAkQULAf
— Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) October 18, 2023
The military said about 450 rockets fired from the Gaza Strip have missed their targets and landed in the Gaza Strip over the past 11 days.
What was the region’s reaction?
The attack angered governments and Arab groups in the region. Protesters took to the streets in several Arab countries to denounce what they saw as an Israeli attack on the hospital.
He King Abdullah of Jordan He blamed Israel for the explosion and his country canceled a summit he was scheduled to hold in Amman on Wednesday to discuss Gaza with the American president and Egyptian and Palestinian leaders. Egypt He also blamed Israel.
IN LebanonHezbollah, which fought a war with Israel in 2006, condemned what it called Israel’s deadly attack and called for protests on Wednesday. The Beirut government declared a day of national mourning.
(according to information from Reuters)
Source: Aristegui Noticias
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