Intelligence information has revealed that the Islamic Jihad terrorist organisation is 'responsible for the failed shooting that hit the hospital', an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) spokesperson has said.
Hellish footage emerged showing bodies strewn on the ground at the hospitalHorrified doctors stood among a sea of children killed after a massive blast tore through a hospital in Gaza with fears more than 500 people are dead and scores more are trapped under the rubble.
However, the terror group has labelled the claims 'completely incorrect' and accused the IDF of 'trying to cover for the horrifying crime and massacre they committed against civilians'. Unverified photographs circulating on social media showed fire engulfing the hospital halls, shattered glass and body parts scattered across the area
'We are squeezing five beds into a single tiny room. We need equipment, we need medicine, we need beds, we need everything,' Mr Abu Selmia said, warning that the fuel supply for the hospital's generators will run out on Wednesday. 'I think Gaza's medical sector will collapse within hours.' 'Early reports say hundreds of women and children killed. This is deliberate killing of vulnerable civilians. The bombs must stop now. There can be no possible justification for this.'
The military, in a statement, said that a 'barrage of rockets was fired by terrorists in Gaza, passing in close proximity to Ahli hospital in Gaza at the time it was hit'. On Twitter he wrote: 'For what it's worth, this doesn't look or sound quite like an air strike using the typical IAF 1000lb or 2000lb JDAM/Mk80 series to me. Incoming projectile sounds like it's under power and the explosion frames visible look like largely propellant fire rather than HE detonation...'
World Health Organisation chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus wrote on X, formerly Twitter: 'WHO strongly condemns the attack on al-Ahli Hospital in north Gaza. Early reports indicate hundreds of deaths and injuries. An injured young child is carried by an apparent medic after an airstrike on Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital in Gaza City on TuesdayHamas leader Ismail Haniyeh has also blamed the United States for the attack, saying in a televised speech late on Tuesday that Washington gave Israel 'the cover for its aggression.'
He said: 'My information, that I have just received from the highest authority ... is that all indications are that this was not Israeli orders, that this was rather a Hamas rocket that fell short.' In the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah, Palestinian security forces fired tear gas and stun grenades to disperse protesters throwing rocks and chanting against Abbas as popular anger boiled over after the blast
Hezbollah in Lebenon announced 'a day of unprecedented anger' against Israel and Biden's visit to the country, according to a statement released late on Tuesday. The Prime Minister has defended Israel's 'absolute right' to defend itself. He told MPs that the UK would not 'prescribe' how Israel's forces should go about rooting out Hamas from strongholds in Gaza – and rescuing hostages, including British nationals. But UK diplomats are privately urging Israel to ensure its operations do not break international law.
'The UK will work with our allies to find out what has happened and protect innocent civilians in Gaza.' 'We are preparing for the next stages of war,' military spokesman Lt Col Richard Hecht said. 'We haven't said what they will be. Everybody's talking about a ground offensive. It might be something different.'
The al-Ahli Hospital was housing hundreds of 'sick', 'wounded' and 'forcibly displaced' people when it was attacked, Hamas has claimed. Abbas has declared three days of mourning following the airstrike on the hospital, according to reports by state media. READ MORE: Girl, 13, trapped in Gaza describes the horror of living amid constant bombing and insists 'nowhere is safe' Advertisement But the senior official said Abbas was withdrawing to protest the alleged Israeli airstrike.
US secretary of state Antony Blinken had arrived in Israel last Thursday with a full-throated message of unequivocal US support for Israel in its campaign to destroy Hamas. People gather around bodies of Palestinians killed in Israeli airstrikes on the al-Ahli Hospital hospital in central Gaza on Tuesday after they were transported to Al-Shifa hopsital
Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei described the assaults on Gaza as a genocide against Palestinians and its foreign minister warned of action by Tehran-backed militant groups if the attacks continued. The White House said it had been 'crystal clear about the need for humanitarian aid', following warnings of food shortages and water rationing.
Israeli soldiers inspect the remains of a burnt house, following a deadly infiltration by Hamas gunmen from the Gaza Strip, in Kibbutz Beeri on Tuesday Israel faced fresh accusations of war crimes after reports it had bombed areas in the south of Gaza despite ordering civilians in the north to evacuate there.
Separately, the United Nations agency supporting Palestinian refugees said six people were killed when one of its schools sheltering displaced families was hit, during Israeli air strikes. Israeli troops with a variety of military vehicles at a gathering site at an undisclosed location along the Israel-Gaza border, in southern Israel, 17 October 2023Israeli troops in Armoured Personnel Carriers patrolling along the Israel-Gaza border
Netanyahu sought to put the blame on Hamas for Israel's retaliatory attacks and the rising civilian casualties in Gaza. 'Not only is it targeting and murdering civilians with unprecedented savagery, it's hiding behind civilians,' he said. Another 1,200 people across Gaza are believed to be buried under the rubble, alive or dead, health authorities said.
Aid workers have warned that the territory was near complete collapse. Hospitals were on the verge of losing electricity, threatening the lives of thousands of patients, and hundreds of thousands of people searched for bread and water. Repeated reports that an opening was imminent have proven false as negotiations continued to grind on, including the US, Israel and Egypt.
Palestinians inspect the rubble of a building after an Israeli airstrike on the Rafah refugee camp, in the southern Gaza Strip on Tuesday
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