Hamas leaders claim Israel's proof over who is to blame for Gaza hospital bombing is an 'outrageous lie' - despite IDF producing wiretapped call, video of 'misfiring' rocket and satellite photos to prove they didn't launch missile
Israel published a slew of evidence it said showed a misfiring rocket caused blast
By David Averre
Daily Mail
Oct 18, 2023
The small size of the crater and the only damage sustained by the hospital building was some broken windows prove the blast was not caused by an Israeli air strike
Hamas has claimed that Israel's 'proof' over who is to blame for the deadly Gaza hospital bombing is an 'outrageous lie' - despite the IDF producing a wiretapped call and video showing a 'misfiring' rocket to prove they didn't cause the blast.
The terror group made the claim hours after Israel shared an audio clip in which two alleged Hamas terrorists can be heard discussing the explosion and confirming the rocket came from Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) - an independent jihadist group.
Officials also released a video of the moment a rocket, purportedly streaking towards Israel from Gaza, appears to suffer a problem and suddenly changes course before flaming out.
And finally, IDF spokesperson Daniel Hagari showed a series of infrared images, satellite photos and intelligence documents he said proved the damage caused at the hospital could not possibly have come from an Israeli strike.
He explained the images showed there was no structural damage to buildings around the Al-Ahli hospital, no craters in the adjacent car park, and no debris consistent with an air strike, implying a direct hit from an Israeli missile would have caused far more destruction.
'The walls stay intact. There are no craters in the parking lot. These are the characteristics that show it was not an aerial munition that hit the parking lot,' he concluded.
He also pointed out images of what he claimed was shrapnel on the roof of nearby buildings, suggesting the rocket fell apart in the air and sprayed its detritus across a larger area.
After the dossier was released, US president Joe Biden, who is in Israel, said the bombing appeared to be the result of an 'errant rocket' fired by a terrorist group in Gaza.
Israeli army spokesman Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari speaks to the press from The Kirya, which houses the Israeli Ministry of Defence, in Tel Aviv on October 18, 2023
IDF spokesperson Daniel Hagari showed a series of infrared images, satellite photos and intelligence documents he said proved the damage caused at the hospital could not possibly have come from an Israeli strike. He argued before and after photos showed the extent of the damage was not significant enough
Hagari pointed out images of what he claimed was shrapnel on the roof of nearby buildings, suggesting the rocket fell apart in the air and sprayed its detritus across a larger area
Israel released a series of satellite images and intelligence documents which they said showed evidence a Palestinian Islamic Jihad rocket was to blame for the hospital blast. They argued the parking lot did not have any craters and that walls of the structures were still intact
The IDF argued that an Israeli strike would've caused craters and considerably more damage, showing comparisons of the hospital parking lot (left) to images of craters from previous Israeli strikes (right)
'The walls stay intact. There are no craters in the parking lot. These are the characteristics that show it was not an aerial munition that hit the parking lot,' Hagari concluded. Damaged cars are seen in this infrared image but no evidence of major damage to the tarmac itself
Israel also released a radar map of Palestinian Islamic Jihad rocket attacks, as well as a video of the moment a rocket purportedly streaking towards Israel from Gaza appears to suffer a problem and suddenly changes course before flaming out
Spokesman Hagari told a press briefing that at the time of the incident, the Israeli army was not conducting air operations near the hospital and the rockets that hit the building did not match theirs
Speaking this morning, IDF spokesperson Daniel Hagari claimed Hamas knew the hospital blast was caused by an Islamic Jihad rocket but launched a 'global media campaign' to blame Israel
Hagari said Hamas knew the hospital blast was caused by an Islamic Jihad
rocket but launched a 'global media campaign' to blame Israel.
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