The US president, Joe Biden, said Pentagon intelligence suggests that the devastating explosion at a hospital in Gaza on Tuesday night was caused by “the other team” and not an Israeli airstrike. A White House spokesperson said the US does not believe that Israel is responsible for the explosion at the Gaza hospital based on its analysis of currently available data.
Gaza’s health ministry said in a statement that 471 Palestinians were killed and more than 314 wounded at the al-Ahli Arab hospital in the north of the Gaza Strip. Its spokesperson, Ashraf al-Qidra, called it an “Israeli massacre”. Palestinian officials have blamed an Israeli airstrike for the blast. Israel states that it was caused by a failed rocket launch from inside Gaza by Islamic Jihad, who have denied it.
