The Israeli military posted a video on X that "shows a rocket fired at Israel that exploded at 18:59 p.m., the same time the hospital in Gaza was hit." In the sequence, what looks like a vector can be glimpsed in the darkness and then explodes high over the skies of Gaza, followed shortly by an explosion on the ground.
The video posted by the Israeli army on X is a sequence broadcast by the Qatar-based pan-Arab broadcaster Al Jazeera. This was specified by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) themselves, showing the full video on the social network. "Check carefully before you accuse Israel," the post reads.
Israel said the explosion was caused by a faulty rocket launched yesterday at 18:59 p.m. by Islamic Jihad from a nearby cemetery. This was stated by the Israeli military spokesman, Daniel Hagari, at a press conference in which he showed images of last night's events. Israel, he added, also has a recording of a conversation between Palestinian militants that would confirm the launch of a defective rocket. Since the beginning of the conflict, he said, 450 defective Palestinian rockets have exploded inside the Gaza Strip.
The hospital building ''was not hit.'' Damage was detected in the outdoor parking lot, where there are "signs of a fire," Hagari said, based on aerial images. ''There are no craters or damage to surrounding buildings, as would be expected in the event of an airstrike,'' he said.
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