President Biden has said that the blast appears to have been caused by 'the other team' and not Israel
President Biden has said that the blast appears to have been caused by ‘the other team’ and not IsraelAccording to the Gaza Health Ministry, which is run by Hamas, the death toll from the hospital blast could rise to 800, bringing the total number of Palestinian casualties in this recent
“While we’ve witnessed tragedies in past wars and days, what took place tonight is tantamount to a genocide.”Addressing Mr Netanyahu, he said: “Based on what I’ve seen it, it appears as though it was done by the other team, not you. But there’s a lot of people out there who are not sure, so we have got to overcome a lot of things.”
In a press conference on Wednesday, IDF spokesman Daniel Hagari said the Israeli military had concluded that the Islamic Jihad was instead responsible for the hospital blast, having “misfired” rockets from a nearby cemetery. In an initial statement following the blast, an IDF statement said: “A hospital is a highly sensitive building and is not an IDF target.”
Daoud Shehab, an Islamic Jihad spokesman, told Reuters any suggestion of culpability for the hospital strike was “a lie and fabrication, it is completely incorrect.
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