A hospital blast in Gaza has sparked further controversy amid fighting between Israel and terrorist group Hamas.
The Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry said Tuesday's explosion at the al-Ahli Arab hospital was caused by an Israeli airstrike, which it claimed killed 471 and wounded 342 others. But Israel argued the blast was the result of a misfire by other Palestinian militants who were firing a barrage of rockets nearby at the time.
Lerner said when the blast happened, IDF recognized it as a"substantial incident" that warranted an investigation. He said the military mobilized a thorough, high-level investigation which included utilizing intelligence, operational data and aerial footage. First, Lerner said, there were no IDF operations in that area —"no airstrikes, no ground strikes, and no naval strikes."
"Our intelligence intercepted a conversation between two Hamas terrorists admitting that there was a Palestinian Islamic Jihad rocket fired, and it actually fell on the al-Ahli Hospital — and they actually named the hospital," Lerner said.Lerner said the military review of the incident came to a"very, very clear" conclusion that the blast was not the result of a deliberate hospital strike.
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