U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency officer says Israel did not target the hospital and that imagery and signals intercepts shows a rocket was fired from Gaza.
U.S. intelligence has concluded that the Israeli Defense Forces did not attack the Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza City and that 500 civilians did not die there, according to multiple officials in Washington.The Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza has said that at least 500 people were killed in the blast at the hospital on Tuesday. Hamas has promised to release evidence that Israel bombed the hospital.
'The IAF released data and a map showing the stark results of Palestian rockets being launched against Israel, failing and landing back on Gaza. 'The launches are carried out from compounds adjacent to buildings containing civilian populations such as hospitals, UN schools, mosques, restaurants, diplomatic buildings and hotels,' the IAF says.
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