The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) released evidence on Wednesday that refuted claims that Israel bombed a hospital inside Gaza and showed that Hamas members were admitting privately that Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorists caused the explosion.
The Palestinian Ministry of Health, which has a history of deception, claimed that 500+ people were killed by an Israeli airstrike that hit Al Ahli hospital inside Gaza City.
However, evidence released by Israel shows that the hospital was not even hit—the explosion took place in the parking lot outside of the hospital.
The IDF, which released information on Tuesday indicating that the hospital was hit while Palestinian terrorists were firing rockets at Israel, showed drone footage from where the Palestinian rocket exploded in the hospital’s parking lot. The IDF showed that there was no impact crater anywhere in the parking lot, which would not be the case if a bomb caused the explosion. The video showed a side-by-side comparison of the impact craters that are left behind after Israel conducts an airstrike.
A failed rocket launch by the Islamic Jihad terrorist organization hit the Al Ahli hospital in Gaza City.
IAF footage from the area around the hospital before and after the failed rocket launch by the Islamic Jihad terrorist organization: pic.twitter.com/AvCAkQULAf
— Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) October 18, 2023
The IDF then released communications it intercepted from Hamas terrorists discussing the explosion.
In the audio, the Hamas terrorists state that terrorists from the Palestinian Islamic Jihad were responsible for launching the rocket that hit near the hospital.
“I’m telling you this is the first time that we see a missile like this falling and so that’s why we are saying it belongs to the Palestinian Islamic Jihad,” a Hamas member states to another Hamas terrorist. “They are saying it belongs to Palestinian Islamic Jihad.”
The Hamas member says that the shrapnel that was found at the blast site from the rocket was not the kind of shrapnel left behind by Israeli munitions. They said the Palestinian Islamic Jihad fired the rocket from a cemetery located behind the hospital.
The IDF redacted the names of Hamas members speaking to each other.
Islamic Jihad struck a Hospital in Gaza—the IDF did not.
Listen to the terrorists as they realize this themselves: pic.twitter.com/u7WyU8Rxwz
— Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) October 18, 2023