According to Palestinian officials, more than 3,000 people were killed in the Gaza Strip as a result of hostilities. people. In addition, more than a thousand are under the rubble of destroyed houses.
On October 17, it was reported that an explosion occurred at Al-Ahli Hospital in the Gaza Strip, trapping hundreds of people under the rubble and setting off a fire in the building. A spokesman for the Palestinian Ministry of Health reported more than 700 people injured in the incident at the medical facility. The details of the Palestinian government representative’s speech were reported by the Qatari TV channel Al Jazeera.
The Palestinians said that 471 people were killed in Al-Ahla, 314 people were injured, 28 of them in serious condition. They also informed us about the general situation in the region.
According to Palestinian representatives, 3,576 people were killed and 12,000 injured during the fighting in the Gaza Strip. There are also reports of 1,300 people trapped under the rubble of buildings.
Photo: Al Jazeera
War in Israel: details of the attack on Al-Ahli hospital
It should be noted that the explosion at Al-Ahli Hospital became known around 20:00 on October 17. Representatives of the Hamas movement said in the first minutes after the incident that the cause of the explosion was a targeted hit by an Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) missile.
Later, the IDF command stated that it was not involved in the attack on the hospital. According to the Israelis, the cause of the explosion was a rocket that Hamas terrorists unsuccessfully launched into Israel.
The network analyzed the trajectory of the missile, recorded by a CCTV camera. The geolocation and photos from the scene showed that the rocket was launched from the Gaza Strip and was flying in the direction of an Israeli city. In addition, on October 18, the IDF command published a video of the area near the hospital. The video shows that the missile did not land on the hospital, but on a nearby parking lot. The buildings were not damaged.
US President Joe Biden commented on the incident at Al-Ahli Hospital. The politician is confident that Israel was not involved in the attack on the medical facility.
Meanwhile, supporters of the right-wing Islamists Hamas, having heard about the events in the hospital, began rallies in support of the terrorists. The protesters are convinced that the missile was launched by the IDF and do not recognize arguments that prove otherwise.
