Rescue personnel work at scene At Al-Ahli Hospital, which was hit by Israeli air strike, according to Gaza Health Ministry, in Gaza City, Gaza Strip, in this screen grab obtained from video, October 17, 2023.
Credit: Reuters TV
Israel's military denied responsibility for an attack on a Gaza hospital on Tuesday, saying military intelligence suggested the hospital was hit by a failed rocket launch by the enclave's Palestinian Islamic Jihad military group.
"An analysis of IDF operational systems indicates that a barrage of rockets was fired by terrorists in Gaza, passing in close proximity to the Al Ahli hospital in Gaza at the time it was hit," a spokesperson for the Israel Defense Forces said in a statement.
"Intelligence from multiple sources we have in our hands indicates that Islamic Jihad is responsible for the failed rocket launch which hit the hospital in Gaza."