The Israel Defense Forces released an audio recording Wednesday morning of what two Islamic Jihad terrorists said were responsible for the bombing of a Gaza City hospital a day earlier that killed hundreds of people.
The clip, posted on X, was captioned “Islamic Jihad attacked Hospital in Gaza—IDF didn’t. Listen to the terrorists because they realize this themselves.”
It was issued as Hamas and Israel blamed each other for the attack on Al Ahli Arab Hospital, which was filled with Palestinians injured in Israeli airstrikes and residents seeking shelter.
“Is it from us?” an operative is heard asking on the recording, according to an IDF translation.
“It looks like it,” replied his cohort.
Members of the so-called Islamic Jihad – an offshoot of the militant group that rules Hamas – were later heard admitting that the missile shrapnel “was local shrapnel, and not Israeli shrapnel,” from a rocket fired from a “cemetery behind the hospital.”
“But God bless, it can’t find another place to explode?” one of them asked.
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Hamas leaders have blamed Israel and the US for the attack, while Israel has claimed that a failed Islamic Jihad rocket launch caused the destruction, as leaders say about 450 other rockets fired from Gaza have failed to reach Israel in the past week and a half.
As protesters blaming Israel took to the streets in Arab countries across the region, President Biden spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Tel Aviv and said Israel was not to blame for the attack, citing “data shown by my Department of Defense . “
“Based on what I’ve seen, it looks like it was done by another team, not you,” Biden told Netanyahu.
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Israel said its radar and independent video showed a misfired rocket attack that caused a huge explosion when it hit a hospital.
It also said the blast did not leave the crater, as a deliberate attack would have.
The worst attack on Israel in 50 years: How we got here
2005: Israel unilaterally withdraws from the Gaza Strip three decades after winning the territory from Egypt in the Six-Day War.
2006: The terrorist group Hamas wins Palestinian legislative elections.
2007: Hamas takes control of Gaza in a civil war.
2008: Israel launched a military offensive against Gaza after Palestinian terrorists fired rockets into the city of Sderot.
2023: Hamas launches its biggest attack on Israel in 50 years.
More than 1,400 Israelis have been killed, more than 4,200 injured and at least 100 taken hostage, with the death toll expected to rise after Hamas terrorists fired thousands of rockets and sent dozens of militants into Israeli cities.
Hamas terrorists are seen taking women hostage and parading them through the streets in a gruesome video.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced “We are at war” and promised Hamas would pay an “unprecedented price.”
Gaza health officials reported at least 3,000 Palestinians killed and more than 12,500 injured.
The IDF audio release was met with widespread skepticism about X, as many users questioned the authenticity of the high-quality footage and wondered why the military was now able to monitor Hamas operatives but was impressed by the brutal and long-planned Oct group. 7 surprise attacks across the disputed border that killed over 1,400.
People gathered on Wednesday with the bodies of victims killed in an overnight explosion at Ahli Arab hospital in central Gaza.AFP via Getty Images Al-Ahly Hospital was hit by a rocket on Tuesday. A Telegram video appears to show an explosion hitting a hospital in Gaza. Israel Defense Forces
The attack on the hospital was the deadliest single incident since the war broke out following the attack. According to Gaza officials, it killed more than 500 people.
Before the hospital attack, Israeli strikes had killed at least 2,778 Palestinians and wounded nearly 10,000 with another 1,200 believed to be buried under the rubble, the Gaza Health Ministry said.
Israel also ordered the evacuation of more than a million people from the densely populated northern part of the Gaza Strip, adding to the ongoing humanitarian crisis in the blockaded territory.
With Postal wire
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