Confirmed? Islamic Jihad behind rocket hitting Gaza hospital, not Israel

On October 17, Tuesday, a rocket hit the Al-Ahli al-Arabi Hospital in Gaza killing hundreds of innocent people. The number of deaths is speculated to be around 500. This is the highest number since the start of the war. The number of civilians killed in this one single incident have surpassed other incidents in Gaza since October 7.

Israel in Hot Water

The attack has put Israel in a difficult situation, where all fingers are pointing towards Israel. The reason for this accusation is the truth that Israel has been carrying out strikes and attacks in Gaza to eliminate Hamas bases and militants.

While the media around the world were quick to accuse Israel for the incident, Israel Defense Forces were ready to counter the blame. Israel Defense Forces blamed Islamic Jihad for the attack on the hospital which killed hundreds. Israel said that rocket which hit the hospital was launched to target Israel. This rocket was unsuccessful in the launch and thus resulted in hitting the hospital which was closely located to the site of launch.

Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has blamed Islamic Jihad for firing rockets towards Israel from densely populated areas in Gaza, risking the  lives of many.

Did IDF expose Islamic Jihad?

IDF took to twitter to reveal that "Islamic Jihad" was after the incident. IDF shared an voice recording of the conversation between the members of Hamas who were talking about who was behind the attack and later revealed, that Islamic Jihad launched a rocket which failed to launch successfully from the cemetery which is located behind the hospital and ended up blowing up as it hit the hospital. The voice recording cannot be confirmed as true as of now.

Biden supports Israel

President of United States have reached Israel today on October 18, and have met with the PM of Israel Netanyahu. In a statement, President Biden backed the country by saying that Israel was not responsible for the hospital tragedy.  Joe Biden expressed his concern for the tragedy and further said "based on what I have seen, it occurs that it was done by the other team, not you. "

The President of USA could have chosen not to comment on the hospital tragedy, but he did not. This shows that USA will support its ally, without shying away, even if the world is pointing fingers towards it.

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