Hamas Says Will Publish 'Evidence' of Israel's Involvement in Gaza Hospital Attack
15:47 18.10.2023 (Updated: 15:50 18.10.2023)
© AP Photo / Abed KhaledПалестинцы осматривают повреждения в церкви, которую люди использовали в качестве убежища, при больнице аль-Ахли в городе Газа
© AP Photo / Abed Khaled
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) - On Tuesday, a massive blast hit al-Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza City. Over 500 people were killed, according to the Health Ministry of Gaza. Hamas blamed the explosion on an Israeli airstrike. The Israel Defense Forces said that the hospital was hit by a failed rocket launch by the Palestinian Islamic Jihad movement.
The representative of the Palestinian Hamas movement, Fawzi Barhoum, said on Wednesday that the group will provide "evidence" of Israel's involvement in the strike on a hospital in the Gaza Strip.
"There is a lot of evidence, eyewitnesses, and videos from Hamas about the occupation committing the Baptist Hospital massacre and the wreckage of rockets. Hamas will publish all the evidence to the world that confirms this massacre was committed intentionally, and will present it to international jurisdictions," Barhoum told Newsweek.
Israel struck the hospital in Gaza with guided missiles after Israeli security forces issued threats to blow it up, the official added.
"The Baptist Hospital massacre was committed with Israeli guided missiles and came hours after the Israeli Shin Bet contacted hospital officials more than once, and threatened to bomb the hospital," Barhoum said.
Earlier in the day, Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen said that Israel will present a concrete evidence of its non-involvement in the attack on a hospital in the Gaza Strip to the UN Security Council meeting on Wednesday.
“We have concrete evidence that Israel did not attack the Al Ahli Hospital. Furthermore, we are 100% sure that this hospital was hit by a failed rocket launch by the Islamic Jihad [movement] … This evidence will be presented in the UN Security Council meeting today for the whole international community to see,” Cohen said in a video address, posted on X.