President Biden Says Israel Didn’t Fire Missile into Gaza Hospital that Killed Hundreds

President Joe Biden is siding with Israel over the bombing Tuesday that killed lots of of individuals in a Gaza hospital … claiming it was not Israel that unleashed the weapon.

Israeli intelligence officers mentioned Tuesday’s rocket assault on Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital was the work of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) — an impartial Muslim paramilitary group. They mentioned the jihadists had been launching rockets at Israel and considered one of them misfired and got here crashing down on the medical heart.

Coupled with the footage, Israeli officers launched a purported audio clip of two Hamas terrorists speaking concerning the lethal explosion and blaming PIJ. Hamas, which controls the Palestinians in Gaza, has a tense relationship with PIJ, however the two teams typically work collectively.

Within the audio clip, one alleged terrorist says, “They are saying (the rocket) belongs to Palestinian Islamic Jihad. It’s from us?”

The opposite responds, “It looks like it. It misfired and fell on them… God bless – couldn’t it have found another place to explode?”

Nonetheless, the Palestinian Well being Ministry issued an announcement, saying Israeli airstrikes had been chargeable for the bombing on the medical facility, which was housing 1000’s of displaced individuals from the struggle.

Demise tolls from the hospital blast ranged from 200 to 500 individuals, relying on which facet you requested.

Main protests all through the Center East flared up on account of the hospital assault. Hundreds of anti-Israel demonstrators took to the streets in Jordan, Iraq and Lebanon.