“The hospital massacre confirms the enemy brutality and the extent of their sense of defeat,” he said, adding that the attack will be “a new turning point“.
However, Israel denied responsibility for the attack and Defense Forces (FDI) of the country “the enemy fired a wave of rockets that passed near the hospital at the time of impact”.
“According to intelligence information, from various sources we have, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad organization is responsible for the failed launch that hit the hospital,” the IDF said.
Haniyeh called on all the Palestinian people “to come out and confront the occupation and the settlers.” Also asked all Arabs and Muslims to organize protests against Israel.
Later, the president of the United States, Joe Biden, sent his condolences to the families of the deceased in a statement: “The President sent his deepest condolences for the innocent lives lost in the Gaza hospital explosion, and He wished the injured a speedy recovery.“said a White House official.
Attack on a hospital in Gaza: at least 200 dead
Around 500 people died today and hundreds more were seriously injured by a bombing on a hospital in the Gaza Strip that the Ministry of Health of that Palestinian territory and other countries in the region attributed to Israel, while the Benjamin Netanyahu’s government denied being responsible for the attack and blamed another armed Palestinian group, Islamic Jihad.
The communications office of the enclave authorities denounced a “war crime.” According to a spokesperson for the Ministry of Health, consulted by the Turkish news agency Anadolu, the victims would be more than 500.
The president of the Palestinian National Authority (ANP), Mahmoud Abbaswhich controls the other Palestinian territory of West Bankdeclared three days of mourning after the bombing of the Arab hospital, which he described as “slaughter“, according to the official Palestinian news agency Wafa.
Mourning will be “observed in all of Palestine for the victims of the brutal Israeli airstrike against the Al Ahli hospital in Gaza,” he said.
The US Administration had confirmed the day before the trip of Biden to the Middle East, with stops not only in Israel but also in the Jordanian capital of Amman, where he was to meet with Jordan’s king, Adbullah II; the Egyptian president, Abdel Fatah al Sisi, and Abbas himself.
The first Minister Netanyahu and the Army of that country attributed today’s bombing to the Islamic Jihad.
Tal Heinrich, Netanyahu’s spokesman, told US news network CNN that “IDF does not attack hospitals” and added: “We only aim to Hamas strongholdsweapons depots and terrorist targets”.
Source: Ambito
