Airstrike on Gaza hospital - claim of 100 people dead, Israel denies the attack

Israel Hamas War: At least 500 people are being claimed killed after a rocket fell on a hospital in Hamas-occupied Gaza City. Many died in this attack while many people were also injured. Hamas claimed that Israel had targeted the hospital in an air strike. According to the Reuters report, the Israeli Army says that it has not targeted any hospital with bombing. This attack took place on Al Ahli Hospital in central Gaza.

#WATCH | On the attack at a hospital in Gaza, IDF Spokesperson, RAdm. Daniel Hagari says "I can confirm that an analysis by the IDF operational systems indicates that a barrage of rockets was fired by terrorists in Gaza, passing in close proximity to al-Ahli Hospital in Gaza, at… pic.twitter.com/avd7FD07Fm

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Islamic Jihad's rockets fell on the hospital - Israeli Army

Israel has blamed Islamic Jihad for this attack. Israeli Defense Force spokesman Daniel Hagari said that at the time of the incident, rockets fired from Gaza were passing near Al-Ahli Hospital. There has been no attack on the hospital from Israel. He said that intelligence sources have revealed that these rockets were fired by Islamic Jihad which fell on the hospital and innocent people died in it.

The Israeli army says that since the beginning of the war on October 7, Gaza-based terrorist organizations have been regularly firing rockets towards Israel, out of which about 450 rockets have fallen in their territory. Many of these rockets fell in residential areas of Gaza, causing considerable damage to life and property.