Israeli TV shows ‘rockets fired from GAZA over hospital’ before blast ‘kills 500’ in latest ‘proof’ of misfired missile
CHILLING footage screened by Israeli TV appears to show rockets fired over the top of a hospital in Gaza moments before a devastating explosion.
Israel has categorically blamed terrorist forces in Gaza and denied any responsibility for the atrocity - which Hamas claims has killed more than 500 civilians.
Channel 12 News displayed the clip they claim "is proof" the deadly rocket was launched by terrorists next to the Al-Ahli Hospital in the Gaza Strip.
The footage was captured via one of the outlet's cameras in Netiv Ha'asara - which is aimed at Gaza.
It showed a series of rockets being launched, and just moments later, an area ahead believed to be where the hospital is located burst into flames.
“This is proof of Israel’s claims that it was actually missiles from the Gaza Strip shot in the direction of the Al-Ahli Hospital in Gaza City,” said news anchor Yonit Levy.
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Earlier today, Israel released drone footage and a wiretapped phone call between two Hamas terrorists as part of their efforts to "prove" the deadly Gaza hospital explosion was caused by a misfired Islamic Jihad rocket.
Israel released its evidence after vehemently denying responsibility for the devastating explosion and said the fatal blast was the result of a failed rocket launched by Palestinian terrorists.
Two Hamas operatives were allegedly recorded saying the rocket was fired by another Palestinian terror group, Islamic Jihad.
It comes as Israel today said it won't block aid sent to Faza from Egypt.
Israeli Prime Minister's office says that the country "will not thwart humanitarian supplies from Egypt as long as it is only food, water and medicine for the civilian population in the southern Gaza Strip".
But the statement added it will "not allow any humanitarian aid from its territory to the Gaza Strip as long as our hostages are not returned".
Meanwhile, US President Joe Biden arrived in Tel Aviv this morning in his most forceful public display of support for Israel since Hamas unleashed its bloodbath in southern Israel on October 7.
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But following the tragic hospital explosion, Biden reportedly told Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu the blast appeared to have been done "by the other team, not you."
Netanyahu, meanwhile, said: "The barbaric terrorists in Gaza are responsible for the attack on the Gaza hospital, not the IDF.
"The people who brutally murdered our children are murdering their own children too".
Thousands of people were reportedly seeking shelter at the hospital - alongside hundreds of patients and medical staff.
More than 500 innocent civilians were killed in the blast, according to Hamas, although this number has not been verified.
Israel and Palestine have been trading blame for the explosion, though neither's claim could be independently verified.
But in a shocking retaliation, The Israel Defence Forces released a recording from a wiretapped phone call between two operatives working within the Palestinian militant group.
Posting the clip to X, formerly known as Twitter, they wrote: "Islamic Jihad struck a Hospital in Gaza - the IDF did not.
"Listen to the terrorists as they realize this themselves".
The intercepted audio recording begins with the first Hamas operative saying: "I'm telling you this is the first time that we see a missile like this falling".
A second militant responds: "And so that's why we are saying it belongs to the Palestinian Islamic Jihad".
The first speaker says: "What?" before the other replies: "They are saying it belongs to Palestinian Islamic Jihad".
"It's from us?" asks the first Hamas operative, and the other responds: "It looks like it!"
As the chilling phone call continues, the second speaker explains that the shrapnel from the rocket missile was "local shrapnel and not like Israeli shrapnel".
After a few seconds of silence, one adds: "But God bless, it couldn't have found another place to explode?"
The recording also allegedly reveals that the deadly rocket was launched from a cemetery a short distance away.
"They shot it coming from the cemetery behind the Al-Ma'amadani Hospital, and it misfired and fell on them," said the first operative.
The pair then discuss the cemetery's location before the second speaker admits to knowing of it.
The recording was one of several pieces of evidence Israel has used to deny its involvement in the hospital blast.
Two hours before the IDF posted the recording, it shared drone footage from the Israeli Air Force that showed the Al-Ahli Hospital before and after the overnight destruction.
"A failed rocket launch by the Islamic Jihad terrorist organization hit the Al Ahli hospital in Gaza City," the IDF said.
"IAF footage from the area around the hospital before and after the failed rocket launch by the Islamic Jihad terrorist organization".
The absence of a large crater and the lack of damage to surrounding buildings are said to prove it was not an Israeli air strike.
This morning, the Israeli army also released aerial photos to "prove" that there were no signs of Israeli planes striking the hospital.
"We did not strike that, and the intelligence that we have suggests that it was a failed rocket launch by the Islamic Jihad," he said.
Horror footage from the hospital showed the blaze engulfing the building, with the hospital's grounds littered with bodies, many of them young children.
Blood-soaked sheets covering a huge pile of victims could be seen across what was left of the hospital's grounds, as witnesses say the "smell of bodies" now hangs in the air.
"The hospital was full of dead and wounded, dismembered bodies, and dead," said Dr Fadel Naim, Head of the hospital's Orthopedic Surgery Department.
In a chilling account posted to Facebook, Dr Abu Sittah wrote: "We now know that the number of killed exceeds 500.
"This number will increase as I saw many dismembered bodies and parts of bodies as I carried the last patient into the ambulance past the courtyard.
"The number of children who were killed exceeds 50 per cent.
"I saw a body of a toddler who was missing a head".
But while Israel and Palestine continue to play the blame game, Hamas has denied any involvement in the rocket launch that caused this tragedy.
A spokesman for Islamic Jihad said this is "completely incorrect" and accused the IDF of "trying to cover for the horrifying crime and massacre they committed".
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said early this morning that targeting the Al-Ahli Hospital was a "hideous war massacre" that cannot be tolerated.
"Israel has crossed all red lines. ... We will not leave nor allow anyone to expel us from there", he added.