The Israeli Army distanced itself this Wednesday from attack carried out on Tuesday against a hospital in the Gaza Stripan event that left at least 500 dead, according to Gazan authorities, and has maintained that the absence of a crater consistent with its munitions It would demonstrate that he is not behind the event, of which he has been accused by the Palestinian authorities and regional governments.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) have reiterated their position that the incident It was caused by the impact of a projectile fired by Islamic Jihad and has attached images of the hospital parking lot and craters from previous Israeli attacks. “There are no visible signs of craters or significant damage to the buildings,” they stressed in a video, published through their official account on the social network X, formerly known as Twitter.

Likewise, the Israeli Army has published on its X account an audio clip that supposedly includes “a conversation between Hamas operatives” about the event in which they address the incident and They claim that the projectile was launched by Islamic Jihad “from a cemetery located behind the hospital.”

Subsequently, Daniel Hagari, one of the spokespersons for the Israeli Army, has accused the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) of misleading the international media after the event, which has even caused the cancellation of a summit in Jordan in which the presidents of the United States, Joe Biden, were going to participate; Egypt, Abdel Fattá al Sisi; and the Palestinian Authority, Mahmud Abbas.

“According to our Intelligence data, Hamas verified the information, “understood that it was a mistake in an Islamic Jihad rocket fire and decided to launch a global media campaign to hide what happened.”he said, before stating that the Islamist group “has inflated the number of victims,” ​​according to a statement published by the IDF through its website.

In this sensestressed that Hamas “understood with complete certainty” that the projectile had been launched by Islamic Jihad and, after presenting an image of the damage caused by the fire that broke out in the parking lot, he argued that the flames were caused by the impact of the projectile and the large amount of fuel it was still carrying at the time of impact.

Hagari has asserted that the Israeli Army has carried out “an exhaustive and in-depth investigation” which allows him to “confirm” that “the terrorist organization Islamic Jihad is responsible for the damage to the hospital.”

Thus, he detailed that “a battery of about ten projectiles It was launched at 6:59 p.m. (local time) by Islamic Jihad from a cemetery in the area” and that “at the same time, information was received about an explosion at the hospital.”

“An analysis of the aerial photographs confirms that there was no direct damage to the hospital, but only to the adjacent parking lot. Signs of a fire can be seen without craters or damage to the infrastructure of buildings in the area,” he maintained.

“This contrasts with the damage that had been caused by an air attack, since there would be craters and damage to the infrastructure of buildings, two things that are not identified in this incident,” he argued, before regretting that “many means of media reported unfounded accusations by the terrorist organization Hamas.”