U.S. intelligence says "catastrophic motor failure" of rocket launched by Palestinian militants caused hospital blast
- The blast at a Gaza hospital was caused by a Palestinian rocket that suffered engine failure and broke apart, according to US spy agencies.
- The US assesses with high confidence that Israel was not responsible for firing the rocket, but is uncertain which Palestinian militants were behind it. There is low confidence that Palestine Islamic Jihad launched the rocket.
- PIJ was blamed by both US officials and Israel for the blast, based on intercepted conversations and the damage at the hospital.
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US has ‘high confidence’ Palestinian rocket caused Gaza hospital blast
Washington (Reuters) – U.S. intelligence officials have “high confidence” that an explosion at a Gaza hospital last week was caused by a Palestinian rocket that broke up mid-flight, and not by Israel, a U.S. official said on Tuesday. The Hamas-run Gaza health ministry said 471 people were killed in the blast at Al-Ahli al-Arabi Hospital on Oct. 17. Palestinians and Arab states said an Israeli air strike hit the hospital. Israel said the blast wa…
U.S. cites 'high confidence' that Palestinian rocket caused hospital blast
Wounded Palestinians Ahli Arab hospital at the al-Shifa hospital, following Israeli airstrikes, in Gaza City, central Gaza Strip, Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Abed Khaled) (Abed Khaled / Associated Press) U.S. cites 'high confidence' that Palestinian rocket caused hospital blast Julian E. Barnes David E. Sanger Oct. 24, 2023 U.S. intelligence officials said Tuesday that they now had "high confidence" that t…
US Sharing Intelligence Exonerating Israel in Hospital Blast
The United States is trying to rein in some of the outrage that inflamed tensions and sparked protests around the world following last week's explosion at the Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza. Much of the anger has focused on Israel, with many protesters following the lead of the Palestinian militant group Hamas, which accuses Israel of carrying out an airstrike, calling the incident a "genocidal massacre." But the U.S. has been pushing back, publicly…
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