2023-10-18 15:49:56
This is a crater left by an MK-84 bomb following a controlled detonation by an EOD team in 2019: [Link] This is BBC coverage of the incident showing the extent of damage at the hospital: [Link] Comparing the two makes it clear that whatever hit the hospital grounds was not an MK-84. CURRENTLY_RATED_HELPFUL(12-1-6) Author
2023-10-18 16:25:35
Open source intelligence teams have found corroborated evidence that the explosion was caused by a missile fragment with origins in Gaza. [Link] NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(8-2-6) Author
2023-10-18 16:45:05
Misleading. The US government currently believes that Israel “is not responsible” for the blast at a hospital in Gaza, according to the National Security Council. The assessment is based on analysis of overhead imagery, intercepts and open-source information. [Link][Link][Link][Link] NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(16-1-9) Author
2023-10-18 17:09:08
Pictures of the parking lot the next day show this was not a JDAM missile, as the bomb site is not destroyed nearly enough. Also, reports of 600 or hundreds of civilians killed is totally unverified and hard to imagine taking place in a small parking lot. [Link] NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(5-1-5) Author
2023-10-18 17:16:10
Although Israeli forces were reported by Anglican authorities to have attacked al-Ahli Hospital on 14 October, injuring four hospital staff, responsibility for the attack of 17 October has not yet been determined. [Link][Link] NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(5-0-4) Author
2023-10-18 18:21:13
The crate in the Gaza hospital parking lot measures 30 centimeters in depth and has a one-meter diameter, making it incompatible with an American bomb such as the MK-84. [Link] NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(4-1-5) Author