Family of Hamas hostage Rimon Kirsht issues tearful plea
US President Joe Biden has said the explosion at a Gaza hospital appears to have been the result of “the other team” as uncertainty remains over responsibility for the death of potentially hundreds of civilians.
An explosion and resultant fire was recorded at roughly 7pm (local time) last night in the car park of the Al-Ahli Arab Baptist Hospital in northern Gaza.
The Hamas-run health ministry claimed that as many has 500 people were killed as a result of the explosion.
Hamas blamed the explosion on an Israeli airstrike; Israel said the fire was caused by a failed rocket launched from within the enclave by the Palestinian Islamic Jihad.
Speaking with Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Tel Aviv on Wednesday, Mr Biden said he was “deeply outraged” by the incident but that “it appears as though it was done by the other team, not [Israel]”.
He added: “We have to also bear in mind that Hamas does not represent all the Palestinian people, and has brought them only suffering.”
