Misfired Rockets May Have Killed Over a Dozen in Gaza Battle

Misfired Rockets May Have Killed Over a Dozen in Gaza Battle
A rocket is launched from the Gaza Strip towards Israel, in Gaza City, on Aug. 7, 2022. Hatem Moussa/AP Photo
The Associated Press
Updated:

Close to one-third of the Palestinians who died in the latest outbreak of violence between Israel and Gaza terrorists may have been killed by errant rockets fired by the Palestinian side, according to an Israeli military assessment.

Forty-nine Palestinians were killed in the three days of heavy fighting, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry. The Israeli military said at least 14 of them were killed by misfiring rockets from the Islamic Jihad terrorist group.