What’s Known About the Gaza Hospital Blast as Hamas Claims Unravel

Here’s what’s known about the Gaza hospital blast that Hamas blames on Israel but evidence suggests was a misfired rocket launched by Islamic Jihad terrorists.

Israel’s Iron Dome air defense system intercepts a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip, in Ashkelon, Israel, on Oct. 17, 2023. Tsafrir Abayov/AP Photo

As the deadly Gaza hospital blast has surged into the headlines, the Israeli military and the Hamas terror group have traded accusations, but mounting evidence points to a misfired rocket by the terrorist organization Islamic Jihad—and that the story is being spun into a false anti-Israel narrative.

Here’s what’s known so far.

From Blast to Blame

At around 7 p.m. local time on Oct. 17, an explosion rocked the al-Ahli hospital in Gaza City.