Gaza hospital blast evidence shows it was caused by rocket, not airstrike - WaPo

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  The analysis of that and other videos, in addition to expert review of imagery of the blast site, provides circumstantial evidence that could bolster the contention by Israel and the U.S. government that a stray rocket launched by a Palestinian armed group was responsible for the Oct. 17 explosion.

  In addition, The Post’s analysis found that a key video filmed and aired by Al Jazeera, which the Israeli and U.S. governments have cited as evidence that a rocket failed and landed on the hospital grounds, instead shows a projectile launching from a location miles away in Israel, near an apparent Iron Dome air-defense battery.

  The lack of direct evidence has made it difficult to prove definitively who fired the munition that exploded at al-Ahli Hospital and illustrates the limits of trying to remotely investigate incidents in war zones without on-the-ground access.

  The leaders of Egypt, Jordan and the Palestinian Authority canceled diplomatic meetings with President Biden after the hospital disaster, and protesters took to the streets in multiple countries to express rage at Israel and the United States over the deaths.

  Marc Garlasco, a former Defense Department battle damage assessment analyst and U.N. war crimes investigator, said the blast required a “substantial” amount of explosive payload and fuel accelerant, like that carried by a malfunctioning rocket.

  More than half a dozen experts who independently reviewed imagery of the scene said the lack of major blast damage, such as collapsed buildings, as well as the relatively small size and shape of the crater, ruled out the possibility of the kind of airstrike Israel has carried out elsewhere in Gaza since Oct. 7.

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