Gaza Hospital Attack: Militant group refutes Israel’s accusations

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A Palestinian militant group refuted accusations that they were behind the deadly hospital blast in Gaza, reports AFP. 

Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) said that Israel claiming that the jihadists committed the attack were “lies” in a statement released on October 18. 

PIJ is a paramilitary organisation formed as an offshoot of the Egyptian-founded Muslim Brotherhood and was influenced in its formation by Iran’s Islamic regime. 

Gaza’s health ministry said that Israel was behind the attack.  

Israel used media and diplomatic channels in an attempt to distance themselves from the attack and claimed that it was committed by militants. 

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The PIJ’s statement read, “The Zionist enemy is trying hard to evade its responsibility for the brutal massacre they committed by bombing the Baptist Arab National Hospital in Gaza through their usual fabrication of lies, and through pointing the finger of blame at the Islamic Jihad movement in Palestine,”. 

The hospital bombings in the caged Gaza Strip on October 17 killed 500 people. 

Israel has hit back several times at Gaza since Hamas’ surprise attack on Israel’s southern flank. Israel has killed thousands of Palestinians since Hamas’ attack and have imposed a total siege on the highly populated enclave. 

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The hospital had been ordered to evacuate by Israel and it is believed that a bomb dropped by an Israeli army plane was what caused the killings. 

A statement noted that the hospital had “received public notice made global of evacuation under threat of bombing.” 

An Israeli Army spokesman stated that the forces would provide conversations in Arabic which he claims would link the blast to the Palestinian Islamic Jihad. 

AFP 

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