Gaza hospital bombed | Israel-Hamas updates October 18th

Exchange of accusations between Israel and Hamas. Amman summit with Biden skipped

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The war between Israel And Hamas continues with new attacks on the Strip. It’s a massacreAl-Ahli Arabi Baptist Hospital in Gaza Citywith hundreds of deaths including many children.

Gaza hospital bombed: it’s a massacre

Hamas accused Israel of having bombed the health facility on the evening of October 17, with American support and of having caused between 200 and 500 deaths. The Israeli army, however, denied any responsibility, placing the blame for the explosion on the failed launch of an Islamic Jihad rocket which, in turn, rejects the accusations by placing them on Israel. Palestinian President Abu Mazen, who has the meeting scheduled in Amman with Joe Biden was cancelled and called three days of national mourning in the West Bank.

The Israeli army has released aerial images “before and after the failed launch of an Islamic Jihad rocket”, which would show that there were no Israeli planes over the hospital of Gaza City. The images, later also published on X, show the site of the explosion “with no visible signs of a crater“, alongside “an example of a crater” caused by the air force at another site.

biden: Outraged by the massacre

US President Joe Biden said he was “outraged and deeply saddened by the explosion” and the “terrible losses that resulted.” In an official statement released aboard Air Force One bound for Israel, Biden said he had spoken with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and King Abdullah II of Jordan.” immediately after hearing the news” and that he asked his advisors to “continue to gather information on what exactly happened”.

Death toll

It rose to at least 3,200 dead and around 11 thousand injured give the death toll attacks by the Israeli army on the Gaza Strip since the fighting began. This was stated by the Palestinian Ministry of Health managed by Hamas, quoted by the local media. The Israeli army says it has identified two more soldiers who have died since fighting began following the Hamas attack on October 7, bringing the total toll of Military casualties in Israel at 304.

two Hamas leaders killed

The Israeli army has renewed its appeal to the population of Gaza to move to the south of the Strip in the al-Mawasi area where “international humanitarian aid will be provided as needed”. The military spokesman said so. The Israeli army also said it had two senior Hamas leaders killed in attacks on the Strip. It’s about Muhammad Awdallahcommander of the anti-tank missile system of the Gaza City Brigade and of Akram Hijazi of the Hamas Naval Force, responsible for directing terrorist attacks on Israel from Gaza.



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