“Is it from us? It looks like it”: audio fragment and video footage should prove that deadly missile was launched right next to hospital | Israel-Palestine conflict

Israel is using large resources to prove that the rocket attack on a hospital in Gaza City was the result of a failed launch by the Palestinian splinter movement Islamic Jihad. For example, in an intercepted audio fragment, an objectionable conversation can be heard between two Hamas members. “Is it from us?” one asks. “It looks like it,” replies the other. The Israeli channel Channel 12 also shows a complete picture that would show the moment of the disaster. According to the Ministry of Health, 471 Palestinians were killed in the massacre.

“This is the first time we have seen a rocket come down like this, which is why it is said that Islamic Jihad had something to do with it,” said the first Hamas member. “What? Does it come from us? Who says that?”, his companion responds in surprise. “The rocket fragments that were recovered are said to be of local manufacture and therefore not from Israel,” is the answer.

An aerial view of the affected hospital. © AFP

Number two can hardly believe his ears. “What? Did it really have to crash there?”

“The rocket was fired from the cemetery behind the hospital, but something clearly went wrong,” the first Hamas member retorts.

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However, the authenticity of the fragment cannot be confirmed. Additional fog is also being spouted from Gaza with the claim that the audio recording was recorded in stereo. Read: the content was tampered with. And so the yes-or-no game continues unabated.


The Israeli army also previously shared infrared images and satellite photos to prove its point. “The homes around Al-Ahli Hospital have not suffered any structural damage,” spokesman Daniel Hagari said during a press conference. “The walls are still intact. There are no craters visible in the parking lot. If there really was an Israeli airstrike, much more destruction would have been caused in the area.”

This image shows that cars in the parking lot of the stricken hospital in Gaza have been damaged.  However, there is no crater.
This image shows that cars in the parking lot of the stricken hospital in Gaza have been damaged. However, there is no crater. © RV

Finally, images were also distributed of a rocket that would come from Gaza and suddenly change course. However, the darkness makes it impossible to tell whether the projectile has already exploded in the air. A little later explosions can be seen on the ground. “You get such tragedies when you fire rockets from densely populated neighborhoods,” the conclusion is. The Israeli channel Channel 12 adds a complete picture (see the top video).

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© AFP/AP

“Five beds in one room”

In other words, Israel never misses an opportunity to wash its hands in innocence. Unfortunately, one certainty remains: the suffering in hospitals in Gaza cannot be described in words.

Doctors give a press conference amid a pile of corpses after the horrific rocket attack on Gaza's al-Ahli hospital.
Doctors give a press conference amid a pile of corpses after the horrific rocket attack on Gaza’s al-Ahli hospital. © nadolu via Getty Images

Mohammed Abu Selmia, the director of the largest local hospital, had to lose an additional 350 patients in one fell swoop. “So we get this on top of that,” he criticizes. “We are currently cramming five beds into one room. We need equipment, medicine, beds,…. Everything in short. Our generators are also out of fuel. Just a few more hours and the entire medical sector in Gaza will collapse.”

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Israeli channel Channel 12 says these images prove that the Gaza hospital explosion was caused by rockets coming from Gaza itself.  / The damage to the hospital in Gaza.
Israeli channel Channel 12 says these images prove that the Gaza hospital explosion was caused by rockets coming from Gaza itself. / The damage to the hospital in Gaza. © RV / AP

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