The Israel Defense Forces released a statement late on Tuesday night confirming that an explosion at a hospital inside Gaza was caused by a failed rocket launch from Palestinian terrorists.

Legacy media, left-wing politicians, and anti-Semites immediately latched onto and parroted claims by Palestinian officials claiming that Israel bombed the hospital, which resulted in the deaths of more than 500 people.

Israel initially came out and urged everyone to be patient while it conducted a review of all of its military activity in the area.

A short time later, the IDF confirmed that the explosion at the hospital was caused by a failed rocket launch from the Palestinians. It is not rare for rockets fired from inside Gaza to malfunction and land inside the territory.

“Following an analysis by the IDF’s operational systems, a barrage of rockets was launched toward Israel, which passed in the vicinity of the hospital, when it was hit,” the IDF said in a statement. “According to intelligence information from a number of sources we have, Islamic Jihad terrorist organization is responsible for the failed rocket launch that hit the hospital.”

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Following an analysis by the IDF's operational systems, a barrage of rockets was launched toward Israel, which passed in the vicinity of the hospital, when it was hit.

According to intelligence information from a number of sources we have, Islamic Jihad terrorist organization is… pic.twitter.com/QZsanPaFEc

— Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) October 17, 2023

Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a statement late on Tuesday night: “The entire world should know: It was barbaric terrorists in Gaza that attacked the hospital in Gaza, and not the IDF. Those who brutally murdered our children also murder their own children.”

שכל העולם ידע:

המחבלים הברברים בעזה הם אלה שתקפו את בית החולים בעזה, ולא צה״ל. מי שרצח באכזריות את ילדינו, רוצח גם את ילדיו.

— Benjamin Netanyahu – בנימין נתניהו (@netanyahu) October 17, 2023