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Israel was immediately blamed by #Hamas but the Israel Defense Forces #IDF said the blast was caused by a misfired #Palestinian militant rocket
A range of Arab countries joined Hamas in blaming Israel for the explosion, and some Arab leaders cancelled meetings with Biden
'The #Palestinian Islamic Jihad #PIJ rejected the #Israeli military #IDF spokesman's statement that a failed rocket launch by the militant group in #Gaza was the source of the explosion at Al-#Ahli #Hospital on Tuesday night, claiming that "the angle of the impact and the intensity of the fire proves that it was an attack from the air", adding that "Israel is spreading [contradicting] versions [of events]". (Cont.)
Hagari says he hopes, following the IDF's analysis, that "the BBC will now share this investigation and those countries will listen".
He adds that the IDF intends to share the analysis with the US - and any other country that wants to see it.
He says it's now known this isn't true.
Responding, Hagari admits #Israel has, in the past, been "fast to go to conclusions".
But he says after the hospital blast, officials "took their time" because they wanted to "double check" they had all the facts right.
Showing a diagram of the ( #Ahli ) #hospital, he says there is no such damage - "the walls stay intact".
He says this is because the blast was caused by an Islamic Jihad #PIJ rocket, which "failed to launch" properly and was "misfired".
As a reminder, #Hamas and #Palestinian authorities have blamed #Israel for the blast at the hospital
"They went as far as inflating the numbers of casualties," he says. "They understood with absolute certainty that it was a rocket misfired by Islamic Jihad that damaged the ( #Ahli ) #hospital ."
He says aerial footage confirms there was no direct hit to the hospital itself and there was no damage to nearby buildings.
He says a barrage of rockets were fired by #Hamas to #Israel at 18:15 local time on Tuesday - before the hospital blast.
Then, at 18:59, he says a barage of around 10 rockets was fired by PiJ from a nearby cemetery. At the same time, there were reports of an explosion at the hospital in #Gaza City, he says.
But, he goes on "still a few hundred thousand that need to - and should - go".
Conricus claims #Hamas - which told people to stay put - had a "delaying effect" on people leaving the area, but he is confident that the more time goes on, the more the militant group will stop using "its own civilians as human shields"
#IDF spox on air just now with #BBCWorldService didn't seem to have any knowledge of any such agreement
Asked about a bombing on Friday which killed a reported 70 people on a road identified as safe by the Israeli army, Conricus repeated that IDF does not actively target civilians.
But at one point during the briefing he appeared to acknowledge that the 'nature of the operation' means it’s 'not always possible to avoid civilian casualties.'
V #BBC def corr Jonathan Beale:
#IDF have been displaying some of the WEAPONS from the #Hamas attack. #Israel said the militants had brought more than 1,000 with them when they crossed the border, incl some thermobaric bombs (which was said to have been used to burn out buildings and incinerate those inside), a few Soviet-era Strela shoulder-launched missiles and a couple of shoulder-launched rockets, which appeared to have Nato stockpile numbers written on the side.
#IDF Spox stmt saying that following an assessment of the situation and the shooting incident in the north, the army decided to 'isolate the area of up to four kilometers from the northern border with #Lebanon '.
The spox clarified that 'entering the area is strictly prohibited and asks the public to be vigilant. Residents staying up to two kilometers from the border are required to be near a protected area.'
#Israel #Gaza #hamas
'The arm of the #Palestinian militant group -
#Hamas in #Lebanon - has confirmed that three of its members were killed while infiltrating #Israel from southern Lebanon early on Saturday.
It said the men were “able… to blow up the border fence” and “target the surveillance and access checkpoint” near the Israeli village of #Margaliot
On Saturday, the Israel Defense Forces #IDF said it had killed “from the air” three “terrorists” in that area.'
In its latest update the #IDF says civilians still in northern Gaza must head south between 10:00 and 13:00 local time.
They should use a single route running from Beit Hanoun towards Khan Yunis, it says, adding that it will not target the route during those hours.
Initially, a 24-hour evacuation window was set by Israel for people to flee the area.
Some there believed the area around #Gaza was left unprotected because troops had been deployed to the occupied West Bank by the hardline, ultranationalist govt of Netanyahu.
"The #IDF is supposed to defend us, not to secure some crazy adventure of settlers which only harm the security of Israel and the security of its soldiers" a participant said
" #IDF is gearing up for a comprehensive offensive" with the help of hundreds of thousands of reserve personnel, its stmt says.
No timings were given. A ground offensive into the #Gaza Strip has been expected and #Israel has asked residents in the north to flee.
It says they plan an offensive "involving air, sea, and land" forces.
#hamas
The Israeli Airforce acct posted on X, formerly known as Twitter, that over the last 24 hours the Israeli Army carried out "local raids" in the territory of the Gaza Strip. The post says:
"Infantry and armored forces searched and gathered in the area for findings that may help in the effort to locate the missing and thwarted terrorist infrastructure and terrorist cells found in the area."
By Barak Ravid
https://www.axios.com/2023/10/12/hamas-attack-israel-intelligence-failure-high-alert-shen-bet
'several high-level consultations took place on Friday night to try to understand what the new intelligence meant. #IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi, Shin Bet director Ronen Bar and Aharon Haliva, head of military intelligence, participated in some of these consultations.'
The #evacuation order is part of #Israel 's "humanitarian measures" in the #Gaza Strip, says #IDF spox Jonathan Conricus:"Civilians are not our enemy."
He said the military wants to minimise civilian casualties as it strikes targets in the Gaza Strip, and that it remains fully committed to the laws of international armed conflict.
Milo stressed that his command's current main task is the #evacuation of residents who are still in the Gaza-Border communities
#Israel 's Home Front Command Commander Maj. Gen. Rafi Milo said 'that the #IDF is focused on defending civilians and killing terrorists. Milo added that the command is working with local authorities and that he discovered "shock and a big break in their trust in us" – along with what he called "a very big realisation and understanding that we must stand up and help the residents. There's no doubt that any breach of trust requires time to heal."
(Cont.)
And here's another line from the #Israeli military update - #IDF spox Jonathan Conricus says that #Hamas militants did behead babies during their deadly wave of attacks at the weekend.
Conricus says a coroner who visited the aftermath of the massacre at Kibbutz Be'eri had seen the children's bodies and confirmed how they died.
"The Israeli Air Force has been striking a lot of neighbourhoods in Gaza. What we are doing is prioritising striking commanders, senior leaders of Hamas in all echelons," an IDF spox said.
"Whatever it is, if it belongs to Hamas, we are striking it."
US president Joe #Biden said that he had seen pictures of beheaded children among the casualties in #Israel - a claim that has circulated around social media and in some reports, but that has not been confirmed by the Israeli Defence Forces #IDF
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#Gaza #hamas
The #IDF said it had responded with artillery fire after shells were launched at the #Golan Heights, a territory #Israel had occupied since 1967.
"Soldiers are responding with artillery and mortar shells toward the origin of the launching in #Syria," said an #Israeli army statement
The army claims there have been "a number of launches from Syria into Israeli territory".
A military spokesman told AFP it appeared to have been mortar fire.
(Cont.)
Dozens of Israeli Air Force fighter jets have struck more than 200 targets in the Al-Furqan neighborhood in Gaza, believed to be the hotspot from where #Hamas devises and executes their attacks. The #Israel Defense Forces #IDF say this is the third counterstrike in the area during the last 24 hours
US President Joe Biden condemned Hamas' unprecendented assault on Israel as “sheer evil”. (cont.)