Analysing Israel's 'proof' that it wasn't behind Gaza hospital bloodbath: Experts examine IDF's dossier of 'evidence' including images of misfiring rocket, lack of crater and shrapnel on roof

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Speaking on the result of the blast, Dr Andreas Krieg - a senior lecturer at the School of Security Studies at King's College London - said: 'If we look at the evidence... whatever happened in that car park (at the hospital) was very unlikely to be an Israeli airstrike.

Tal Hagin, an investigative analyst specialising in the Israel-Palestine conflict, said of the video footage: 'Due to the fuel time on the rocket and the explosion, I'd assume this was most likely an R-160 (rocket used frequently by Palestinian militants)... There is a high likelihood that this rocket misfired - but its payload was not entirely destroyed, resulting in a devastating explosion.

'Conclusion based on current data: A misfired rocket by Hamas/PIJ was responsible for the explosion at the hospital.'

J Andres Gannon, an assistant professor at Vanderbilt University, in the US, told the BBC the explosion appears to be small, meaning that the heat generated from the impact may have been caused by leftover rocket fuel rather than an explosion from a warhead.

And US National Security spokesman Adrienne Watson said that, while a full investigation is still pending, 'our current assessment... is that Israel is not responsible for the explosion in Gaza yesterday'.

Period	18 Oct 2023
Held at	Daily Mail, United Kingdom