Gaza Strip. An explosion occurs in the parking lot of the Al-Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza City, causing numerous casualties and injuries. It is a horrific tragedy. Many children are also killed. The news is immediately reported that evening by major Western media, citing at least 500 deaths in the destruction of the hospital and immediately attributing responsibility to an Israeli 100-pound JDAM bomb. By the next morning, it is clear that the bomb had hit the parking lot and not the hospital, which remained standing. A violent fire broke out in the parking lot. A crater approximately one meter in diameter and no more than 50 cm deep is found. The crater from a Russian 1,000-pound bomb that fell in the maternity ward of the Ukrainian hospital left a crater 20 meters wide and at least 8 meters deep. The grim death toll remained uncertain for several days, and in any case remained well below the initial estimate of 500. Finally, from the multiple images, testimonies, and evidence found on site, it was concluded on October 22 that it was not an Israeli bomb, but likely a rocket launched from the Gaza Strip toward Israel. It failed immediately after launch and fell into the hospital parking lot, causing a violent fire and exploding the fuel tanks of some of the cars parked there. Furthermore, Israel’s Iron Dome missile defense system is not active over Gaza, and there is no evidence that the missile was shot down in any way.
