2023-10-22 07:57:46
Attack on the Al Ahli hospital in Gaza. – Europa Press/Contact/Atia Darwish
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MADRID, 22 Oct. (EUROPA PRESS) –
Canada’s National Department of Defense defended this Saturday that Israel was not behind the attack launched on October 17 against the Al Ahli hospital in Gaza, which left more than 500 dead according to Palestinian officials.
“An analysis conducted independently by the Canadian Forces Intelligence Command indicates with a high degree of confidence that Israel did not attack Al Ahli Hospital on October 17, 2023,” reads a statement published on the Executive’s website. Canadian.
It is most likely, the brief adds, that the attack was “caused by an errant rocket fired from Gaza,” based on the “analysis of open sources and classified reports” carried out by the Department of National Defense and the Armed Forces of Canada.
Canadian authorities have clarified that these conclusions have been drawn from “an analysis of the damage caused by the explosion to the hospital complex, including adjacent buildings and the area surrounding the hospital, as well as the flight pattern of the incoming munition.” “.
Thus, Canada “corroborates the conclusions” of similar investigations carried out by “allies”, such as France or the United States.
The Gaza Ministry of Health estimated that more than 500 people have died in an Israeli bombardment against the Al Ahli hospital in Gaza City in the context of the clashes between Israel and the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) and for which the Authority Palestine declared three days of mourning.
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