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| What We Know About the Explosion at the Hospital in Gaza | What We Know About the Explosion at the Hospital in Gaza |
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| Hundreds of people were feared dead after an explosion at a hospital in the Gaza Strip on Oct. 17, a little over a week after the Palestinian group Hamas staged a terrorist attack on Israel that killed 1,400 people and led Israel to declare war and begin bombing the territory. | Hundreds of people were feared dead after an explosion at a hospital in the Gaza Strip on Oct. 17, a little over a week after the Palestinian group Hamas staged a terrorist attack on Israel that killed 1,400 people and led Israel to declare war and begin bombing the territory. |
| Hamas, which controls Gaza, blamed the blast on an Israeli airstrike. | Hamas, which controls Gaza, blamed the blast on an Israeli airstrike. |
| Israel said it was caused by an errant rocket fired by another armed group, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, which denied the assertion. | Israel said it was caused by an errant rocket fired by another armed group, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, which denied the assertion. |
| And on Wednesday, President Biden backed Israel’s position, citing “the data I was shown by my Defense Department.” | And on Wednesday, President Biden backed Israel’s position, citing “the data I was shown by my Defense Department.” |
| The competing claims have not been independently verified. The New York Times is working to assess the various accounts through an analysis of photos, video footage and other evidence, as well as on-the-ground interviews. | The competing claims have not been independently verified. The New York Times is working to assess the various accounts through an analysis of photos, video footage and other evidence, as well as on-the-ground interviews. |
| Here is what we know so far about the explosion at the Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza City. | |
| American intelligence agencies have assessed that between 100 and 300 people were killed, U.S. officials said Thursday. The officials, speaking on the condition of anonymity, did not say what intelligence led them to that estimate, and cautioned that it could change. | |
| On the night of the explosion, the Hamas-run Gazan health ministry put the toll at 500 or more dead, which it later changed to “hundreds.” No figure could be confirmed independently, but images from the hospital verified by The Times and witness accounts made clear that it was high. |