The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) today released evidence to prove that the explosion at the Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital was due to an Islamic Jihad rocket misfire. The IDF released an audio showing a conversation between two Hamas terrorists who admitted that the rocket fired on the hospital belonged to their group.

In a press conference, IDF spokesperson RAdm. Daniel Hagari asserted that the preliminary investigation suggested that the rocket fired at the Hospital was from the barrage of rockets fired towards Israel which was launched nearer to the Hospital.

“Trajectory analysis from the Barrage of Rockets confirms that the rockets were fired close proximity to the hospital. In addition, there are two independent videos which show the failure of the rocket launch and the continuation of rocket flight towards the ground within the Gaza stream falling in the hospital compound,” he said.

“We have intelligence that will be shared here of communication between terrorists talking about rockets misfiring. The terrorists realised that the rocket had misfired and made specific reference to the Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital. I would want to let everybody hear the conversation, I will do the translation in English,” Hagari added.

Further, he translated the conversation of two Hamas terrorists while the audio was played in the background.

The members of the Islamic terror group Hamas, 1st person, said, “I’m telling you this is the first time that we see sound like this falling, and so that’s why we are saying it belongs to the Palestinian Islamic Jihad. They are saying it’s from us (Hamas)”

2nd terrorist questioned, “What they are saying, it’s from us?” Then the first person says, “They are saying the shrapnel from the missile is local shrapnel and not like Israeli shrapnel. But God bless, it couldn’t have been found another place to explod?”

Later, the IDF spokesperson said, “These rockets fell short of Israel and have caused Palestinian casualties. During this war, we have counted approximately 450 rockets that misfired and fell inside Gaza. Palestinian civilians pay the price of that.”

The IDF also released a video on X, which showed images of the parking lot of the Gaza hospital where the blast struck, leading to hundreds of casualties. The clip showed a large fire caused in the area as a result of the blast, but there was no crater.

The Israeli army said strikes by them generally leave large holes in the ground. The drone footage shared by IDF also pointed to shrapnel that landed on the roof of the nearby buildings, which remain largely intact.