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2023-10-19 11:01:38 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 4F5A43F9C3F10FAB568D05856DDF55DF285114F21416F3A7BA118212D1B1DC97
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While an explosion at a hospital did occur, experts state that the damage is not consistent with any munitions in the Israeli arsenal; current evidence points instead to a malfunctioning rocket launched by Palestinian Islamic Jihad crashed into the hospital. https://www.npr.org/2023/10/18/1206795861/heres-the-available-evidence-of-what-happened-at-al-ahli-arab-hospital-in-gaza https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2023/10/18/identifying-possible-crater-from-gaza-hospital-blast/ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/18/us/politics/hospital-gaza-us-intelligence.html
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