Gaza officials have said at least 471 people were killed in the explosion, with more than 300 wounded
This aerial view shows people standing before destroyed buildings at the site of the Al-Ahli Arab hospital in central Gaza after a blast ripped through it.This aerial view shows people standing before destroyed buildings at the site of the Al-Ahli Arab hospital in central Gaza after a blast ripped through it., but added that the assessment may evolve, according to excerpts of a document seen on Thursday by several media outlets.
An unclassified US intelligence assessment, provided to the AFP news agency by a Capitol Hill source, estimates the number of people killed at the hospital on Tuesday night at the “low end of the 100-to-300 spectrum.” According to the US intelligence document, “Israel probably did not bomb Gaza Strip hospital,” and the United States is continuing “to work to corroborate whether the explosion resulted from a failed PIJ rocket.”
AFP correspondents at the scene saw dozens of bodies, with medics and civilians recovering bodies wrapped in white cloth, blankets or black plastic bags. Bloodstains and torched cars could be seen in the hospital courtyard.
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