An explosion at a hospital in Gaza killed at least 500 people on Tuesday, Reuters said quoting the Hamas-run health ministry sources, sparking outrage. Local authorities blamed Israeli airstrikes, while Israel alleged it was Hamas rockets misfiring.

US President Joe Biden landed in Israel today on a “solidarity” visit following last week’s Hamas attacks that left over 1,400 Israelis dead. Biden, aboard Air Force One, touched down at the Ben Gurion airport in Tel Aviv where Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu personally welcomed him on the tarmac. 

Intelligence from multiple sources we have indicates that Islamic Jihad is responsible for the failed rocket launch which hit the hospital in Gaza,” the Israeli army said. Spokesperson Daniel Hagari said at a press conference that during the time of the strike, Israel was not conducting any aerial operations near the hospital and the rockets that were used did not match their equipment.

The Islamic Jihad, a Hamas ally, released a statement that read: “The Zionist enemy is trying hard to evade its responsibility for the brutal massacre he committed by bombing the Baptist Arab National Hospital in Gaza through his usual fabrication of lies, and through pointing the finger of blame at the Islamic Jihad movement in Palestine.”