The Israeli occupation army admitted that it bombed the garage of the Baptist Hospital in Gaza City yesterday, Tuesday, announcing at the same time the start of an investigation into the bombing of the hospital in which more than 500 Palestinians were martyred, most of them women and children.

Israeli army spokesman Daniel Hageri said, "We bombed the hospital garage, but there were no direct hits on the hospital."

The spokesman repeated Israeli allegations that the Islamic Jihad movement was responsible for bombing the hospital, noting that the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) inflated the death toll figures in what he called the "hospital explosion."

Hajri also said, "There are no craters and nothing to indicate that an air strike caused the hospital to explode," adding, "Our radar system showed the presence of missile bursts from Gaza."

Earlier yesterday, the spokesman for the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza said that they cannot meet the needs and that “the massacre is great,” stressing that there is no safe place in the Strip from indiscriminate Israeli bombing.

On the other hand, Al Jazeera's correspondent said that ambulances have not yet been able to recover any victim, and some victims have turned into scattered body parts.

The reporter described the situation as catastrophic, shocking and terrifying, and added that it was clear that the Israeli planes had targeted the hospital grounds, where hundreds of refugees and displaced people were taking refuge.

Source: Al Jazeera