The deadly Israeli strike on one of Gaza’s main hospitals killed six Hamas terrorists and took out a surveillance camera that had been tracking troops, the Israel Defense Forces said Tuesday.
Israeli missiles hit the Nasser Hospital, the largest in southern Gaza, on Monday, killing 20 people, including five journalists — in a strike that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu initially described as a “tragic mishap.”
The IDF said a preliminary investigation had since determined a Hamas-installed camera had been detected at the site of the strike.
“In light of this, the troops operated to remove the threat by striking and dismantling the camera and the inquiry showed that the troops operated to remove the threat,” the military said in a post on X.
Of the six terrorists killed in the strikes, one of them had been involved in the Oct. 7, 2023 attacks, the IDF said.
“At the same time, the Chief of the General Staff regrets any harm caused to civilians,” the IDF said.
