Investigations reveal discrepancies in Israel’s Gaza hospital attack claims

Israel's ally the United States has also put the blame on Palestinian fighters, while Arab states have blamed Israel.

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The Palestinian health ministry said more than 470 people were killed in the explosion, while Israel said the number was deliberately inflated.

In the days leading up to the explosion, Israel ordered 1.1 million Palestinians in the north of Gaza to evacuate to the southern part of the Strip ahead of a looming ground offensive.

Based on a detailed review of all videos, Sanad concluded that the flash Israel attributed to a misfire was in fact consistent with Israel's Iron Dome missile defence system intercepting a missile fired from the Gaza Strip and destroying it in midair.

A number of organisations have suggested that the relatively small crater left by the attack appears incompatible with weapons habitually launched by Israel.

Marc Garlasco, a military adviser at the PAX Protection of Civilians team, noted the impact point did not appear to be consistent with the 500, 1000 or 2000-pound bombs used in Joint Direct Attack Munitions used by Israel, according to the Bellingcat report.

Israel has claimed that the Palestinian rocket that it says supposedly hit the hospital was fired from the southwest.

The conclusions of two analyses published on Friday express serious doubt in that narrative – and found that the projectile that hit the hospital was fired from the direction of Israel.

The Palestinian Islamic Jihad posted a message on Telegram at 7:09pm on the night of the explosion saying it had fired a barrage of rockets towards Israel – just minutes after the blast occurred.

"As the does not bomb hospitals, I assumed Israel was targeting one of the Hamas bases in Gaza," he added.