A new investigation into photographic and audio evidence of the al-Ahli Arab Hospital blast conducted by Channel 4 News has cast more doubt on Israel’s account of the events.
An audio analysis conducted by a consortium of specialised NGOs concluded that the sound heard on a video right before the explosion was incompatible with the trajectory of a purported Palestinian rocket fired from southwestern Gaza, as argued by the Israeli army.
The Israeli army also released a video with a recording of a conversation between purported Hamas officials, where they appear to talk about the alleged misfired rocket that had caused the hospital blast.
The Earshot audio investigation group said that a forensic sound analysis revealed the audio was recorded on two separate channels, and then edited together, disqualifying it from being a credible source of evidence.
Al Jazeera’s Sanad verification team has also investigated the incident and found that Israeli statements seem to have misinterpreted the evidence to build a story that one of the flashes recorded by several sources was a rocket misfire.