A general view of the wreckage of vehicles after Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital was hit in Gaza City, Gaza on October 18, 2023.
A general view of the wreckage of vehicles after Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital was hit in Gaza City, Gaza on October 18, 2023.
  • Hamas and Israel traded blame over a deadly explosion at a hospital in Gaza City on Tuesday.
  • The White House said that after its own analysis, it concluded Israel is not responsible.
  • An official said this current assessment is based off imagery and open source information.

The current US assessment is that Israel isn't to blame for Tuesday's deadly explosion at a hospital in Gaza, a White House official said on Wednesday following an independent analysis of the incident. The assessment comes as President Joe Biden's makes a high-stakes visit to the war zone.