Deadly blast at Gaza hospital believed to have killed hundreds
Israel asserts that the bombing was caused by a "misfired" Islamic Jihad rocket, while Palestinian officials have blamed Israel. The explosion happened in Gaza City, in the north of the Gaza Strip, a densely populated enclave home to nearly 2 million people.
Site of explosion
Population per 100
square meters
Hospitals
Beit Lahiya
0
250+
Mediterranean
Sea
Jabalya
Gaza
City
Al-Ahli
Baptist Hospital
GAZA
ISRAEL
2 miles
2 km
LEBANON
SYRIA
Med. Sea
GOLAN
HEIGHTS
WEST
BANK
Tel Aviv
Jerusalem
Detail
JORDAN
GAZA
ISRAEL
EGYPT
Site of explosion
Hospitals
Population per 100
square meters
Beit Lahiya
0
250+
Mediterranean
Sea
Jabalya
Gaza
City
Al-Ahli
Baptist Hospital
2 miles
2 km
LEBANON
SYRIA
Med. Sea
GOLAN
HEIGHTS
WEST
BANK
Tel Aviv
Jerusalem
Detail
JORDAN
GAZA
ISRAEL
EGYPT
Population per 100 square meters
LEBANON
SYRIA
Med. Sea
GOLAN
HEIGHTS
0
250+
Hospitals
WEST
BANK
Tel Aviv
Jerusalem
ISRAEL
Detail
JORDAN
GAZA
Al Qaraya
al Badawiya
Erez crossing
ISRAEL
EGYPT
Beit Lahiya
2 miles
2 km
Beit Hanoun
Jabalya
Mediterranean Sea
Gaza
City
Al-Ahli
Baptist Hospital
Site of
explosion
GAZA
Al Zahra
Al Mughraqa