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Headline: UNCAPTIONED: Gaza Hospital Blast Kills Hundreds
Caption: Gaza Hospital Blast Kills Hundreds. On Oct. 17, al-Ahli Baptist Hospital in Gaza City suffered a blast that killed a minimum of 200 to 300 people, the Palestinian Health Ministry said. At least another 200 were injured, NBC News reports. Gaza and Israel blamed each other for the disaster. Palestinian Health Ministry spokesman Ashraf Al Qudra blamed the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) for the blast. which Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu denies. "It was barbaric terrorists in Gaza that attacked the hospital in Gaza, and not the IDF.", Israeli Prim Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, via statement. According to Leonard Rubinstein, a John Hopkins University public health professor. the death toll is likely "the highest for a single incident involving a hospital," NBC News reports. President Joe Biden issued a statement, saying he is "outraged and deeply saddened by the explosion". He went on to say that he has "directed my national security team to continue gathering information about exactly what happened”. THIS VIDEO MUST NOT BE EDITED FOR LENGTH TO COMBINE WITH OTHER CONTENT
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