Two days after Justin Trudeau declined to comment on who was responsible for the Oct. 17 explosion near a hospital in Gaza, Defense Minister Bill Blair suggested in a press release issued Saturday that Canada’s position was “that” of Israel did not attack the hospital.”
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“An independent analysis by the Canadian Forces Intelligence Command shows with a high degree of certainty that Israel did not attack the hospital on October 17, 2023,” he claims.
“The most likely scenario is that the attack came from a rocket fired from Gaza,” the minister added in his statement. We will continue to provide updates as new information emerges.”
Independent Analysis of Intelligence Command by @ForcesCanada indicates with high certainty that Israel did not attack the hospital on October 17, 2023. The most likely scenario is that the attack came from a rocket fired from Gaza.
— Bill Blair (@BillBlair) October 22, 2023
Canada now takes the same position as the USA, which in turn spoke out the day after the explosion based, among other things, on video recordings of the incident and its secret service.
“Based on the information we have so far, it appears so [la frappe] or the result of a runaway rocket fired by a terrorist group in Gaza,” President Joe Biden said during his visit to Israel on Wednesday.
This explosion would have caused deaths “probably in the low range between 100 and 300,” according to a statement from American intelligence consulted by AFP, but the official figure is unknown.