The recent Gaza hospital blast has caused significant loss of life. Estimates range between 471-500 (Gaza HM) and 100-300 (US intelligence) people killed. ([AP][1]), and there still an ongoing investigation underway on the subject: > Israel faces blame from regional allies over Gaza hospital deaths ([The Guardian][2]) and > “It appears the result of an errant rocket fired by a terrorist > group,” the U.S. president says. ([NBC][3]) and >There is little doubt that the destruction of the al-Ahli Arab Hospital is a war crime, no matter who is ultimately responsible. ([Al Jazeera][4]) It seems a significant amount of the weaponry and rockets fired from Gaza are homemade ([CNN][5]) so there may be a risk they wont reach their indented targets, but explode on Gazan territory. Israeli news also reported in September a 'premature explosion': > 6 killed in Gaza border blast during rioting, apparently while > planting bomb ([Times of Israel][6]) and > according to the IDF one in five Gaza rockets misfires, kills > Palestinians ([jpost][7]) Considering Gaza doesn't have an Iron Dome, 1/5 rockets misfiring can cause quite a lot of damage, even if Israel doesn't fire back (which they do) I am curious, **if** it was a Jihad misfire, how likely that they'd admit it? **So did organizations like the Hamas or the Islamic Jihad ever took blame for rocket misfires or homemade explosives going off in their own populated areas?** [1]: https://apnews.com/article/israel-hamas-war-gaza-health-ministry-health-death-toll-59470820308b31f1faf73c703400b033 [2]: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/oct/18/israel-faces-blame-from-regional-allies-over-gaza-hospital-deaths [3]: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/live-blog/israel-hamas-war-live-updates-rcna120978 [4]: https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2023/10/26/the-icc-should-urgently-investigate-what-happened-at-al-ahli-arab-hospital [5]: https://edition.cnn.com/2023/10/13/middleeast/hamas-weapons-invs/index.html#:~:text=Hamas%20produces%20the%20vast%20majority,makeshift%20rockets%20is%20less%20known. [6]: https://www.timesofisrael.com/4-killed-in-gaza-border-blast-during-rioting-apparently-while-planting-bomb/ [7]: https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-769509