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Prelude to the Best Sommelier of Canada Contest | SaltWireROME - Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said on Tuesday a blast at a hospital in Gaza City last week was not caused by a missile fired by Israel and also said around 50 people had been killed, not the almost 500 reported by Palestinian officials.
Tajani, who did not say what evidence his comments were based on, was commenting on the Oct. 17 explosion at Al Ahli hospital, among the most hotly disputed events of the Gaza war.An Israeli official has said the toll appeared to be"several dozen". A U.S. intelligence report estimated the number of those killed to be"probably at the low end of the 100 to 300 spectrum".
"We need to avoid the negative impact of propaganda. Because that missile, which was said to have caused 500 deaths - in reality it was around 50 people - and which inflamed Arab masses in big cities, was not however launched by Israel," Tajani told the Sky TG24 news channel.The governing Palestinian Islamist group Hamas accused Israel of carrying out an air strike on the hospital.
"Cars are ready to leave from Cairo to go and pick them up when the Rafah crossing opens," Tajani told RAI public radio. The group comprises seven Italians, seven dual Italian-Palestinian nationals and four Palestinians, Tajani said, adding that a 19th person, an Italian Red Cross worker, had said she wanted to remain in Gaza.
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