Al-Ahli Hospital Explosion — Disputed Death Toll

An explosion at Al-Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza City kills hundreds of people sheltering there. Hamas and Palestinian health officials initially claim Israeli airstrikes killed 500 people; Israel and the United States assert a misfired Palestinian Islamic Jihad rocket caused the explosion. The incident triggers massive protests across the Arab world. A UN Commission of Inquiry later finds the explosion caused by a projectile launched from within Gaza, though the exact death toll remains contested at 100–471.