Jordan Says Deep Skepticism About Israel and U.S. Assessments Over Gaza Hospital Blast

There is deep skepticism across the Middle East about Israel and U.S. assessment of the Gaza hospital blast, Jordan’s foreign minister, Ayman Safadi, said Wednesday. Israel, the U.S. government and independent security experts said Wednesday the preliminary evidence for a deadly explosion at a Gaza hospital compound pointed to a local militant group, casting doubt on Palestinian claims that an Israeli airstrike was responsible.

“Nobody is buying that narrative in this part of the world,” Safadi told NBC News. Earlier Wednesday, Safadi told CNN that Jordan believes that Israel was responsible. “Everybody here believes that Israel is responsible for it. The Israeli army is saying it’s not … but to be honest, try and find anybody who’s going to believe it in this part of the world.”