Document Exposes: How Islamic Jihad Sacrificed Hundreds of Gazans with Defective Missiles

A newly uncovered document from the Gaza Strip exposes a grim reality about Palestinian Islamic Jihad's operations during the ongoing war, revealing that the terrorist group deliberately continued firing faulty rockets despite knowing they frequently fell short and killed Gazan civilians. The revelation highlights the disregard terrorist organizations show for Palestinian lives, prioritizing propaganda gains against Israel over the safety of those they claim to defend.

The document, discovered during Israeli military operations in Gaza and analyzed by intelligence experts, details a heated meeting in Beirut between a senior Hamas official, referred to by the code name "Ahmed," and Akram al-Ajuri, head of Islamic Jihad's military wing. According to the record written by Ahmed, he directly confronted Ajuri about the repeated incidents of Islamic Jihad rockets landing inside Gaza and striking civilian homes in broad daylight. Ajuri's response was stark and unapologetic. He stated, "We’re at war. And even if a thousand people are killed by friendly fire, that’s the price of war."

Ajuri went further, admitting full awareness of the rockets' defects. He explained that Islamic Jihad's military wing had produced the weapons using blueprints supplied by Iran's Revolutionary Guards, yet the group persisted in launching them regardless of the high failure rate and the resulting civilian casualties among Gazans.

One of the most notorious incidents tied to this pattern occurred just ten days into the war. An Islamic Jihad rocket, fired toward Israel, malfunctioned and crashed into the courtyard of Al-Ahli Hospital in Gaza City, where thousands of displaced civilians had sought shelter from Israeli airstrikes. The explosion killed hundreds of people in the densely packed area. Hamas immediately accused Israel of carrying out a deliberate massacre, hoping the claim would generate global outrage and force a halt to Israel's military campaign. However, video footage later released by the Israeli Defense Forces, and independently broadcast by Al Jazeera, captured the rocket's launch from within Gaza followed by its descent and impact inside the hospital grounds, confirming it as a misfired Palestinian rocket.

This pattern fits a broader record of rocket misfires by both Hamas terrorists and Islamic Jihad throughout the war, with numerous documented cases of projectiles landing short in Gaza neighborhoods, schools, and residential zones. Rather than adjust tactics or halt launches of known defective munitions, Islamic Jihad's leadership viewed civilian deaths as an inevitable and acceptable toll, using the resulting fatalities to fuel anti-Israel narratives and international condemnation.

The document's contents reinforce long-standing accusations that terrorist groups in Gaza exploit civilian suffering for political and propaganda purposes, showing little regard for the value of Gazan lives when it serves their aims against Israel. By continuing to deploy unreliable rockets manufactured under Iranian guidance, Islamic Jihad not only endangered Israelis but actively contributed to the high civilian death toll inside Gaza itself, turning tragedy into a tool.