The Israel Defense Forces has reportedly launched an investigation into the apparent unapproved demolition of a hospital in the central Gaza Strip last week.

The military confirmed the details to Haaretz on Monday, saying “the incident is being investigated.”

The so-called Turkish Hospital building was still considered a sensitive site, the report said, even though it had ceased to be used as a hospital for some time, under wartime orders from the IDF.

Footage posted to social media on Friday showed the IDF blowing up the Turkish-Palestinian Friendship Hospital, located in the Netzarim Corridor area.

The IDF claimed at the time, in response to a query, that it carried out an airstrike on a group of Hamas operatives residing at the hospital, which the terror group had turned into “terror infrastructure.”

A clip posted online, however, showed a controlled demolition of the hospital,........

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