The American news network "CNN" reported that U.S. intelligence estimates that between 100 and 300 people were killed in the explosion that occurred earlier this week at the Baptist Al-Ahli Hospital in Gaza, according to a document seen by the news network.

CNN says the document confirms that there were only "minor structural damages to the hospital" and that Israel was not responsible for the explosion.

Hamas estimates that 471 people were killed, after having previously reported that the number was 500.

Hamas and several Arab countries blamed Israel for the explosion that took place at the hospital, but Israeli and American intelligence, which is adopted by most media outlets, indicated that the explosion was likely the result of a failed rocket launched from Gaza.

An influential European intelligence source stated to AFP that they believe at least 50 people were killed in the explosion at the Al-Ahli Hospital in Gaza on Tuesday.

Israel has denied responsibility for the explosion and presented evidence that it was caused by a rocket misfired by Islamic Jihad, which targeted Israel, a narrative accepted by the United Kingdom, the United States, and several other countries as credible.

Israel has also cast doubt on Hamas’s claims that 500 people were killed in the explosion, with Israeli military spokesman Jonathan Conricus questioning the figures from the Hamas-run ministry, asking: “Where are all the bodies?”

AFP reporters witnessed dozens of bodies at the scene, as rescue workers and civilians retrieved bodies wrapped in white cloth or blankets or black plastic bags. Images of the hospital after the assault published by the Maxar satellite monitoring group indicate that the hospital buildings appear to be largely intact.