“The Israeli army has insisted that a mortar round it fired into a UN shelter in Gaza on Thursday in a clash with “militants” was not responsible for the deaths of at least 15 people.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said in a statement that only a “single errant mortar” landed in the school courtyard.

It has released aerial footage which it says proves the shelter was empty at the time the stray shell went off.”* The Young Turks host Cenk Uygur breaks it down.

*Read more here from BBC:
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-2851529