Gaza, Israel trade blame for hospital strike that killed hundreds in Gaza City

[Gunny]

Gaza, Israel trade blame for hospital strike that killed hundreds in Gaza City | The Hill (https://thehill.com/policy/defense/4260742-gaza-says-500-killed-in-israeli-strike-on-hospital-where-civilians-were-sheltering/)

[Kathianne]

Gaza, Israel trade blame for hospital strike that killed hundreds in Gaza City | The Hill (https://thehill.com/policy/defense/4260742-gaza-says-500-killed-in-israeli-strike-on-hospital-where-civilians-were-sheltering/)
I know where I'd lay my bet.

[Kathianne]

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/spencerbrown/2023/10/17/did-hamas-rocket-misfire-just-take-out-a-hospital-in-gaza-city-n2629969

You need to go to site for videos, worth it.


Hundreds Killed by Islamic Jihad After Misfire Causes Explosion at Gaza City HospitalSpencer Brown


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October 17, 2023 3:15 PM

Following a blast at a hospital in Gaza City on Tuesday, Hamas immediately claimed that an Israel Defense Forces strike was to blame — but the evidence does not support such claims from Hamas officials pretending to be impartial government ministers inside the Gaza Strip. In fact, the evidence disproves what Hamas — and many of its sympathizers in the media and politics — have said.


Instead of what Hamas rushed to claim, it appears the attempt to blame Israeli forces and further demonize Israel and its people is nothing more than scrambling to draw attention away from the mass-casualty event that was, in fact, the result of a misfired Hamas or another Iran-backed terrorist's rocket and, potentially simultaneously, an attempt to cover up the fact that Hamas was again using a hospital to house terrorist infrastructure and weapons stockpiles.


Here's some of the video circulating that shows the cause of the explosion:




In addition, Al Jazeera unwittingly broadcast live video of the terrorist rocket misfiring and blowing up the hospital in Gaza City.




The blast occurred just minutes after a large barrage of Hamas rockets were fired toward Tel Aviv and Hamas reportedly announced that they were in the process of launching their "most robust weapons" at Haifa just before the hospital explosion — but no such weapon reached Haifa.




After an initial investigation on Tuesday, the IDF said they have evidence showing the hospital explosion was in fact caused by a botched Hamas rocket launch intended for Israeli civilians, potentially from the surveillance drones swarming the skies. What's more, IDF was not active in the area of the explosion at the time it occurred.


Even pro-Gaza outlets have reported that the hospital was struck by a misfired rocket which also set off more terrorist weapons stored in the hospital.


Subsequent investigation by the IDF led them to the conclusion that the explosion was caused by a misfired rocket launched by Islamic Jihad, a frequent coordinating partner of Hamas:


It's no secret that terrorist rockets launched from the Gaza Strip — often cannibalized from street signposts, sewer pipes, and other tubes intended for other peaceful uses — often misfire and land inside the Gaza Strip.


Also worth noting is the fact that Israel called for the evacuation of civilians from hospitals and other locations in the northern Gaza Strip on Friday — something Hamas worked to prevent by blocking evacuation routes and telling residents to stay put in order for the Iran-backed terrorists to maintain the presence of human shields.


As Fox News Channel's Trey Yingst pointed out, every claim from Hamas and subsequent reporting of those claims must be scrutinized and verified — but that hasn't stopped pro-Hamas media outlets from quickly parroting their anti-Israel narrative.


The immediate amplification of Hamas' claims fed the fire of anti-Israel sentiment on full display in the United States since Hamas' massacre of Israeli civilians began last week — hateful sentiments that, even after being almost immediately disproven, will sadly continue to spread courtesy of shameless individuals such as Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI).

[Kathianne]

You'll have to go to link for videos and X. The list is very long, sadly.

https://freebeacon.com/media/here-are-the-media-outlets-that-uncritically-regurgitated-hamas-propaganda/


WATCH: Here Are the Media Outlets That Uncritically Regurgitated Hamas PropagandaReporters and major news outlets claimed without evidence that Israel blew up a hospital in Gaza. They were wrong.


Drew Holden and Thaleigha Rampersad
October 18, 2023
When a hospital in the Gaza Strip blew up on Tuesday night, U.S. and international news media uncritically reported Hamas terrorists' claims of an Israeli massacre. The White House and Israel have since refuted that account, citing imagery, intercepts, and open-source information.


Many of the same outlets have obsessed over the spread of "misinformation" in recent years yet created their own by parroting Hamas during a war the terror group savagely provoked with Israel.


The journalistic fiasco was an example of the media's tendency to adopt the Palestinians' narrative about the conflict with Israel, even when that narrative is unsupported by the facts. In this case, there were geopolitical consequences: U.S. Democratic lawmakers and Arab leaders condemned Israel for the bombing, Jordan canceled a planned summit with Biden, and riots broke out in the West Bank and elsewhere in the Muslim world.


Immediately after the hospital blast, which occurred around 7:30 p.m. local time, outlets reported that Israel had bombed the facility, killing hundreds of Palestinians. The reports generally referred to their source—the Hamas terrorist group that governs Gaza—as "Palestinian officials" or "health authorities."


















Journalists on X also promoted Hamas's version of events without proof. Then, as evidence began to emerge suggesting that Palestinian Islamic Jihad, a Hamas affiliate in Gaza, bombed the hospital, many of those journalists fought to prevent the media coverage from shifting.










Washington Post reporter Evan Hill, Post columnist Karen Attiah, and Los Angeles Times reporter Adam Elmahrek last week nitpicked evidence that Hamas gunmen beheaded the Israeli babies they killed in the Oct. 7 terrorist attack that sparked the Gaza war.


The media gradually backtracked on blaming Israel for the hospital explosion—albeit without admitting they were wrong in the first place.










Even some of Israel’s critics on X posted updates.






Still, the media were not deterred from relying on Hamas for information. On Thursday, outlets continued to cite the terrorist group's improbable claims about the numbers of dead and injured. NBC News on Wednesday broadcast a report from a Gazan journalist who said that "according to the experts," 900 people were killed in the hospital blast, and only "the Israeli occupation" could be responsible for such a large death toll.




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[Gunny]

still, the media were not deterred from relying on Hamas for information. On Thursday, outlets continued to cite the terrorist group's improbable claims about the numbers of dead and injured. NBC News on Wednesday broadcast a report from a Gazan journalist who said that "according to the experts," 900 people were killed in the hospital blast, and only "the Israeli occupation" could be responsible for such a large death toll.

This is the part that is just beyond, and it isn't just Arab media. The MSM in general, like all other things these days, is determined to throw mud at the good guys, regardless the facts. It's low-life disgusting, is what it is:rolleyes: