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Gaza City , as thousands of rockets fired by terrorists in Gaza fell on Israeli population centers, at least one fell short , hitting a hospital in Gaza City. As many as 1 in 4 such rockets routinely fall within the Gaza strip, and last night’s projectile, fired by the Islamic Jihad terror group, struck the hospital and killed hundreds of civilians. US officials said yesterday a Tuesday explosion at a Gaza hospital was likely caused by a rocket launched from the nearby area. Hamas, which controls the Gaza Strip, has claimed an Israeli airstrike hit the building that housed hundreds of civilians at the time. The Gaza Health Ministry said at least 471 people had died.
Experts said images and videos posted online were inconsistent with a strike, including the lack of a blast crater. US officials said infrared satellite imagery showed a projectile fired from within Gaza, while Israel said it intercepted Hamas communications blaming an allied group, Palestinian Islamic Jihad . Following a thorough investigation, the Israel Defense Forces concluded that “an Islamic Jihad rocket aimed at Israel misfired and hit the hospital in Gaza.” The IDF cited multiple points of evidence , including multiple independent videos of the incident, phone calls between Hamas operatives and aerial surveillance footage.
Damage from the failed rocket launch is in the parking lot nearby and does not feature either a crater resulting from a strike or damage to surrounding infrastructure, both which would have resulted from an IDF strike: https://bit.ly/3S1UIWo
Recording of a conversation between Hamas operatives regarding the Islamic Jihad failed rocket launch on the hospital on October 17, 2023: https://bit.ly/3S4xqiG
President Joe Biden, who landed in Israel this morning in a show of American support for Israel, concluded similarly to Israelis: “I was deeply saddened and outraged by the explosion at the hospital in Gaza yesterday.” He stated to Israel that the responsible party was “the other team, and not you,” indicting the terror groups in Gaza. The president added that his conclusion was based on “the data I was shown by my defense department.”
Separately, Israel said it would allow humanitarian aid to pass into Gaza from Egypt. The decision comes as a nearly complete blockade implemented by Israel entered its 10th day. Israeli officials say the blockade is necessary to force Hamas to release as many as 199 hostages, whose current fate is unknown.
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These depraved animals probably did it to their own people on purpose in an effort to harness world antisemitic sentiment and turn the PR battle against Israel.
The Hamas fired rocket hit the parking lot, not the hospital.
Normally you don’t repeat propaganda.
On the contrary, when you repeat propaganda enough it becomes true.
But CNN and the rest of the mainstream media ran with the story of how evil Israel did it. It sent everyone into a frenzy. College campuses went wild. By the way, the source of that information was Hamas.
We need a more realistic term for “occupied territory “ and “settlers “.