Published October 23, 2023
Squad member Rashida Tlaib continues to doubt that an errant Palestinian Islamic Jihad rocket — not an Israel Defense Force rocket — hit the hospital in Gaza City on October 17.
In an official statement released Monday, Tlaib said that “media outlets and third-party analysts” have been raising doubts about Israel’s presented evidence that an errant Palestinian Islamic Jihad rocket hit a hospital’s parking lot in Gaza, which possibly killed 50 people — not the 500 initially reported.
“Media outlets and third-party analysts have raised doubts about claims and evidence offered by both Israel and the Gaza Ministry of Health, and I agree with the United Nations that an independent investigation is necessary,” she wrote, continuing:
I cannot uncritically accept Israel’s denials of responsibility as fact, especially in light of confirmation from the World Health Organization that Israel has bombed numerous medical facilities in Gaza and reports from the Palestinian Red Crescent Society of ongoing threats from the Israeli military to evacuate hospitals.
Tlaib further stressed that both the Israeli and United States governments have long used lies to cover up war crimes. She called for an independent investigation to settle the dispute:
Both the Israeli and United States governments have long, documented histories of misleading the public about wars and war crimes—like last year’s Israeli military assassination of Shireen Abu Akleh and the false claims of weapons of mass destruction that led our country into the Iraq War—and cannot clear themselves of responsibility without an independent international investigation. This debate should not distract us from the urgent need for a ceasefire to save innocent civilian lives.
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SOURCE: https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/10/23/rashida-tlaib-still-doubts-israels-claim-about-hospital-explosion-calls-for-an-independent-investigation/
RELATED: New York Times admits it relied too heavily on Hamas claims in Gaza hospital attack coverage
Published October 23, 2023
The New York Times has admitted it “relied too heavily on claims by Hamas” in its reporting of an explosion at a Gaza hospital — though the paper has not yet refuted the terrorist organization’s claims that Israel was responsible.
The newspaper issued the statement Monday, five days after running a headline on its front page, above the fold, reading: “Israeli Strike Kills Hundreds in Hospital, Palestinians Say.”
The initial Times report claimed 500 people were killed in the attack, citing Hamas officials, and included a picture of a wrecked building that was not actually the Al-Ahli Hospital.
“The Times’s initial accounts attributed the claim of Israeli responsibility to Palestinian officials, and noted that the Israeli military said it was investigating the blast,” the editors’ note said.
“However, the early versions of the coverage — and the prominence it received in a headline, news alert and social media channels — relied too heavily on claims by Hamas, and did not make clear that those claims could not immediately be verified.”
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SOURCE: https://nypost.com/2023/10/23/new-york-times-says-it-relied-too-heavily-on-hamas-reporting/
RELATED: CNN Investigates: Forensic analysis of images and videos suggests rocket caused Gaza hospital blast, not Israeli airstrike
Published October 22, 2023
In the days since a blast ripped through the packed Al-Ahli Hospital in Gaza City, killing hundreds of Palestinians, dueling claims between Palestinian militants and the Israeli government over culpability are still raging. But forensic analysis of publicly available imagery and footage has begun to offer some clues as to what caused the explosion.
CNN has reviewed dozens of videos posted on social media, aired on live broadcasts and filmed by a freelance journalist working for CNN in Gaza, as well as satellite imagery, to piece together what happened in as much detail as possible.
Without the ability to access the site and gather evidence from the ground, no conclusion can be definitive. But CNN’s analysis suggests that a rocket launched from within Gaza broke up midair, and that the blast at the hospital was the result of part of the rocket landing at the hospital complex.
Weapons and explosive experts with decades of experience assessing bomb damage, who reviewed the visual evidence, told CNN they believe this to be the most likely scenario – although they caution the absence of munition remnants or shrapnel from the scene made it difficult to be sure. All agreed that the available evidence of the damage at the site was not consistent with an Israeli airstrike.
