UPDATED - slightly less ambiguous now.

I vaguely remembered early reports of undisputed #IDF strikes on at least one #hospital in #Gaza (with fewer casualties than the recent incident).

But it was difficult to find them in the flood of reports about the more controversial incident.

14 October - Cancer diagnostic unit - no deaths, but some injured and damaged important health infrastructure

Tuesday 17 October - Carpark - some deaths but the number is unclear

#alAhliHospital #AhliHospital

Israel bombs Greek Orthodox Gaza church sheltering displaced people

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Calling the explosion on the Ahli hospital's car park (next to a lawn where upwards of a thousand Palestinians were seeking refuge) an "attack" — referring to an intentional act — was a little hasty and unhelpful by a #Unicef director no less. The territory of the incident (Gaza) and *claimed* "intent" can only implicate the #IDF.

The Palestinian jihadists, naturally, instantly blamed Israel for the "attack" and within hours the usual networks along with much of the media (including presumably *all* of the regional islamic media) had apportioned guilt and lynching parties were being formed on the "Arab street".

Yet #OSINT accounts — with visual and geolocating evidence trickling in — found no evidence of Israeli involvement. The netanyahu regime and even the IDF have in the past committed criminal acts which, after denials, the OSINT analysts have proven to have been their responsibility.

In this tragic case of mass casualties *all* the evidence really points at one in a volley of PIJ (Hamas allies Palestinian Islamic Jihad) unguided rockets failing soon after launch and landing on that hospital car park, still carrying and spilling most of its unspent propellant fuel, with the rocket's explosion also leading to secondary explosions of the surrounding cars.

Parroting science-illiterate jihadist propaganda only fuels those jihadists' agenda and does nothing to help the Palestinian cause. If anything positive comes from this tragedy it's given us a way to distinguish malignant propagandists from genuine seekers of solutions.

ref:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-67144061

#Israel #jihadism #AhliHospital
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Gaza hospital: What video, pictures and other evidence tell us about Al-Ahli hospital blast

BBC Verify is analysing evidence from the Al-Ahli hospital explosion amid competing claims over responsibility.

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