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submitted 8 months ago by Stamau123@lemmy.world to c/world@lemmy.world

President Joe Biden was asked by a reporter in Israel on Wednesday what made him confident that the Israelis weren't behind the explosion that killed hundreds at a Gaza hospital on Tuesday.

Biden responded that it was "the data I was shown by my Defense Department."

Two U.S. officials told ABC News the Pentagon independently concluded the Gaza hospital blast was likely caused by an errant Palestinian Islamic Jihad rocket that fell short of its target.

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[-] sndmn@lemmy.ca 14 points 8 months ago

Colin Powell has entered the chat.

[-] eestileib@sh.itjust.works 15 points 8 months ago

I haven't seen anything personally convincing, there's a photo of a pothole that's supposed to prove something I guess?

And the US government has a long and costly history of making up accusations against Arab Muslims.

[-] Thorny_Insight@lemm.ee 5 points 8 months ago

I'm not sure if you've seen the videos released by IDF of them bombing Gaza, but those bombs literally bring down entire buildings. They're massive. If one like that fell on the hospital parking lot there would be a huge hole in the ground and the buildings around would be obliterated. Also if it was JDAM it would not have hit the parking lot unless for some reason that's what they were targeting. It's a guided bomb unlike the unguided rockets Hamas is using. JDAMs are accurate to 10 meters or so.

[-] whoisearth@lemmy.ca 3 points 8 months ago

He been stroking it from the hallway

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