[pjw] UPDATES: AP says hospital likely hit by Gazan missle, Snopes elaborates

[Peace and Justice Works]

Hi
Though the Associated Press includes a statement from Hamas which says:

"Look at the stupid position that was taken by the President of the United 
States of America who said, 'I agree with Israel's version' without any 
investigation,"

they also analyzed a lot of video and other evidence which leads them to 
believe a rocket from Gaza hit the al-Ahli Arab Hospital earlier this 
week.

https://www.oregonlive.com/nation/2023/10/rocket-from-gaza-likely-caused-deadly-hospital-explosion-according-to-video-analysis.html

What I don't see in the article is that the same hospital was hit by 
Israeli weapons three days earlier.

  This was not the first airstrike on the hospital in question. The New
  York Times confirmed that the same hospital had been hit by rocket fire
  on Oct.  14, 2023, before the more recent attack, in which four people
  had been  injured. The Anglican Church — which oversees the Ahli hospital
  — said in a statement the Oct. 14 airstrike was Israel’s responsibility:
  "The Ahli Hospital was hit by Israeli rocket fire last night, with four
  staff injured in the blast. Other hospitals have also been hit."

  An unnamed senior health official in Gaza told Al Jazeera that Israel had
  fired two artillery shells as a "warning" at Al Ahli Arab Hospital, just
  days before the explosion. We could not determine if these were part of
  the Oct. 14, 2023, rocket fire.

This from Snopes.com, a very reliable fact-checking site.

https://www.snopes.com/news/2023/10/19/israel-warned-al-ahli-arab-hospital-leave/

So, you have more info now for those who will argue about this point.

dan handelman
peace and justice works iraq affinity group