The NY Times editorial cycle:
1. Spread a lie supporting the narrative
2. Massage it until it's just true enough
3. Deny ever spreading a lie
4. Accuse others opposed to the narrative of spreading misinformation— Life is a Liberty Matter (@LibertyMatter77) October 17, 2023
Here’s another Western Liberal Elite idiot, former British Labour Party MP Chris Williamson. They fall for the same lies over and over and that’s assuming good faith on their part. After falling for Hamas lies, he supports Hamas’ “final solution.” Make no mistake what and who these people are. They are Islamic Nazis:
Former British MP: Israel Has ‘Forfeited Any Right to Exist’
“…Falls for Media Hoax Blaming Gaza Hospital Blast on IDF…”
You can read these people like a bad book:
TRUDEAU AMONGST FIRST IN RUSH TO BLAME JEWS
TLAIB blames Israel for hospital blast
Meanwhile, wait just a few hours and the truth becomes clear:
EVIDENCE: PALESTINIAN TERRORISTS HIT HOSPITAL
Biden: Gaza Hospital Blast ‘Appears as Though It Was Done by the Other Team’ and Not Israel
IDF confirms Gaza hospital blast caused by Islamic Jihad rocket misfire
Another video from Al Jazeera appears to show the same failed rocket. pic.twitter.com/JNXLszA4Nq
— Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian (@manniefabian) October 17, 2023
No explosion crater = not the IDF pic.twitter.com/jL6d1nDPp8
— האוחז בהגה κυβερνήτης (@Capt_Zion) October 18, 2023
IDF: Military intercepted communications indicating Islamic Jihad fired hospital rocket
“…In a briefing with reporters, IDF spokesperson Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari said radar detected outgoing rocket fire at the same moment the blast at the Gaza hospital occurred on Tuesday, and intercepted communications between terror groups indicating that Islamic Jihad fired the rockets.
The army determined there were no air force, ground or naval attacks in the area at the time of the blast at the Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital.
Hagari also shared aerial footage collected by a military drone that showed a blast that he said was inconsistent with Israeli weaponry. He said the explosion occurred in the building’s parking lot.
Since the war began, the military said in a statement that roughly 450 rockets fired at Israel by terror groups had landed in Gaza, “endangering and harming the lives of Gazan residents.”…”
Disinformation Campaign on ‘Bombed’ Hospital
“…All of that would have been conclusive enough, but now that there is daylight in the area, what we are seeing at the hospital is shocking.
Full footage from TASS, no impact craters, interior spaces appear to be intact. Injuries from flying glass appear to have occurred. pic.twitter.com/XCP8mG5YGx
— OSINTtechnical (@Osinttechnical) October 18, 2023
There is drone footage from before and after that shows the same as above. Also inconsistent with an airstrike. https://t.co/3DoImxFppa
— AG (@AGHamilton29) October 18, 2023
As you can see, the hospital itself was not even hit or damaged (aside from some broken windows). Rather, the rocket fell short into the parking lot, burning some cars. There is no impact crater consistent with a high-explosive bomb from the IAF. Instead, essentially all of the damage appears to have been from a fire caused by the unspent rocket fuel.
Further, the idea that 500 people were killed appears to be completely false. At most, it may have been a few dozen people, and that’s assuming the parking even had a large number of people in it. As I pointed out in my initial reporting, it would have been impossible for Hamas to recover and count 500 bodies from a supposedly still-burning hospital within the span of an hour. That never made sense.
This was a targeted disinformation campaign that ran its way around the globe, parroted by the largest news outlets, causing violence in multiple countries. That violence is still ongoing, with Western embassies and consulates under attack in Lebanon, Turkey, and Jordan, among others.
It was all based on a lie told by a terrorist organization. This wasn’t a small fudging of the situation either. Hamas completely made up a story about a hospital being leveled by an IAF bombing. The press reported it uncritically for hours, with some claiming people were being “pulled from the rubble.” They then made up a story about 500 people being dead. The press also repeated those numbers with zero verification.
Where is the accountability? Who is going to lose their job over this? Will there be apologies issued from these news organizations that claim the utmost credibility? Don’t hold your breath, but let this be another lesson that you should never blindly believe the mainstream press, especially when there are tell-tale signs that things aren’t adding up…”