GAZA CITY, GAZA—Following conflicting accounts of a horrific attack on a Gaza hospital, officials from the Israeli Defense Forces released a new statement Wednesday that claimed it was you, the reader of this very article, who committed the act of terror. Sources claim to have unequivocal proof that you, dear reader,…

GAZA CITY, GAZA—Following conflicting accounts of a horrific attack on a Gaza hospital, officials from the Israeli Defense Forces released a new statement Wednesday that claimed it was you, the reader of this very article, who committed the act of terror.

  • roguetrick@kbin.social
    33·
    1 year ago

    Man, that guy that got mad about a joke that called him dense regarding this topic is going to be pissed about this.

    • Echo Dot@feddit.ukEnglish
      4·
      1 year ago

      Well no, not really.

      You think every country wants in on this war, no chance, firstly because it’s hard to figure out who is even the best side to back and secondly regardless of who ends up winning or if there’s a peace treaty (very unlikely), literally nothing will change in the region. The whole area is a powder keg at the best of times. And it’s really in the best of times.

    • figaro@lemdro.idEnglish
      19·
      1 year ago

      Genuine question - 500 people died, right? Did that actually happen, and was it a result of this?

      • Thorny_Insight@lemm.eeEnglish
        26·
        1 year ago

        500 would be an insane death toll even for an actual JDAM strike on a building. Currently, however, nothing indcates that this was an Israeli strike. Their bombs are massive compared to the ones Hamas is using. The parking lot which the rocket hit is barely damaged except for the damage caused by fire. If it was Israeli bomb there would be a massive crater on the ground. There is some DISTURBING NSFL FOOTAGE that seems to indicate, that there indeed was several casualties in that strike but I’d guess we’re more like talking of tens, not hundreds of dead.

        • Echo Dot@feddit.ukEnglish
          5·
          1 year ago

          Oh wow, I haven’t seen pictures of this until now (only clicks your first link thanks very much) but I assumed it was a parking “building” (sorry I don’t know the correct English word). But this is just a parking lot.

          It’s almost like the footage you see whenever there is a Tesla fire

      • bluewing@lemm.eeEnglish
        5·
        1 year ago

        It is VERY doubtful if 500 people died even with a direct hit that leveled the building. Supposedly, from what I can tell, (from 2 sources I’m not completely sold on yet), it was an 80 bed hospital. So it would be extremely unlikely that 500 people would be there even on it’s most crowded day ever.

        And it appears general consensus is the rocket hit the parking lot, so casualties would be even less…

        • figaro@lemdro.idEnglish
          1·
          1 year ago

          That seems so short sighted. Like why make something up that will absolutely be refuted within hours? It just makes people not trust you.

    • Nobody@lemmy.worldEnglish
      19·
      1 year ago

      Yeah, I don’t agree with what Israel is doing in Gaza and am under no illusions that the IDF doesn’t do bad things, but the evidence just doesn’t back up the “hospital airstrike with 500 dead” claims. Footage shows a rocket fired from inside Gaza misfiring and landing in a parking lot next to the hospital. The geolocation of the footage has been verified. The visible damage is burned up cars in a parking lot. The actual hospital wasn’t hit by anything and the damage is way more consistent with burning rocket fuel than a high explosive detonation, which would have left a massive crater where the parking lot used to be.