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U.S. President Joe Biden arrived in Israel on Wednesday pledging solidarity in its war against Hamas and backing its account that a blast that killed huge numbers of Palestinians at a Gaza hospital had been caused by militants.

The fireball that engulfed the Al-Ahli al-Arabi hospital delivered some of the most harrowing images yet from a 12-day war, and wrecked White House plans for Biden's emergency diplomatic mission to the Middle East, with Arab leaders calling off their planned summit with the U.S. president.

Palestinian officials blamed an Israeli air strike for the blast, which it said had killed as many as 500 people. Israel said the blast was caused by a failed rocket launch by the Palestinian Islamic Jihad militant group, which denied blame.

Speaking alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Biden said: "I was deeply saddened and outraged by the explosion of the hospital in Gaza yesterday, and based on what I've seen, it appears as though it was done by the other team, not you."

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[–] [email protected] 63 points 1 year ago (4 children)

"it appears as though"

I suspect that if the evidence was strong, Biden wouldn't have used such a weak endorsement.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yep.

If Israel had proof it was anyone but them, that would be what all these articles are about.

Believing them without proof is like believing trump when he says the election was stolen and he has mountains of proof.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They posted a video analysis and deleted it shortly after because it was obvious bullshit. War criminals gonna war crime.

[–] can 1 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yeah this is a really poor headline. He followed up by saying, in front of Netanyahu, that we were going to continue to investigate.

This is "police officer on the scene shares their preliminary understanding at the time" vs "journalists do in depth dive of what happened".

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

it appears as though it was done by the other team, not you.

saying this at all is fucking insane! even the implication that you needed to say this is why maybe you shouldn't say it!

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 year ago

The claim it was Palestinian militants really lacks credibility.

They simply do not have ordinance with the magnitude to kill hundreds and destroy a hospital. If they did, they would be firing them at Israel every day.

On top of that, Netanyahu's spokesman claimed responsibility for the attack.