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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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[–] [email protected] 28 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Uh, did you miss this part?

Two U.S. officials told ABC News the Pentagon independently concluded

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The embedded tweet:

While we continue to collect information, our current assessment, based on analysis of overhead imagery, intercepts and open source information, is that Israel is not responsible for the explosion at the hospital in Gaza yesterday.

So the investigation isn't concluded, there might not have even been an official investigation, and all they're saying is Israel "isn't responsible".

None of what OPs headline claims.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 10 months ago (1 children)

That's a tweet from the white house national security council. That's completely independent of the article's claim that two pentagon officials gave them info.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Wow shocker the pentagon is defending its close partner in the war. Ill beleive them when they actually release evidence not just "The pentagon said so."