Wednesday 18 October - Gaza War - Aggregation & Commentary (live)

 Gaza, October 2023. What did you think “Never Again” meant? 

Within moments of the explosion last night at Al-Ahli Hospital in Gaza, the Palestinian narrative – here I mean not just the Islamists, Al Jazeera, but also the PLO in Ramallah along with their enablers in the media and on social media – portrayed Israel as having purposefully bombed the hospital to kill the patients and medical staff.

Knee-jerk headline. The New York Times has a long history of anti-Israelism 

If that is what you still believe, you are an enemy of Israel but get in the back of the line. 

In front of you stands Assad of Syria, who said we had committed the “bloodiest massacre against humanity” in the modern era. Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey called “on all humanity to take action to stop Israel’s unprecedented brutality in Gaza.” 

Days before the hospital explosion, North Korean state media blamed Israel for causing “constant criminal acts against the Palestinian people.” 

Putin’s Kremlin denounced Israel for its “felonious…crime …[its] act of dehumanization.” 

So, here is what really happened: Islamic Jihad was shooting at Israeli civilians, maybe at one of our hospitals, and there was a mishap. One of their rockets fell on a compound near Al-Ahli Hospital, apparently detonating an unlawful arsenal stored between the hospital and an adjacent cemetery.

Here are two Hamas operatives talking about the explosion in real-time:

https://x.com/idfonline/status/1714549126799482925?s=20

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Here is Channel 12 Arab affairs reporter Ohad Hemo אוהד חמו setting out in Arabic how the calamity happened.

https://x.com/N12News/status/1714585332228702459?s=20 

And here is footage from around the hospital before and after

https://x.com/LtColRichard/status/1714587192511599022?s=20

For a detailed report, see IDF provides evidence hospital blast was a misfired Islamic Jihad rocket

IDF spokesman Daniel Hagari shares drone footage and a recording proving Israel was not behind the attack on the hospital (link)   

In the final analysis, Hamas is responsible for the safety and security of Gazans. They started this war. It is true that a majority of Gazans, indeed of all Palestinians, voted for Hamas in the past election, but that does not give Hamas the right to use them as human shields. 

Which side are you on?

Back in New York, enemies of Israel continue to scapegoat random Jews and Jewish businesses and institutions. (h/t AS)