GeoConfirmed are pretty good in what they do as evidenced by some of their analysis in Ukraine. I literally just came on now to post that tweet. I have to agree with @Tamir on this one.
But people will see what they want to see and let that fit into their preconceived idea of what must surely have happened.
32 UNWRA schools sheltering civilians , which have been deconflicted (i.e. their co-ordinates provided to the IDF) have been hit by Israeli fire. Six were killed in one such attack yesterday.
The same thing happened in the last Gaza âwarâ.
But the IDF doesnât deliberately target civilians.
If the rocket hit an oxygen cylinder or similar it could create a hell of an explosion. That would be possible in a hospital. There is obviously no way of determining that.
Part of an intercepted rocket, or a misfired one is likely to hit the roof of the hospital. Would it have the capability to rip through the building and reach the stored oxygen which is likely to be stored downstairs?
Maybe, Israel didnât target the hospital, maybe. Could it be that one of their interceptor rocket hit the hospital?
We donât know what caught on fire. Neither do we know where the oxygen was stored (even if itâs assumed to be the oxygen tanks)
The videos show that sustained barrage of rockets towards Israel from a position beyond the hospital and there probably was a misfire / interception with one or two of the missiles. The iron dome doesnât extend to targets over Gaza though.
Last year - They took responsiblity over the death of a journalist (i think her name was Shirin Abu Akala)
It wasnt intentional and happened on the battlefield (anyone who saw urban battles in his own eyes can know how hard it is - one big mess)
This is war - hamas started it
Watch the video at 19:40. Where hospitals are justified as valid targets.
âNow I know the area. and I suppose your talking about the main hospital, the shifa hospital
the shifa hospital, its been turned into a Hamas bunker. If Hamas wants to save them they should just leave their arms and come out and nothing will happen as long as they keep the shifa hospital just like schools and kindergartens as bunkers and they fight out from there there is no law, there
is no law in this universe that protects them.â
âYou know what ? Mark my words and you can show it again because I know its its recorded. When this war is over and we will bring in the international press to Shifa and to the bunkers. THe underground bunkers. The underground tunnels that Hamas is created in Gaza.â
Are we just going to echo blatant propaganda and justification for massacre? Israel have bombed hospitals and schools in the past and are doing so again. Theyâre literally starving and dehydrating an entire population. But weâre going to believe they didnât do this?
They didnât intercept anything to warn them of a massive attack from Hamas, but managed to get a crystal clear recording of this?