Israel search of Gaza's Shifa Hospital yet to reveal Hamas base
Israel search of Gaza's Shifa Hospital yet to reveal Hamas base
Residents say Israeli forces dropped leaflets warning Palestinians to flee parts of southern Gaza. That signals a possible expansion of their operations to the zone where most of the territory’s population has fled to escape Israel’s bombardment and ground assault.
I'm sure they'll suddenly find it in two weeks when they've had enough time to construct one.
Remember when the attacks happened and they "found" documents on one of the raiders bodies, conveniently labeled Top Secret and listing the names of target areas? And the stapled-together documents, which were supposedly printed out, reviewed multiple times by the attackers, carried into battle in mid-80s heat by someone carrying weapons and body armor (so very sweaty) for a couple miles, got into at least one firefight that ended with the raider dead, retrieved from the body by Israeli soldiers, reviewed by them, and then shown to an ever-so-convenient reporter who took pictures of these battle plans?
Except that, for everything the "battle plans" had supposedly been through, there were no sstains on them. They weren't even bent over where the staple was. The only 'damage' to the 'plans' were that one corner was slightly bent over.The problem was people trying to defend it in the comments, it was the most pathetic thing you could see.
Imagine if the IDF put some actual work into their bullshitting campaigns. The boot licking would be devastating.
Was going to say this. It's a bit unfair to expect them to "find" anything they can't carry in with them.
In the next few days I fucking guarantee you that the usual Israeli propaganda mouthpieces all over the internet will point to the picture they released of a handful of guns and a Quran as proof that this was a "Hamas base" or "terrorist equipment" and the whole operation was a total success.
Let us never forget that this wasn't supposed to just be a "base" or a few guns and grenades, but a major headquarters or even a "center of gravity" for the whole organization. Their supposed world class intelligence concluded this and was happily supported by the US. And it was apparently fucking bullshit. So either a) they lied as an excuse to kill and terrorize civilians or b) their intelligence is actually a steaming pile of shit and they have no hope of actually destroying Hamas unless they actually drop that nuke the lunatic politician suggested a week or two ago.
As always, looking forward to the comments about how this isn't actually a war crime and it's somehow all Hamas' fault and Israel is just defending itself by launching an unjustified attack on a vital piece of civilian infrastructure.
"hundreds of miles of tunnels!"
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"Oopsie. Our bad. The base was probably in some other hospital. We're going to bomb them all just to make sure."
Have they found the Incubators of Mass Destruction?
Are you kidding me! They found an evil calendar down there
Had a picture of a river and a sea.
Holy fuck how is this not an onion article title...
As someone who remembers the "war on terror" and the search for WMDs, yes, this is how they do.
A bunch of Onion-tier claims that are really just ticking a box to "authorize" whatever it is they wanted to do all along.
The missing military base and the absence of any Hamas defense of the hospital makes the IDF attack a war crime with zero justification.
The IDF has been committing warcrimes non-stop. Could even argue they have been committing them for 75 years since the occupation began.
They'll just kick a knife and a laptop into the ICU, take a picture, and call it so.
Just kidding, they'll provide zero evidence because these psychos in the Israeli military actually think they shouldn't have to justify bombing a hospital full of (using their words) "animals"
(found here)
Israel is so corrupt.... US: Stop supporting them (oh wait, you are also corrupt)
And the world just shrugs and says Israel has the right to do this....disgusting.
History of Hamas using Al-Shifa Hospital:
PBS documentary in Al-Shifa hospital was prevented by Hamas members with weapons from accessing areas of the hospital:
https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/top-secret-hamas-command-bunker-in-gaza-revealed
Article from 2009 talking about an intelligence claim of Hamas using the basement of the hospital:
https://web.archive.org/web/20090206232152/http://haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1054569.html
Article Hamas commandeered hospital wards in Al-Shifa converting them into interrogation and imprisonment compounds:
Human Rights Watch states Hamas fired from inside Al-Shifa at Fatah forces:
https://www.hrw.org/news/2007/06/12/gaza-armed-palestinian-groups-commit-grave-crimes
Report that Hospital staff made complaints about Hamas presence in the building:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1906608/
New York Times reported on Hamas operating from the building:
Journalists seeing rockets being fired from the hospital area:
Another report of journalists seeing rockets fired from the hospital area:
A Hamas member recounting how he and other Hamas members took shelter in a bunker under the hospital:
https://www.terrorism-info.org.il/en/18321/
Local Palestinian journalist reported Hamas uses a section of the hospital for offices:
Amnesty International reported Hamas using the hospital to torture and kill prisoners:
The latest claim is that they have found a shaft leading underground. How much you want to bet it looks like an elevator shaft, if they even release any pictures of it....
This is the best summary I could come up with:
The war, now in its sixth week, was triggered by a wide-ranging Hamas attack into southern Israel on Oct. 7 in which the militants killed over 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and captured some 240 men, women and children.
Israel responded with a weekslong air campaign and a ground invasion of northern Gaza, vowing to remove Hamas from power and crush its military capabilities.
Israeli troops stormed into Gaza’s largest hospital Wednesday, searching for traces of Hamas inside and beneath the facility, where newborns and hundreds of other patients have suffered for days without electricity and other basic necessities.
Troops searched the underground levels of the hospital on Thursday and detained technicians responsible for running its equipment, the Health Ministry in Hamas-run Gaza said in a statement.
Munir al-Boursh, a senior official with Gaza’s Health Ministry inside the hospital, said troops ransacked the basement and other buildings, and questioned and scanned the faces of patients, staff and people sheltering in the facility.
Israel allowed a small amount of fuel to enter Gaza on Wednesday, for the first time since the war began, so that the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees could continue bringing limited supplies of aid.
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