Bennett vs. New York Times: 'Shame on you!'

INN ^ | Oct 18, 2023

[Milagros]

"Yesterday, at 6:59PM Islamic Jihad fired a barrage of around 10 rockets to Israel," Bennett wrote. "One of the rockets misfired (fairly common event) and hit the parking lot of the Al-Ahli Hospital, killing many innocent people."

"Hamas immediately understood that this was the Islamic Jihad’s rocket, and launched a massive lie campaign, blaming Israel. The New York Times immediately adopted Hamas’ version, peddling this lie for hours."

"New York Times: Shame on you. Apologize now for this slander," Bennett added. "Aren’t you supposed to check facts? Isn’t that your claim to fame? Is there a special exemption from fact-checking when it’s the Jewish State involved?"

The IDF undertook serious investigations and the IDF spokesman held briefing for foreign media, proving that the missile which hit a Gaza hospital on Tuesday night was not one of Israel's. In addition to the aerial footage, there is a recording of Hamas terrorists discussing the hit, describing the shrapnel at the site as "local" and "not Israeli."

[Milagros]

Former PM responds to New York Times initial headlines on Gaza hospital explosion. 'Is there a special exemption from fact-checking when it’s the Jewish State involved?'

Former Prime Minister Naftali Bennet responded to the headlines in The New York Times, which defined the explosion in the Gaza hospital as an "Israeli strike."

[FlingWingFlyer]

When you use water pipes to launch rockets, sh*t is going to happen. Any fool knows that.

[BenLurkin]

Those “innocent people” should have left when they were warned to leave.

[Delta 21]

I take it these are not ex SpaceX employees?

[rigelkentaurus]

There are no “innocent” mooselimbs

[shotgun]

I heard a claim that 30% of their rockets misfire. Depending on the daily count (6500+/-) that’s 1,950 rockets that had to cause substantial damage to some unintended location.

[pepsionice]

First, usually when the Israeli folks drop a bomb/missile....there’s a crater (1-meter minimum). In this case, it’s a parking lot behind the hospital fully intact (I saw the picture in the AM today).

Mostly burnt cars (maybe 25 to 35)...none really tossed, just burnt. Hospital building? Some scorch marks, and few windows blown (inwards, not outwards).

Any chance of 500 people dead? No, unless they were all standing at the same time....having a smoke...in the parking lot.

I do pity the car owners...insurance probably won’t replace the vehicles.

For the news folks...biggest hoax of the year so far.

[yldstrk]

The hospital was in South Gaza.

[nopardons]

BTTT

[Signalman]

Tho only time I would consider purchasing a copy of the NYTs is if I ran out of toilet paper.

[gibsonguy]

The Guardian and the NYT could not wait to push this. It just shows what a pack of evil pricks they are.

[Owen]

If there is anything we have learned since war reporting on Ukraine began, it is

1) nothing can be believed

2) People will believe whatever report they want to believe

Hamas rockets have progressed over the years from 1-2 miles range and a few pounds of explosives to 10s of miles of range and 50 pounds of explosives.

What % of their rockets are 100 mile capable with 50 pounds aboard is likely miniscule. They have the tech to build such a thing, but they are necessarily going to be large and visible from space.

When they are not large, they won’t get 100 mile range. They’ll get 25 or 50 and still have that 50 pounds of explosion aboard. That’s not an absurd warhead.

If you were building such a thing, you would not make it guided. Too expensive in dollars and mass you would prefer to be used for more explosives. No need for GPS and INS aboard. So you have a small rocket with a big warhead and you aim it imprecisely — and let’s make something clear here — you are talking about miniscule radar cross section. All this talk of Iron Dome intercepts is mostly crap. They won’t even see these things on radar, and certainly not in time to do anything about them. You’re better off trying infrared intercepts, though ballistics would say the engine is out of fuel a long time before impact.

[kiryandil]

The New York Times: Mouthpiece for terrorists.

[Milagros]

No less

[Milagros]

US analysis shows Israel not responsible for hospital explosion -White House
Politics
Reuters| Washington | United States

Updated: 18-10-2023 20:29 IST | Created: 18-10-2023 20:29 IST
US analysis shows Israel not responsible for hospital explosion -White House

A U.S. analysis of currently available data indicates that “Israel is not responsible for the explosion at the hospital in Gaza yesterday,” a spokeswoman for the White House National Security Council said on Wednesday.

The assessment is based on the United States’ analysis of overhead imagery, intercepts and open source information, NSC spokeswoman Adrienne Watson said in a post on X, ...
https://www.devdiscourse.com/article/politics/2654459—us-analysis-shows-israel-not-responsible-for-hospital-explosion—white-house

[BenLurkin]

Ah.

[BenLurkin]

Ah.

[larrytown]

Indeed - when dealing with these people, you need to see the bodies to believe the story.

[Degaston]

Since Islam is the religion of peace then why has Hamas resorted to violence? What they need to do is make some olive branches, be peaceful, and let Allah do any violence that needs to be done, if any is needed. I think these Hamas people are not only murderers, but dishonest too.

[sauropod]

bkmk