"In a statement Wednesday, White House spokeswoman Adrienne Watson said the current U.S. assessment, based on “overhead imagery, intercepts and open source information,” found that Israel was “not responsible” for the blast at the al-Ahli Hospital in Gaza. Earlier in the day, President Biden, visiting Israel in a show of support for the U.S. ally, said the strike appeared to have resulted from an “errant rocket fired by a terrorist group in Gaza,” echoing claims made by the Israel Defense Forces. "
The Israeli military claimed that the deadly explosion had been caused by a malfunctioning rocket fired by Palestinian Islamic Jihad, another armed group in Gaza.
Meanwhile, Biden is gently urging the Israelis to nix the ground invasion and work for a ceasefire. That's a big ask. Israel is very angry and Hamas is not open to anything but violence. Hamas is in fact unpopular with many Gaza residents because they have no political or policy goals. Their sole focus is attacking Israel, not improving the conditions in Gaza. Clearly they must have known the hardship their attack would cause on Gaza residents.
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- I suspect that what Israel will do to Gaza...
- Well, the atrocities continue to mount...
- I am very surprised that there hasn't been a strike against Iran yet...
- Wish I had been wrong
- US intelligence says Israel not responsible for hospital blast
- Biden's visit will likely further delay the ground offensive
- And it begins- Israel tells 1.1 MILLION Gaza residents to evacuate IN 24 HOURS
- Masada?
- How do you suggest Israel respond?