Factcheck: 'Israel' massacred al-Ahli Hospital according to admissions

By Al Mayadeen English
Source: Al Mayadeen English
18 Oct 2023 13:47
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Hoping to win over public support, Israeli personnel are making up stories about who targeted the Al-Ahli Hospital, yet the truth couldn't be any clearer.

A Palestinian man inspects the damage at al-Ahli hospital, in Gaza City, Palestine Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023. (AP)

Hundreds were massacred after the Israeli Occupation Forces targeted the al-Ahli Hospital in Gaza City, which became a refuge for hundreds of Palestinian women and children who lost their residences due to the ongoing Israeli aggression, alongside the tens of injured doctors, nurses, and medical crews.

Yesterday, October 17, at 9:23 pm, Hananya Naftaly, an Israeli influencer who had served in the Israeli Occupation Forces during the Israeli war on Gaza in 2014, wrote in a post on X: "BREAKING: Israeli Air Force struck a Hamas terrorist base inside a hospital in Gaza. A multiple number of terrorists are dead. It's heartbreaking that Hamas is launching rockets from hospitals, Mosques, and schools and using civilians as human shields. #Hamas_Is_ISIS."

An initial post made by Hananya Naftali said the Israeli Occupation Forces did strike the al-Ahli Hospital in Gaza City, Palestine, on October 17, 2023. (Social Media)

Only two minutes later, Naftali deleted the earlier post and adopted the newly published and unbelievable Israeli rhetoric that says the IOF did not target the Hospital.

The mysterious explosion in Gaza.

Hamas blames Israel for this. I believe it is either a failed rocket that hit the hospital or something that was done on purpose in order to get international support. pic.twitter.com/RCUQVIZWiN
— Hananya Naftali (@HananyaNaftali) October 17, 2023

The primary Israeli rhetoric was that they did not know what happened but then they claimed it was a misfire by the Palestinian Islamic Jihad. An argument arose after Arabs around the world expressed fury and raided Israeli embassies in countries where ties have been normalized as well as the US embassies everywhere. The furious protests were not only across the Arab world but also in Europe, North America, and worldwide.

While Avichay Adraee has been spewing false information, made-up scenarios, and preparing a whole media content series to push that rhetoric, US Marines confirmed that the level of destruction could only be attributed to US missiles, noting that the PIJ rockets cannot create such damages.

🚨EXPERT ANALYSIS: WHO BOMBED THE AL AHLI BAPTIST HOSPITAL IN GAZA?

Marine Corps Veteran expert analysis of the recent bombing incident at the hospital reveals critical findings:

- Fuel Explosion Duration: The initial explosion likely lasted 0.5-0.75 seconds, emitting light for… pic.twitter.com/BtCShh5JI2
— Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) October 17, 2023

In turn, as well, an MSNBC reporter highlights that "Israel" has not backed up its claim that the massacre of the al-Ahli Baptist Hospital in Gaza was a result of the Palestinian Resistance's rocket.

It is also important to note that the hospital, alongside all other hospitals in Gaza, has been ordered to be evacuated since October 12. That act was condemned by the World Health Organization and various regional and international organizations and countries.

Since the beginning of the Israeli aggression against Gaza on October 7, following Operation Al-Aqsa Flood, “Israel” has been trying to influence public opinion.

They do so by spreading a narrative that its aggression came in response to the Palestinian Resistance operation, making it appear as though the Resistance violently attacked people, forgetting to mention that the Resistance conducted the operation in response to occupation, oppression, murder, ethnic cleansing, and the administrative detention of hundreds of Palestinians for merely standing up for their right to life, property, and freedom.

"Israel" has been deliberately justifying its massacres against civilians with claims of targeting the Hamas movement and is justifying its terrorism by giving civilians a 30-second to 1-minute warning before bombing residential buildings over their heads, and sometimes no warnings whatsoever were issued.

However, all the air raids have not yet been able to thwart Hamas or any other Palestinian Resistance group as they continue to launch rockets from the Strip toward occupied Palestine. This proves an Israeli failure in achieving any military goals in Gaza, despite having killed over 2,000 Palestinians and injured over 11,000.

BBC has blood on its hands: How justifying war crimes resulted in one

Western media has long sought to justify the massacres their countries peddle and that the latters' allies perpetrate by providing false pretenses and strawman arguments, among others, in a bid to bend over in reverse and not just justify the tragic loss of life - and even war crimes - but also to prepare public opinion for what could come after, similar to the era prior to the "war against terror," in which the US rallied thousands to join the military and fight wars across the seas.

On that note, the BBC, a pioneer in spreading pro-Western propaganda, has more blood on its hands - as if it was possible for the corporation to have more blood on its hands. This blood is that of hundreds of Palestinians, many of whom are children, who were killed by the Israeli occupation flagrantly committing a war crime.

'Will Western media stop justifying - and even inciting - Israeli massacres against civilians?'

The Israeli occupation martyred more than 1,000 innocent civilians today alone by bombing a hospital and a school in #Gaza.#BBCYourQuestionsAnswered #GazaGenocide https://t.co/TP4rok7yAr
— Al Mayadeen English (@MayadeenEnglish) October 17, 2023

The BBC's Lyse Doucet - very innocently - asked on Monday whether Hamas "build[s] tunnels under hospitals and schools."

Now, to give BBC the benefit of the doubt, which one would have to try very hard to do given the circumstances, there was not a clear "yes" answer.

The article consisted of an explainer of how the Palestinian resistance has a tunnel system and how the Israeli occupation forces repeatedly accused them of building them under schools and hospitals, with a little "analysis" thrown in.

The BBC underlined that the tunnels were a vital part of the resistance's infrastructure, saying the "Gaza metro" - as the IOF calls it - would be used to transport goods, people, weapons, munitions, and more.

"It's hard to say with complete certainty where they're located," the BBC asserted. However, it seems that the Israeli occupation certainly knows where they are located - under schools, under hospitals, under mosques - though the outlet claims that "reports" suggested that.

Doucet decided to play the devil's advocate in this case, saying that Hamas' alleged "vast underground network" existing on "such a small sliver of land, seems likely to wind under densely packed neighborhoods of homes, hospitals, and schools."

The BBC did not clearly state that Hamas had tunnels under homes, schools, mosques, and hospitals, though it did not deny it. Instead, it said it was "likely", thus providing validity to the Israeli argument that it strikes civilian targets and residential areas under the pretext of destroying Hamas targets - thus giving validation to the Israeli occupation's attempts to ethnically cleanse the Palestinian population.

The BBC not only backed the Israeli claims, but through its words, it insinuated that the buildings and facilities they mentioned did not deserve protection, essentially giving the Israeli occupation the green light to do whatever it wanted and assuring it that no matter what it targets, it would be protected from any criticism.

The British outlet's claims came just a day before the Israeli occupation carried out a massacre before the entire world as it bombed a hospital housing over a thousand civilians, killing hundreds in the process.