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Hamas slams HRW report on Baptist Hospital, invites org. to Gaza

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  • 27 Nov 2023 18:11
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Human Rights Watch has released an initial report blaming the Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital massacre on a misfired Resistance rocket, without providing any material evidence to its claims.

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  • Hamas slams HRW on al-Ahli Baptist Hospital report and invites the organization to Gaza to investigate the incident.
    Following "Israel's" bombing of Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital, doctors gather among the bodies of martyrs to make a resounding statement regarding Israeli war crimes in the Gaza Strip, Gaza, Palestine, on October 17, 2023 (AFP)

Palestinian Resistance factions, including Hamas, have condemned a recent report released by Human Rights Watch (HRW), which concludes that a misfired Resistance rocket killed hundreds of civilians in Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital in Gaza, without reviewing any material evidence from the site of the attack.

Hamas released a statement deploring HRW's initial report regarding "the Israeli aggression against hospitals in Gaza, especially [al-Ahli Baptist Hospital]," which took place on October 17.

The Resistance movement said the HRW's report adopted the Israeli narrative of the events, holding the Palestinian Resistance responsible for the atrocity "without providing clear material evidence."

Moreover, Hamas stressed that the organization "ignored the Israeli policy of systematic targeting of hospitals, which affected all hospitals in the Gaza Strip."

Hamas called on HRW to review the unfounded conclusions it made in the report, adding that it welcomes "the organization to visit Gaza and directly investigate the incident" once the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip ends.

The movement reminded HRW of several investigations conducted by international organizations, which held "Israel" responsible for the attack.

On its part, al-Mujahideen Movement denounced HRW's biased report on the incident, saying that the international organizations' readiness to adopt Israeli narratives makes them complicit in Israeli war crimes against the Palestinian people. The movement stressed that the report goes hand in hand with Western and American narratives, which justify and encourage the occupation's aggression against medical institutions and civilians.

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HRW fails to live up to its obligations

Human Rights Watch released its initial report on Sunday whereby it claimed that the strike on Al-Ahli Hospital "resulted from an apparent rocket-propelled munition, such as those commonly used by Palestinian armed groups, that hit the hospital grounds."

In a not-so-shocking news, a spokesperson for the US government said the #Biden administration doesn’t think it is “appropriate” for there to be an international investigation into the Israeli Baptist Hospital massacre.

When asked about the possibility of opening an… pic.twitter.com/84VsekuZE8

— Al Mayadeen English (@MayadeenEnglish) October 21, 2023

However, the organization did admit that its investigation was limited to "publicly available photos and videos, analyzing satellite imagery, interviewing five witnesses to the incident and its aftermath, reviewing analyses published by other organization and consulting experts."

Importantly, the organization failed to collect any material evidence from the attack and has instead referenced the Israeli narrative on the incident. Moreover, its analysis has clearly ignored and failed to address several points put out by organizations and media outlets, which provide evidence of "Israel's" responsibility for the attack. Evidence that highlights the speed at which the ammunition exploded at the time of impact, the size of the explosion and the resulting crater, as well as video footage that debunked Israeli propaganda that a barrage of rockets was launched momentarily before Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital was bombed, were not addressed in the report.

Instead, the organization attempted to patch up a ragged Israeli narrative, via unfounded and unverified claims. Analyzing geolocations and satellite imagery has allowed several media outlets such as the British Channel 4 to provide evidence of "Israel's" responsibility for the attack.

Al Mayadeen English had previously put out a report analyzing several factors that point to "Israel's" responsibility for the massacre which killed at least 500 people.

HRW failed to extensively investigate these factors and has instead depended on superficial assumptions to make its conclusions.

Read next: Debunked: How an Israeli strike killed 100s in Gaza Baptist Hospital

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