President Joe Biden was asked by a reporter in Israel on Wednesday what made him confident that the Israelis weren't behind the explosion that killed hundreds at a Gaza hospital on Tuesday.

Biden responded that it was "the data I was shown by my Defense Department."

Two U.S. officials told ABC News the Pentagon independently concluded the Gaza hospital blast was likely caused by an errant Palestinian Islamic Jihad rocket that fell short of its target.

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[–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

The embedded tweet:

While we continue to collect information, our current assessment, based on analysis of overhead imagery, intercepts and open source information, is that Israel is not responsible for the explosion at the hospital in Gaza yesterday.

So the investigation isn't concluded, there might not have even been an official investigation, and all they're saying is Israel "isn't responsible".

None of what OPs headline claims.

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  • [–] 14 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    That's a tweet from the white house national security council. That's completely independent of the article's claim that two pentagon officials gave them info.

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  • [+] -11 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    So those two officials haven't officially said it...

    And even if they did say it to journalists, there's nothing to back it up?

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    What exactly are you trying to get at? I've literally rebuked every claim you've made, but your stance just seems to boil down to "they are lying."

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