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AP and Reuters have run with the initial claims coming from Hamas that the hospital was struck by an Israeli airstrike. This article disputes that.

  • TinyPizza@kbin.social
    454·
    2 years ago

    Here is reporting from Check Your Fact that the video showing a failed Hamas rocket is from 2022 and has been circulating previously to this event

    A video shared on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, allegedly shows a “failed rocket launch” from Hamas that purportedly caused the collapse of a Gaza hospital on Tuesday.

    Another video showing a failed rocket launch from Hamas. pic.twitter.com/53zTr5oN0L

— 🇮🇱🌵 Mooning Knight 🌵🇮🇱 (@IsraeliSabra) October 17, 2023

    Verdict: False

    The video is miscaptioned. It was actually taken in 2022 and is entirely unrelated to the recent attack on a hospital in Gaza.

    Fact Check:

    At least 500 people are estimated to have been killed from an explosion on the al-Ahli Baptist Hospital in the Gaza Strip Oct. 17, with the cause of the explosion currently unknown, according to Reuters. Thousands of displaced people were sheltering there, and more victims are still being discovered in the rubble, CNN reports.

    A video taken at night appears to show a rocket launch that soars into the air before turning sharply and falling on an urban area. “Another video showing a failed rocket launch from Hamas,” the caption reads.

    The video was not taken recently, however. It was originally posted on X in August 2022.

    כך נראה שיגור כושל של הגי’אהד האיסלמי לתוך הרצועה pic.twitter.com/bVE53OUSUD

— איתי בלומנטל Itay Blumental (@ItayBlumental) August 6, 2022

    Translated from Hebrew, the caption reads, “This is how it looks like a failed launch of the Islamic Jihad into the Gaza Strip.” At least 14 Palestinians were killed in August 2022 by Hamas-fired rockets that fell short, according to the Associated Press.

    • fubo@lemmy.worldEnglish
      71·
      2 years ago

      Here is reporting from Check Your Fact

      CheckYourFact is a hoax site operated by The Daily Caller, created by Tucker Carlson who was fired from Fox News for being bad at propaganda. Try again.

      • TinyPizza@kbin.social
        11·
        2 years ago

        You’ve got the times wrong.
        From The Guardian:

        The hospital was hit at about 7.30pm local time.

        -The Camera in bottom right is facing South against the coast, looking Toward Gaza, with the town Ashkelon that sits between likely being the source of lights center frame
        -Camera in upper panel appears to be facing back toward Ashdod

        • 19:27:36 Gaza camera cuts out, possibly for battery replacement? I think thats what the beeping sound might be.

        • 19:28:00 Ashdod camera catches what looks to be 5 rocket plumes appearing from Ashkelon

        • 19:28:43 Possible unifying event - Gaza camera sees 5 launches in upper left frame while Ashod camera shows 5 launches heading toward Gaza. I imagine these to maybe be iron dome interceptors but that’s speculation

        Things to mention: There is no footage from the Gaza camera during the first launch window. There is no clear defining moment that shows the explosion and while there’s people speaking in Gaza frame I have no way to know if they are discussing that. There is a possible smoke plume and the Gaza camera pans to see it at 19:28:55. If this is indeed the hospital impact then the failed rocket is plausible.

        Nothing here is conclusive but it does definitely show that there’s a need for a full release of information from Israel of their warning systems/tracking info and a need for exact timelines on when the Hospital was hit. If you can find more stuff like this I’m happy to go through it or work together to better Geo-locate some of the objects in frame to help make a more complete picture.

        Regardless feel pity for the people in that hospital. They did not deserve this.