CLAIM: All of the schools and hospitals the IDF targeted in Gaza were used by militants.
RATING:
Unknown
Since nearly all IDF soldiers wear body cameras these days, there should be ample footage of secret weapons stashes, militant hideouts, or other evidence that would justify the vast destruction of property that is normally considered protected under international law. The IDF has already released evidence of some weapons caches and tunnels in some locations. It would be reasonable to expect them to supply credible evidence supporting their military actions, especially against protected targets such as schools, mosques, churches, and hospitals.
The Associated Press investigated three hospitals in northern Gaza that Israeli forces invaded in late 2023, interviewing dozens of medical staff, patients, humanitarian workers, as well as Israeli officials. “Despite continued Israeli suggestions that hospitals are linked to Hamas tunnel networks, the military has shown only a single tunnel from all hospitals it raided [so far]— one accessing Shifa Hospital in Gaza City.” For the three hospitals investigated, no supporting evidence was provided for raiding the Al-Awda hospital; a blurry photo of an alleged tunnel entrance was provided for the Indonesian hospital. As for the Kamal Adwan hospital, footage of a single pistol was the evidence provided for it being used as a weapons cache, while a taped confession that militants were in the hospital by hospital director Dr. Ahmed al-Kahlout was provided. But “his colleagues said he spoke under duress.”
Torture is known to produce unreliable information. In the Middle Ages, for instance, certain Jews had been tortured into falsely confessing to poisoning wells.
Source: Diane Zahler (2009). The Black Death. Twenty-First Century Books. pp. 64–. ISBN 978-0-8225-9076-7.
While it is possible that these three hospitals were used in the alleged manner, with cameras on every soldier one would expect more substantial evidence showing large weapons caches, underground tunnels connected to hospitals, and other clear evidence of militant use. Such evidence would be extremely beneficial for Israel’s embattled image, would increase worldwide support for Israel’s actions, and would help ward off the BDS (Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions) movement. In this light, why hasn’t Israel shared more evidence?
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Keep trying to invent history. The palis didn’t exist until the mid 1960s.
One other fun fact – every group, every political organization, and every government that has ever tried to destroy the Jews has been destroyed. Fun fact #2 Israel has never been stronger.