I don’t understand why it’s so important that the IDF defend that they didn’t bomb this hospital and yet they openly praise their bombings of all the other hospitals. Even if it’s true and this hospital was blown up by a misfire, what about all the other hospital bombings? Those are fine to the IDF?
The other hospitals bombed where used by the Hamas to hide and used as a base for rockets and their command. Therefore they can be attacked. This hospital wasn’t, as far as we know.
As far as we know none of the hospitals are being used by Hamas to hide. There’s no proof of any of it. The only source supporting that is the Israeli government.
Human Rights Watch has drawn widespread criticism from the Israeli right (NGO Monitor) and US left (The Nation) for their lack of transparency, unclear funding sources, and poor methodology.
I’m always glad to seek the truth wherever it may lead, but this is one of those stories that seems like it’s supposed to resolve the larger issues of disproportionate force. Not only do I remain uncertain over the specific source of this attack, but it appears less relevant as an issue weeks later when the entire health system of Gaza has collapsed.
A health system collapse isn’t as shocking as a hospital explosion, but in terms of the consequence, it’s bigger.
The residents of Gaza city will likely never return home. And that was the point from the beginning.
It’s not too late for some measure of justice, but every day and death makes it harder.
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