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submitted 11 months ago by Stamau123@lemmy.world to c/world@lemmy.world

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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[-] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 45 points 11 months ago
  1. He was asked on the street by a random reporter.

  2. His quote includes "likely"

  3. For the last couple years Bidens off the cuff remarks haven't exactly been reliable.

Yet people are treating this as an official stance of the US Government...

[-] vertigo3pc@lemmy.world 39 points 11 months ago

"Iraq has WMD's" is a similar statement, backed by an entire administration, that also led to unnecessary deaths.

Its a political statement, because if Israel did attack the hospital, then that's another outright war crime right after Israel was threatened by Jordan, Lebanon, and Iran.

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