IDF Knew Real Hamas HQ While Lying About al-Shifa

While telling the world that Hamas HQ was under al-Shifa Hospital, the IDF had actually found the command center 8.5km away, reports Gareth Porter.

Although corporate news media have made it clear they don’t buy the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) claim that al-Shifa Hospital has been a cover for a Hamas command and control center and weapons armory, Western media have failed to report a much bigger story.

The IDF and the Israeli government already knew when they launched their propaganda campaign about al-Shifa that Hamas had no military command and control facility hidden there because it had already found the complex kilometers away.

[consortiumnews.com]

{That slight nuance was introduced not by the IDF, but by U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan on Nov. 13, when he said:

“You can see even from open-source reporting that Hamas does use hospitals, along with a lot of other civilian facilities, for command and control, for storing weapons, for housing its fighters.” [emphasis added.]

And a U.S. official familiar with “U.S. intelligence” who may also have been Sullivan, commented that Hamas had a “command node” under al-Shifa Hospital, using a term that Israeli officials apparently adopted in light of the new discovery of the actual high-command bunker.

Thus the IDF arrived at al-Shifa late at night on Nov. 15, a day after The Jerusalem Post story, to begin the process of the Israeli takeover with a propaganda campaign aimed at convincing the American public in particular that Hamas had been inside the hospital.

Several hours later that morning, in a seven-minute video inside the MRI building, IDF spokesperson Jonathan Conricus showed “grab bags” of military gear with AK-47s, grenades and uniforms neatly arranged on the floor. He insisted that Hamas had used the MRI room to store weapons and military gear. He also produced one computer, which he suggested had been found to contain “incriminating evidence” of military relevance.

The most obvious problem with this seven-minute video, however, is that it showed nothing that could not have been easily brought into the building by the IDF itself. The more serious problem with the presentation is that it offered no plausible reason for Hamas to have hidden a few dozen small weapons and other military gear in the MRI room of a hospital and then supposedly having left them there when they departed.

There was simply no need for the Hamas to store weapons there. After all, Hamas is estimated to have 150 to 300 miles of space for such storage in its vast tunnel network.}

I seen this video a few days ago. It was so apparent that it was highly likely a falsely orchestrated placement of weapons in areas that no experienced military person would allow themselves to become trapped in that it was pathetic to attempt to pass this off. Even if any member of Hamas were actually in such an area, such small quarters, they wouldn't have stuck around to be caught in such tight areas knowing they were about to be overwhelmed and leave their means of defense behind. I highly doubt any Hamas members were in the hospital at all, and were well out of range when the IDF arrived after their command center was taken over.

Media Dare Not Call It Genocide

Radio New Zealand (RNZ), for instance, says it decided not to broadcast or report on a Palestinian guest’s remarks because it “would have stolen valuable time” from those being interviewed, writes Mick Hall.

New Zealand’s national broadcaster has justified removing references to “genocide” in Gaza made by a Palestinian guest on its podcast because it would have otherwise “stolen valuable time.”

It is part of a trend among national broadcasters in English-speaking countries to shy away from what U.N. experts have begun naming Israel’s conduct in Gaza.

Radio New Zealand’s In Detail podcast “Fear and trauma from a world away“ featured interviews with Palestinian-New Zealander Tameem Shaltoni, who has relatives in Gaza, and Ben Kepes, a New Zealand tech businessman and son of holocaust survivors from eastern Europe.

[consortiumnews.com]

Last week I gave a half ass positive acceptance to NPRs coverage to the conflict as they had Palestinian guest or supporters on their shows. Mentioning however that when they have Israeli guest or supporters that they fail to fulfill their duties of challenging the contradicting statements they make. Open mic sessions. The term genocide is essentially unheard from both sides. I assure you that is purposeful, and or edited out. In regards to the Israeli side, I noticed that there's been a major campaign to even attempt to explain the genocide factor away in an interview with a guy yesterday that was totally absurd. What is happening in Gaza measures up to all 5 of the aspects of the definition of genocide. And even the reverberated statements that the representation and supporters of Israel have made are even evidence to a purposeful genocide campaign. There is absolutely no denying of what is taking place in Gaza. It's a god dam genocide campaign.

Genocide ---- [en.wikipedia.org]