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The Rafah attack: what the media is not saying. (Original Post) Richard D May 2024 OP
Not an impartial video. Eko May 2024 #1
Yes. Not impartial . . . Richard D May 2024 #2
True. Eko May 2024 #3
I'd like to see more on this stopdiggin May 2024 #4

Eko

(8,604 posts)
1. Not an impartial video.
Wed May 29, 2024, 09:33 PM
May 2024

HonestReporting or Honest Reporting is an Israeli media advocacy group.[1] A pro-Israel media watchdog,[2][3] it describes its mission as "combat[ting] ideological prejudice in journalism and the media, as it impacts Israel".[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HonestReporting

I have a bit of a question on this. 180 meters is the length of 2 football fields. That is quite a distance for secondary explosions to reach and damage, not impossible but still. One would think that secondary explosions reaching that far would also do damage to other places other than just that one area. Possible. Still. I will wait for independent investigations before coming to a conclusion relying neither on information given by the IDF or Gaza authorities.

Richard D

(9,435 posts)
2. Yes. Not impartial . . .
Wed May 29, 2024, 09:40 PM
May 2024

. . . but then neither are any of the reports coming out of Gaza, as all are filtered through Hamas, or are from Hamas.

stopdiggin

(13,005 posts)
4. I'd like to see more on this
Thu May 30, 2024, 01:52 AM
May 2024

The vid mentions an ammunitions warehouse - then also secondary explosions. Where exactly was the ammo warehouse (in relation to the 'camp')? And was this the intended target? A secondary?

And 2) if the intended strike was as precise, and at a distance from the 'camp' claimed - why was Netanyahu almost immediately calling it a 'mistake' and issuing apology in the aftermath?. Clearly lending itself toward a conclusion - somebody F'd up somewhere ...

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