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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Not to mention the damning word here is " likely "

An area that’s small, and they don’t have it under 24/7 digital and visual surveillance? Doubtful

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US have always been Israel’s ambassador. Nothing new here.

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Ah, if the CIA says it’s true, I’m sure they’re neutral and definitely not trying to push an agenda. The CIA famously never lies about the military capabilities of organisations against US interests.

Seriously, you all fucking believe this? Shame on you all for your lack of pattern recognition skills.

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The CIA isn’t part of the Pentagon

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And you were born yesterday

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ITT: I don’t need evidence I get my information straight out of the Xitter

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Yeah all that evidence they have put forward to support this claim… But the US defense department would never lie right?

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I get the cynicism, but you have to trust someone. The DOD for all its faults has vastly more credibility than Hamas.

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It’s more that from what I’ve seen that’s pubmically available and both sides reactions to the incident I’m inclined to believe it was Israel.

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If anyone made it as far as the third sentence in the article, they might notice that “Islamic Jihad” in the title refers to “Palestinian Islamic Jihad”.

They’re not blaming Hamas for this incident. PIJ is a separate organisation.

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