Jennifer Rubin
Washington Post, Nov. 20, 2023
“After the evidence was presented, did the media go back to the sources that misled them about terrorist activity? I have yet to see that. Cable and network news shows that featured critics claiming this was purely a hospital have not invited those guests back to explain their misstatements.”
For weeks, many mainstream media outlets and Israel’s harshest critics around the world have condemned Israel for fighting in and around the al-Shifa Hospital in the Gaza Strip. Doctors there denied there were terrorists present. They denied it was a legitimate military target. No hostages there, we were told. Now we know those assertions were flat wrong.
News of an agreement for the imminent release of dozens of hostages, a five-day pause in fighting and a surge of humanitarian aid should not obscure the controversy surrounding the hospital.
The Israel Defense Forces, as news outlets reported last week, found “automatic weapons, grenades, ammunition and flak jackets” as well as “an operational command centre and technological assets belonging to Hamas, indicating that the terrorist organization uses the hospital for terrorist purposes.” Moreover, the IDF revealed evidence of a tunnel:
Breaking: The IDF released footage of a terror tunnel on the grounds of the Shifa Hospital. … [To read the full article, click here]