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Sen. John Fetterman (D-Penn.) called some of his colleagues’ quickness to blame Israel for the hospital blast in Gaza “disturbing” in a statement Wednesday.

“It’s truly disturbing that Members of Congress rushed to blame Israel for the hospital tragedy in Gaza,” Fetterman said in a post on X, formerly Twitter.

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[–] Kbobabob@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] mbelcher@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Not sure of the 20 hospitals, but here’s the wire service article about the school being bombed this week.

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/least-6-people-killed-israeli-air-strike-unrwa-school-gaza-2023-10-17/

[–] BraveSirZaphod@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago

https://unwatch.org/un-admits-palestinians-fired-rockets-unrwa-schools/

It should be noted that Hamas is known to use UNRWA schools for military purposes, precisely so that when Israel retaliates, they can run stories like this about how the IDF is attacking schools. It should also be noted that it is a war crime to intentionally use civilian infrastructure for military purposes, and that doing so does make them valid and legal military targets (though steps should still be taken to minimize casualties).

(apologies for the less-than-neutral source, but it is citing UN documents)

[–] dumdum666@kbin.social -2 points 1 year ago

You have to look deep in his ass… good luck