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[–] YoBuckStopsHere@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago (2 children)

The firey blast is from spent rocket fuel. Bombs don't react like that. This was 100% a hamas rocket.

[–] HuddaBudda@kbin.social 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Could be from the petroleum from the cars. It looks like the missile hit right outside the parking lot. Most of the cars are burned through too.

Though I am not seeing images of a crater, and it looks like the hospital is still standing. If it was an airstrike, I would imagine there would be more physical damage. But that is just speculation of a air strike bombing run. I feel like there should be more rubble.

They went as far as to inflate the number of casualties,” he said.

Estimates given in a time of panic. But only a 200 casualty rate is fine. 201 and we'd have to send you off to the gulag.

[–] YoBuckStopsHere@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

Not the initial explosion, no.

[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@kbin.social 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Uh... Hamas rockets (well Islamic Jihad rockets but same difference) don't have the firepower to cause this kind of destruction.

[–] YoBuckStopsHere@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@kbin.social 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

How so? Have you seen the building?

[–] Wilshire@lemmy.world 12 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

The building wasn't even hit, it was the parking lot. Everything that was repeated by the media was made up by Hamas.

https://files.catbox.moe/9n76yx.mp4

[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@kbin.social 0 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Okay that's fair enough for now, but then how did so many people die?

[–] Wilshire@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

So far there's no evidence that "hundreds" were killed, over 100 perhaps, but not 500.