Anatomy and Malicious Intent of a Smear

The New York Times worked overtime the past two days to stealth refine Hamas’s propaganda about the group’s failed rocket strike, blindly stating in their original piece that it was a “deadly blast at a Gaza hospital” that ignited riots across the Middle East, Europe, and protests here.

The front page image for their Gaza explosion story couldn't possibly be more misleading, and wether or not they knew the facts before making the piece is irrelevant:

They slapped on this deceitful title without so much as confirming the claim from Hamas because they’ve already chosen the side they want to win — and it was Hamas who made the claim, the “Palestinian Health Authority,” run by — you guessed it, Hamas. The same journalists who were so quick to take Hamas’s claims as truth have grown silent as the evidence piles up against their narrative.

The hospital wasn’t demolished, which seems like something the media could have found out before attacking Israel like a group of useless mouthpieces. Even the president confirmed that the attacks were not the fault of Israel.

We have drone footage:

Impact crater comparisons:

And time stamp discrepancies between Hamas’s claim and the actual timeline of events:

The Free Beacon is keeping score of the media malpractice.

It’s worth noting that all of these same media members were silent about the Israeli hospital Hamas bombed last week.

The consequences of blindly writing up false stories to gain brownie points with terrorists and their apologists further inflames tensions. Hezbollah condemned “Israel’s strike” on the hospital in Gaza and announced that Wednesday would be “a day of unprecedented anger" against Israel, whatever that means.

The Israeli Defense Force’s response:

As a jumbled narrative emerged, skeptics seized on comments by Tal Heinrich, a spokesperson for Netanyahu, who told CNN on Tuesday night that the “[Israeli army] does not target hospitals”, adding, “We only target Hamas strongholds, arms depots and terror targets.

But in a statement issued on the night of the explosion, the World Health Organization (WHO) pointed out that there had actually been over 51 attacks on healthcare facilities in Gaza since the start of the conflict on October 7. Fifteen healthcare workers had been killed and 27 injured.

The Israeli military itself had issued evacuation orders last week from 22 hospitals treating more than 2,000 patients in the Gaza Strip as it intensified its bombing campaign. A senior health official in Gaza told Al Jazeera that Israel had fired two artillery shells as a “warning” at al-Ahli Arab Hospital days before the explosion.

An entire day after the facts were known Rep. Rashida Tlaib defended Hamas and slammed Israel as the instigators and perpetrators behind the hospital parking lot bombing.

These apologists don’t want freedom, they just hate Jews. Truth is irrelevant in the face of hate.

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L. Grey is a researcher and Chapter and Verse contributor.