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IcyPeas

(21,910 posts)
Sat May 15, 2021, 06:50 PM May 2021

AP says no "indication Hamas was in the building or active in the building"

AP says it does not have any “indication Hamas was in the building or active in the building” where its bureau in #Gaza was located and which was destroyed by the IDF.

Calls on Netanyahu govt to show evidence.




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AP says no "indication Hamas was in the building or active in the building" (Original Post) IcyPeas May 2021 OP
K and R for those who are saying differently Ferrets are Cool May 2021 #1
K&R. WhiskeyGrinder May 2021 #2
Yep WHITT May 2021 #3
Richard Engel says the same. moondust May 2021 #4
Richard Engel as good as called that malaise May 2021 #5
Lebensraum. Ron Green May 2021 #6
So the building directory didn't say sarisataka May 2021 #7
I Think The Owner Would Know WHITT May 2021 #8

WHITT

(2,868 posts)
3. Yep
Sat May 15, 2021, 07:24 PM
May 2021

The OWNER of the building said the Likud's allegation that Hamas had any presence in the 15 story tower is NONSENSE.

Clearly the fascist Likud wanted to shut down journalistic coverage from the AP, the BBC, Al Jazeera, and others. Yet ANOTHER slam dunk War Crime.

moondust

(20,013 posts)
4. Richard Engel says the same.
Sat May 15, 2021, 07:29 PM
May 2021
https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=15435034

Also...if munitions were stored in that building wouldn't there tend to be some secondary explosions once the building was hit and started to collapse? I didn't see any.

sarisataka

(18,788 posts)
7. So the building directory didn't say
Sat May 15, 2021, 07:35 PM
May 2021

"Suite 842- Hamas 3rd Rocket Brigade Headquarters"?

Not saying Israel's statement should be excepted blindly however it is unlikely that Hamas would advertise its presence in the building.

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