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In reply to the discussion: AP's top editor calls for probe into Israeli airstrike [View all]George II
(67,782 posts)14. Israel showed US 'smoking gun' on Hamas in AP office tower, officials say
https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/israel-showed-us-smoking-gun-on-hamas-in-ap-office-tower-officials-say-668303
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Israel shared intelligence with the US showing how Hamas operated inside the same building with the Associated Press and Al-Jazeera in Gaza, officials in Jerusalem said on Sunday.
Officials in more than one government office confirmed that US President Joe Bidens phone call to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday was, in part, about the bombing of the building, and that Israel showed Biden and American officials the intelligence behind the action.
We showed them the smoking gun proving Hamas worked out of that building, a senior diplomatic source said. I understand they found the explanation satisfactory.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed the sources remark, when asked about The Jerusalem Posts reporting in an interview with US TV show Face the Nation.
Officials in more than one government office confirmed that US President Joe Bidens phone call to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday was, in part, about the bombing of the building, and that Israel showed Biden and American officials the intelligence behind the action.
We showed them the smoking gun proving Hamas worked out of that building, a senior diplomatic source said. I understand they found the explanation satisfactory.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed the sources remark, when asked about The Jerusalem Posts reporting in an interview with US TV show Face the Nation.
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We share all the intelligence with our American friends, he said. The intelligence we had is about an intelligence office for [Hamas] housed in that building that plots and organizes terrorist attacks on Israeli civilians. It is a perfectly legit target.
Netanyahu also remarked that there were no deaths whatsoever from the strike on the building, because of measures Israel takes to avoid harming civilians, including giving an advance warning.
Netanyahu also remarked that there were no deaths whatsoever from the strike on the building, because of measures Israel takes to avoid harming civilians, including giving an advance warning.
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Let's pretend that is true. There is no moral or legal justification for bombing a whole building
pnwmom
May 2021
#8
No, it isn't enough to just be a military target. This attack violated the law of proportionality.nt
pnwmom
May 2021
#11
The IDF could also decide that every Palestinian citizen is a probable Hamas sympathizer
TheRickles
May 2021
#15
I understand that cynical viewpoint, but that doesn't account for the fact that the IDF
totodeinhere
May 2021
#37
You use that word alot...of the 2, Hama's is way more fascist then democratic Israel
EX500rider
May 2021
#46
LOL I'm sure Israel is quaking in their boots at the thoughts of being invesitgated
Devil Child
May 2021
#3
Is it really? Can you please cite the convention or law which states that? N/T
Jedi Guy
May 2021
#29
I think the poster who calls everything the IDF does a war crime and nothing Hama's does..
EX500rider
May 2021
#49
Giving civilians only an hour's notice to evacuate before blowing up the building they live and work
Withywindle
May 2021
#32
If they were deliberately targeting civilians, the death toll would be way higher.
Jedi Guy
May 2021
#71
It's cool how you totally sidestepped everything I said and just repeated your assertion.
Jedi Guy
May 2021
#73
Well, if Israeli is deliberately targeting Palestinian civilians, they're doing a terrible job.
Jedi Guy
May 2021
#75
Your artful dodging is amazing, too. I'll answer your question when you answer mine. N/T
Jedi Guy
May 2021
#79
Hamas is not firing rockets into Israel because of something Irgun or Stern did in 1930's
EX500rider
May 2021
#93