Biden can join Trump there, what the actual fuck
US President Joe Biden accused Hamas of committing a “war crime” for operating what the US and Israel have claimed is a command node under the Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza.
Biden said he discussed the dangerous situation at the hospital, Gaza’s largest, during his meeting with China's leader Xi Jinping on Wednesday.
“You have a circumstance where the first war crime is being committed by Hamas by having their headquarters, their military hidden under a hospital. And that's a fact. That's what's happened,” Biden told reporters during a press conference Wednesday.
Some context: Israeli forces launched a raid early Wednesday morning on Al-Shifa, after accusing Hamas of operating from tunnels beneath the vast complex – a claim denied by the militant group and hospital officials.
CNN cannot verify either side's claims.
Israel said its troops found "military equipment used by Hamas," the military said in a statement but offered no evidence yet of a vast tunnel network it claimed was used by the militant group.
Israel said it will present more evidence to support their claims of a Hamas command center, an adviser to the prime minister told CNN Wednesday.
Conditions at Al-Shifa, which has run out of fuel and is no longer considered operational, have deteriorated rapidly in recent days amid intense fighting, with doctors warning of a “catastrophic” situation for patients, staff and displaced people still inside.
Wednesday’s raid has also sparked widespread international criticism.
Biden noted that the US has called on Israel to be “incredibly careful” as it targets Hamas in the area, but suggested that action was justified.
“We discussed the need for them to be incredibly careful. You have a circumstance where you know there is a fair number of Hamas terrorists. Hamas has already said publicly that they plan on attacking Israel again, like they did before."
The president also noted the savagery of Hamas' October 7 attacks in Israel. "And so, the idea that they're going to just stop and not do anything is not realistic," he added.
Israeli forces, he suggested, are “bringing in incubators” and “other means to help the people in the hospital,” adding that there have been efforts to get doctors, nurses, and other personnel out of harm’s way.
Evidence: In a follow up exchange with CNN, Biden told MJ Lee, “Yes,” he was absolutely confident based on intelligence he’d seen that Hamas was operating a command center under the Al-Shifa hospital, but declined to share details on the evidence.
“No, I can’t tell you—I won’t tell you,” he told CNN.
Of course he won't tell since it will be debunked just like the 'tunnel entrance' at the children's hospital.
https://www.itv.com/news/2023-11-14/idf-shows-alleged-hamas-tunnels-under-childrens-hospital-is-it-accurate
"Bringing in incubators" yet no way to power them. US tax dollars at work.
Who are they trying to fool here? Apart from needing a shaky justification for storming hospitals under international law. And just more evidence US is working together with Israel on this:
Israel said it will present more evidence to support their claims of a Hamas command center underneath Gaza's Al-Shifa Hospital, an adviser to the prime minister said.
“It's not just Israel that says Hamas has built its fortifications, its terror network, its command and control under the Shifa hospital. That's being corroborated independently by the US government, both from the White House and the Pentagon,” Mark Regev, a senior adviser to the Israeli prime minister, told CNN.
Earlier Wednesday, National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby said the United States had intelligence that Hamas was operating in Al-Shifa Hospital.
"I would say we are comfortable with our own intelligence assessment about the degree to which Hamas was and is using Al-Shifa Hospital as a command and control node and as a storage facility underneath. We're very comfortable with our own intelligence assessment for that," Kirby said.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) repeatedly asserted that Hamas had built an underground terror network beneath the hospital, using the medical facility above to provide cover for their operations.
The IDF claimed the facility was used as a command and control headquarters, even putting out imagery in late October labeling specific buildings as having Hamas complexes underneath and publishing a 3D illustration of tunnels it said existed below the facility. But the first pictures and videos published by the IDF on X (formerly known as Twitter) Thursday did not show the underground complex the Israeli government said is under the hospital.
Still, Regev insisted the hospital was a base for Hamas, saying it is "common knowledge that Hamas has built a subterranean military network of terror tunnels connecting them to rocket launchers, to arms depots and so forth" under the medical facility.
Israel confirmed on Wednesday that it launched a "targeted" operation inside the hospital and said its soldiers uncovered “military equipment used by Hamas” in the raid.
The senior adviser said additional information that justifies the IDF’s operation will be presented in the coming days.
“I think you'll see more information in the coming hours and days. This was the first day of our operation inside the hospital building. More will come. I have no doubt about it,” Regev said, adding that journalists would be permitted access to Al-Shifa Hospital “when it’s safe.”
I guess it's to fool their own population as Netanyahu is in hot water back home, desperate for a 'victory'.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/us-confirms-israeli-claim-that-hamas-using-gaza-hospitals-including-shifa-for-military-operations/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/lapid-calls-on-netanyahu-to-quit-says-government-isnt-functioning-during-war/
Biden jumps to his aid like a good little follower.
Apply common sense, this whole 'human shields' thing already played out in 2014. It would be stupid to continue using hospitals if they even did in the first place.
Just another distraction tactic while the siege and bombardments on 2.3 million civilians continues.
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