You can bet your house they did not
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19m ago
There’s been a wave of international condemnation of Tuesday’s deadly strike on a Gaza hospital, for which Israel is denying responsibility.
The foreign ministry of Turkey said in a statement that it was a “barbaric attack”. “We are deeply indignant that hundreds of Palestinians lost their lives and many more were injured as a result of the targeting of a hospital in Gaza today, and we condemn these barbaric attacks in the strongest terms,” the statement said.
Iran issued a similarly worded statement condemning deaths and injuries to hundreds of “unarmed and defenseless people”, Iranian state media reported. It was, Iran’s foreign ministry said, “a savage war crime”.
A statement from the foreign ministry of Qatar said: “The expansion of Israeli attacks over the Gaza Strip to include hospitals, schools, and other population centers is a dangerous escalation”.
Canada’s prime minister Justin Trudeau told reporters: “The news coming out of Gaza is horrific and absolutely unacceptable… international law needs to be respected in this and in all cases. There are rules around wars and it’s not acceptable to hit a hospital”.
Egypt and Jordan both issued statements saying they condemned the attack in “the strongest possible terms”.
US president’s visit to Jordan cancelled – as it happened
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Personally, I do think this was unintentional, but I wouldn’t put it past Hamas or Islamic Jihad to do something like this. I tend to believe this was a failed launch though, and it struck a stockpile. A large amount of these rockets fail and fall back to Gaza. When they do fail, they are loaded with fuel that has yet to burn off. It’s a win/win though, as they can blame Israel.
2h ago / 2:11 PM EDT
Hamas says it's willing to release all civilian hostages immediately if Gaza bombing stops
Richard Engel and Natalie Kainz
Hamas officials willing to release all civilian hostages if bombing stops
A senior Hamas official told NBC News' Richard Engel that the group is willing to immediately release all civilian hostages — foreign and Israeli — if Israel stops its airstrikes on Gaza.
The Hamas official said the hostages could be released within the hour as long as Israel meets its terms. He claimed that there is no safe place to release the hostages now.
In exchange for the release of Israeli soldiers held hostage, the Hamas official said Israel must release all Palestinians held in Israeli jails.
The Hamas official also claimed that the U.S. and Israel are already aware of its terms for the release of civilian hostages, because the militant group revealed them in its conversations with the leaders of several Arab countries.
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Not surprised, he doesn't want peace.
Waiting for the NYT to retract its statement/article blaming Israel.
They also said in a previous stmt earlier that if Israel would stop bombing that they would release hostages. And a little over an hour ago - they said they would release hostages within the hour according to news sources. They aren’t releasing any hostages.
