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JERUSALEM – The Office of nan Prime Minister of Israel connected Friday flatly rejected nan disinformation run waged by nan violent activity Hamas that nan Jewish State was progressive successful immoderate misconduct regarding a wide sedate recovered astatine a conflict tract located connected a infirmary compound successful Gaza.
"Hamas libels cognize nary limits. It's sad to spot really galore news organizations are still truthful speedy to transcript and paste Hamas's lies for clickbait. The IDF will proceed to target Hamas while avoiding civilian casualties pinch precision apt to person ne'er been seen successful nan history of warfare," Israeli authorities spokesperson Avi Hyman told Fox News Digital.
Middle East master Tom Gross told Fox News Digital that "Hamas has a agelong way grounds of fabricating nan truth that puts moreover Al-Qaeda aliases Isis to shame. And yet, nan supposedly responsible media — successful particular, CNN connected this juncture — repetition Hamas lies almost unquestioningly."
Gross added, "Even nan BBC was not caught retired connected this occasion, but it seems CNN was each excessively eager to springiness credence to nan latest Hamas humor libel against nan Jewish state. When historians travel to analyse why location has been specified a crisp summation successful antisemitism successful America this year, they whitethorn good analyse nan domiciled of immoderate media successful encouraging it."
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu convenes nan play furniture gathering astatine nan Defence Ministry successful Tel Aviv, Israel, January 7, 2024. (REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun)
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The Hamas-run Civil Defense agency in Gaza said connected Tuesday that Palestinian wellness workers uncovered astir 340 bodies of group allegedly killed and buried by Israeli forces astatine Nasser Hospital successful Khan Younis.
When asked astir nan Hamas officials who claimed that nan beingness of hundreds of bodies successful wide graves astatine nan infirmary compound in Khan Younis, U.S. State Department spokesman Vedant Patel said connected Wednesday, "The allegations are troubling, they are disturbing, we return them very seriously, and we’re continuing to property nan Government of Israel for much information. It’s our knowing nan IDF has spoken to immoderate of this publicly; they person stated that successful hunt of Israeli hostages, they person uncovered graves successful nan area wherever Palestinians had antecedently been buried."
Israeli service spokesperson Major Nadav Shoshani wrote connected X, formerly known arsenic Twitter, that "Misinformation is circulating regarding a wide sedate that was discovered astatine Nasser Hospital successful Khan Yunis. The sedate successful mobility was dug — by Gazans — a fewer months ago."
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He continued: "This truth is corroborated by societal media archiving uploaded by Gazans astatine nan clip of nan burial, arsenic seen successful nan video below. Any effort to blasted Israel for burying civilians successful wide graves is categorically mendacious and a specified illustration of a disinformation run aimed astatine delegitimizing Israel."
Prominent American statisticians person based on that Hamas has fabricated decease toll counts successful nan Gaza Strip to garner support among Western countries to extremity Israel’s run to guidelines retired nan jihadi violent network. Hamas fails to separate betwixt its violent combatants and civilians successful its wars against Israel, subject and statistical experts person agelong argued.
U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan told reporters astir nan wide grave, "We want answers," adding,"We want to spot this thoroughly and transparently investigated." Hamas invaded Israel connected October 7 and slaughtered 1,200 people, including complete 30 Americans.
Hospitals are protected institutions during warfare nether world law. However, nan aesculapian centers successful nan Gaza Strip person often been turned into de facto subject installations by Hamas to costs warfare against Israel. Hospitals suffer their protected authorities erstwhile they are converted into subject sites. Hamas uses aesculapian compounds to clasp hostages.
Hamas presently has complete 100 hostages, including Americans, successful its captivity. The Hamas-held hostages are believed to beryllium successful Rafah, nan main stronghold of Hamas battalions.
Hamas terrorists and Gazans are seen successful nan supra photo. (Getty Images)
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Omri Ceren, nan nationalist information advisor for U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas), wrote connected X astir immoderate of nan mainstream reporting astir nan wide grave: "This is conscionable thing Hamas made up and CNN is amplifying it. I haven't moreover seen a defense of it. It's conscionable CNN amplifying a point that Hamas made up and past moving on."
The Times of Israel reported, successful consequence to nan Hamas accusation that Israel is to blasted for nan wide grave, that nan "evidence has suggested this is false, pinch nan bodies having antecedently been buried astatine that aforesaid location by Palestinians amid nan fighting betwixt Israeli forces and panic operatives successful nan area."
The UN’s controversial quality authorities chief, Volker Türk, said he was "horrified" by reports of wide graves astatine nan Gaza hospitals — Shifa medical compound successful Gaza City and Nasser Hospital.
Smoke billows aft nan Israeli service launched an airstrike connected Al Mughraqa area successful nan Gaza Strip, connected April 14, 2024. (Ashraf Amra/Anadolu via Getty Images)
In January, Israel’s ngo successful Geneva, Switzerland, took Türk’s agency to task for failing to telephone for nan merchandise of hostages successful Gaza connected nan 100th time since nan commencement of nan war.
"Not 1 connection demanding nan merchandise of nan hostages held successful Gaza. A telephone for a ceasefire, without demanding nan merchandise of our hostages and nan disarming of Hamas, is simply a telephone for coercion to win," wrote Israeli diplomats connected X.
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The Office of nan High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) is located successful Geneva.
Fox News Digital property queries to nan IDF and nan State Department were not instantly answered.
