• Silverseren
    link
    fedilink
    432 years ago

    Isn’t this the video where they used things like a calendar with regular dates and claimed it was a list of Hamas members?

    The entire area they showed looked like the power area of the hospital’s basement, with various things on the walls and such that indicate hospital and nothing else.

    Their only “evidence” in the videos was the pile of guns they showed, which…isn’t really evidence of anything, especially since we have no way to tell if those were planted or not.

    • dumdum666
      link
      fedilink
      42 years ago

      No, they didn’t.

      They claimed it looks like a shift calendar where each terrorist signed in for his shift in guarding the hostages.

    • @shatal@lemmy.worldOP
      link
      fedilink
      English
      -52 years ago

      They showed much more than that, including equipment, clothes and a motorcycle that are suspected to have been used in the 7/10 atrocities.

      They do say that they are still investigating and going over the evidence, but show and make it clear that they did find weapons and a command post inside the hospital.

      Regarding the planted comment - well, if that’s what you believe then it doesn’t really matter what they show, doesn’t it? You’ve already made up your mind and it doesn’t matter what the evidence show…

      • @remotelove@lemmy.ca
        link
        fedilink
        English
        27
        edit-2
        2 years ago

        Sorry, but showing pictures of guns, clothes and a motorcycle is not evidence. I don’t care what the news is about or where it’s from. True or not, this kind of thing needs independent reporting and third-party verification. Period.

        When you see stories like this from any source, question everything. Showing pictures that confirm an existing bias is a powerful tool of manipulation, so please remember that.

        Early in the Ukraine war, Russia was pushing the Nazi misinformation extremely hard. By the time fake news stories were debunked, it was too late. Russians were fully convinced that Ukraine was about to invade and old news getting debunked didn’t matter.

        This story is an example: https://www.businessinsider.com/russian-agents-the-sims-video-game-sting-operation-2022-4

        Lets just say there are quite a few layers to the story I linked, so take it with a grain of salt. _It is just an example.

        • @shatal@lemmy.worldOP
          link
          fedilink
          English
          -62 years ago

          Of course, 100%.

          Copying what I replied to another comment - I’d rather wait for an official report from the UN or an investigative story from an unbiased news outlet like Reuters (to decide whether this is authentic or propaganda).

      • Silverseren
        link
        fedilink
        92 years ago

        Then why did they lie about a calendar? What was the purpose of that exactly?

        • @shatal@lemmy.worldOP
          link
          fedilink
          English
          -52 years ago

          I’m unfamiliar with that, can you share more info? What was the lie and how it was disproven?

          • Silverseren
            link
            fedilink
            172 years ago

            At 5:35 in the video in OP’s link. People who can read Arabic called them out for what was literally a calendar with days listed. The IDF officer in the video claims it’s a list of signed names from each Hamas member for their shift of guarding the room. But there’s no names on it, it’s just a calendar.

            • pewter
              link
              fedilink
              English
              3
              edit-2
              2 years ago

              it’s just a calendar

              I’m very skeptical of this claim right here.

              I didn’t notice anything specific in the calendar itself, but when I used Google translate, the top of the calendar read:

              “For the Battle of Toukan Al-Akher 10/23/7”

              I’m assuming the date is October 7, 2023 and it’s the result of Google mistranslating from Arabic, but that doesn’t sound like a typical calendar.

              I feel like people are trying to pretend the hostages were held nowhere.

              EDIT: I zoomed in and translated again. I think Toukan was Toufan and this meant “Battle of Al-Aqsa Flood”, obviously in reference to the Al Aqsa mosque and using the terminology that Palestinians use to describe October 7th.

            • @shatal@lemmy.worldOP
              link
              fedilink
              English
              -62 years ago

              You’re right, good catch.

              It’s a very strange mistake to make on their part, I assume the IDF has many Arabic speakers.

              It’ll be very interesting to see how everything else in the video will unfold.

              • Unaware7013
                link
                fedilink
                102 years ago

                It’s a very strange mistake to make on their part

                No its not, its purposeful disinformation from a group trying to justify war crimes.

              • NoneOfUrBusiness
                link
                fedilink
                82 years ago

                Occam’s razor applies here, and so we look for the simplest, most likely explanation (going by past example). And that explanation is Israeli misinformation. They’ve done it before.

                • @Threeme2189@lemmy.world
                  link
                  fedilink
                  English
                  12 years ago

                  Are you serious? The simplest explanation is misinformation and not an honest mistake or slip of the tongue? The person presenting the information doesn’t speak fluent English and most likely doesn’t speak fluent Arabic either.

                  • NoneOfUrBusiness
                    link
                    fedilink
                    22 years ago

                    The simplest explanation is misinformation and not an honest mistake or slip of the tongue?

                    Considering that:

                    1-The Israeli government is notorious for using misinformation when it fits their purposes,

                    2-They have fluent Arabic speakers who could’ve easily checked the evidence, and

                    3-There’s no way to mistake a calendar for a list of Hamas soldiers,

                    the answer is yes. It’s like if Russia was caught lying with faked evidence and then said “oh it was a mistake”.

              • RubberStuntBaby
                link
                fedilink
                2
                edit-2
                2 years ago

                If they couldn’t read it but claimed to know what it says then it’s a lie, not just a mistake.

          • gregorum
            link
            fedilink
            English
            102 years ago

            Disproven? It wasn’t proven in the first place.

              • gregorum
                link
                fedilink
                English
                42 years ago

                I understand what you meant. What I’m saying is that those claims would have to be proven before they can be disproven. 

    • Melkath
      link
      fedilink
      -192 years ago

      The infowar continues, and Bidens choices have brought in neo-progressives to help the Israelis.

      • gregorum
        link
        fedilink
        English
        102 years ago

        Sure, Biden did this. They found them in the hospital basement right next to the calendar and stack of planted guns. 

        • Melkath
          link
          fedilink
          -1
          edit-2
          2 years ago

          Ummm…

          You mean the hostage room full of hostages Israel wants back?

          Ya. My money is on full planted disinformation aimed at justifying slaughter of innocents.