President Joe Biden was asked by a reporter in Israel on Wednesday what made him confident that the Israelis weren’t behind the explosion that killed hundreds at a Gaza hospital on Tuesday.

Biden responded that it was “the data I was shown by my Defense Department.”

Two U.S. officials told ABC News the Pentagon independently concluded the Gaza hospital blast was likely caused by an errant Palestinian Islamic Jihad rocket that fell short of its target.

  • iAmTheTot
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    151 year ago

    That’s a tweet from the white house national security council. That’s completely independent of the article’s claim that two pentagon officials gave them info.

    • @givesomefucks
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      -121 year ago

      So those two officials haven’t officially said it…

      And even if they did say it to journalists, there’s nothing to back it up?

      • iAmTheTot
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        101 year ago

        What exactly are you trying to get at? I’ve literally rebuked every claim you’ve made, but your stance just seems to boil down to “they are lying.”

        • @givesomefucks
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          -91 year ago

          I’ve literally rebuked every claim you’ve made

          Many antivaxers and trump supporters have thought the same thing…