Video: new expert analysis shows hospital missile originating in Israel

Claims made by Israeli government and supporters collapse further

A video broadcast on Channel 4 News – an exceedingly rare example of real journalism in the so-called ‘mainstream’ media concerning Israel’s actions in Gaza – details analysis by a range of experts causing the further collapse of the Israeli regime’s claim that it was not responsible for the deadly attack on Gaza’s Al Ahli hospital.

The video shows expert analysis of the missile strike area, audio of the missile arriving and a voice track that Israel claims shows Hamas operatives discussing the misfiring of a missile. All of the analysis points toward Israel as the source of the strike:

Human rights investigators have shared new information with Channel 4 News that they say casts doubt on some aspects of Israel’s account of the Gaza hospital explosion.@alextomo reports. pic.twitter.com/h9C02qMYLj

— Channel 4 News (@Channel4News) October 20, 2023

A thread by Forensic Architecture, one of the expert groups, lays out the evidence in even more detail:

3D analysis shows patterns of radial fragmentation on the southwest side of the impact crater, as well as a shallow channel leading into the crater from the northeast. Such patterns indicate a likely projectile trajectory with northeast origins. pic.twitter.com/v6g6jRiXps

— Forensic Architecture (@ForensicArchi) October 20, 2023

Our/@CobbSmith’s analysis of the crater size suggests a munition larger than eg a Spike or Hellfire missile commonly used by IOF drones. It is more consistent w/ the impact marks from an artillery shell—but w/o additional material evidence, we cannot make a definitive assessment. pic.twitter.com/NH99gcM5s6

— Forensic Architecture (@ForensicArchi) October 20, 2023

Drawing upon available footage, our partner @earshot_ngo performed independent audio analysis of the missile attack, the findings from which lend further credibility to our preliminary assessment of directionality: https://t.co/BdA102JorE

— Forensic Architecture (@ForensicArchi) October 20, 2023

The IOF has a long history of providing false and misleading information after it has targeted and killed civilians. See: our investigations into the killing of Shireen Abu Akleh https://t.co/xL6kakoJde and the bombing of the Al-Katibah building https://t.co/tEw7rAIw0p

— Forensic Architecture (@ForensicArchi) October 20, 2023

A conclusive investigation into this attack requires full access to the site and munition fragments, as well as witness interviews. We continue our work on this case, and reaffirm our solidarity with Palestinian people under attack, including our friends & colleagues.

— Forensic Architecture (@ForensicArchi) October 20, 2023

In addition to the extensive evidence presented by these experts, the nail in the coffin of the Israeli claim is that Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu’s social media specialist, Hananya Naftali, boasted of the Israeli air force hitting the hospital – a tweet that was deleted when the official government narrative blamed Hamas for the more than five hundred civilian deaths the strike had caused.

Despite this, Channel 4 stands out among so-called ‘mainstream’ media by mentioning this preponderance of evidence against Israel’s claim, instead of simply parroting the official line, while the UK and other governments, as well as the UK’s supposed ‘opposition’, have amplified the false claim and supported Israel’s attacks.

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