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.

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    My dude, HAMAS rockets are barely capable of doing property damage, let alone killing hundreds of people. You expect me to believe that one of these things broke apart mid flight in the perfect fucking way to strike at the fuel supply and set it off in the middle of a huge building full of people? That this practically Rube Goldbergian chain of events is the more likely explanation? One of us is definitely spreading misinformation here but I don’t think it’s me.

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      When they’re firing thousands of these things? I think it’s possible.

      I don’t have a dog in this fight. It’s a religious war that will go on until long past my years here.

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      This strike did not kill 500 people, there isn’t enough space in the area for 500 people. This is a lie spouted by Hamas, and you are propogating it.

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        I did not say 500. Even then it’s not hard to work out that hundreds of people died because that place probably had more people per square inch than any other possible place in the area. It’s was a hospital, in the middle of a war zone and one of the few places in the area with power. Which makes it all the more unlikely that this was an accident. Even just cutting the power to the hospital would have killed hundreds.

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      if you look at the images there is hardly any property damage. there is no crater. there are a few busted windows and some charred cars. not an expert but it wasnt some kind of WMD. and im not entirely sold on the 500 mark either.

      its not gymnastics. israel is flattening gaza with bombs and has attacked “safe” escape routes. im not denying that. but hamas also has awful equipment and little military training, misfires are expected.