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We woke up yesterday morning to shocking images of a Gazan hospital bombed by the Israel military.

We are told the strike killed 20 people, including journalists.

What isn’t apparent, unless you read extensively, is that the IDF were targeting a surveillance camera Hamas had positioned on the hospital’s roof.

A Hamas surveillance camera on a hospital? Who would have thought?

No one seems to ask why Hamas would place a camera on the roof of a hospital – making a military target out of the people they are supposedly defending.

Jumping to Conclusions

Australia’s Environment Minister Murray Watt, typically, fired first and asked no questions later.

He went on the ABC yesterday morning, calling the bombing a “breach of international law”.

“We utterly condemn this action and it’s yet another outrage in a war that’s gone on too long and cost too many innocent lives.

“It’s very clear that targeting or hitting hospitals, health workers and civilians is a breach of international law.

Not quite, Senator Watt.

Under the rules of war, as defined by the Geneva Conventions, hospitals, schools and religious venues are protected if they are only used for their prescribed civilian purpose.

But if they are used for military purposes, they lose that protection and can be targeted.

The risk of civilian deaths would then need to be balanced against the value of the military objective. It is a dismal calculus.

What we know for certain is that Hamas propaganda against Israel is more effective than bullets and bombs, and much of the Western media is willing to publish it uncritically.

If the attack in question was not justified – or was disproportionate – then it was a regrettable mistake. The IDF know full well that they are continuously lied about and would be mindful to avoid offering grains of truth that further feed the propaganda mill.

So-Called Journalists

The world’s media are, of course, lamenting the death of the journalists in this strike.

But nothing is as it seems in a war zone – and neither, it seems, are the so-called journalists:

Mohammed Salama of Al Jazeera appears to have been a terrorist who invaded Israel on October 7.

On October 7, Mohammed Salama uploaded scores of pictures and videos from inside Israel.

We know he took them because of the watermark bearing his name.

The videos were not ‘news’ videos. Many of them were staged – videos of terrorists posing at the site of their attack while Mohammed Salama himself chanted “Allahu Akbar”.

He wasn’t reporting on terror… he was participating and glorying in it.

Then there is Mariam Abu Daqqa, who did work for the Associated Press. She also taught “journalism” courses for the Hamas “information ministry”.

It’s also alleged that she was the driver for Hasam Aslih, a supposed news photographer who filmed Jews being slaughtered on October 7.

A third journalist killed by the IDF yesterday was Ahmed Abu Aziz, a delightful individual if his social media is anything to go by.

Ahmed celebrated the October 7 massacre in which women were raped and babies burned alive in front of their parents, calling it “the greatest day of our generation.”

There’s more. But that gives you enough of an idea.

Moaz abu Taha of NBC was a known terrorist supporter who openly celebrated Hamas terrorists on Facebook.

Back in 2018, he was praising terrorist Ahmed Nasr Jarar as a hero.

Jarar, commander of the Hamas military wing, was killed by the IDF after he shot dead a Jewish rabbi, father of six.

Three lessons:

1. War is bad.
2. Don’t start wars.
3. Release the hostages.

One more thing… people often ask why Israel doesn’t allow journalists into Gaza. Answer? Refer to lesson 1.

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Republished with thanks to The James Macpherson Report.

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