Rashida Tlaib Defends Hamas’s Hospital Blast Narrative, Suggests US and Israeli Conspiracy

“I cannot uncritically accept Israel’s denials of responsibility as fact,” Tlaib said in a statement, “especially in light of confirmation from the World Health Organization that Israel has bombed numerous medical facilities in Gaza and reports from the Palestinian Red Crescent Society of ongoing threats from the Israeli military to evacuate hospitals.”

She added that journalists and analysts have cast doubt on parts of Israel’s claims, linking to a report from a British news outlet citing some investigative organizations that have doubted Israel’s claim that the blast was caused by a misfired rocket from Islamic Jihad and the veracity of a purported recording of two Hamas operatives that Israel released. One of those organizations, the University of London’s Forensic Architecture, concluded its analysis on X with a reaffirmation of  “our solidarity with Palestinian people under attack.”