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T_A

(604 posts)
Fri Nov 24, 2023, 02:50 PM Nov 2023

Still NO "Command Center" At Al-Shifa Hospital

Matt Gutman of ABC News showed video during 'World News Tonight' and 'GMA' of the tunnel that was more than 150 yards on one side of a hatch and far more than 150 yards on the other side, which is FAR longer than the breadth of the Al-Shifa hospital. So the tunnel is not so much "under" the hospital, as it happens to transit beneath the hospital on it's way in both directions.

NO "Command Center" found under Al-Shifa hospital.

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Still NO "Command Center" At Al-Shifa Hospital (Original Post) T_A Nov 2023 OP
This message was self-deleted by its author GuppyGal Nov 2023 #1
Old News T_A Nov 2023 #6
Post removed Post removed Nov 2023 #9
Is it possible they moved? Turbineguy Nov 2023 #2
That would be my bet. lamp_shade Nov 2023 #4
Moved? T_A Nov 2023 #7
How hard is it to move an "entire command and control center " sarisataka Nov 2023 #40
With The Infrastructure T_A Nov 2023 #59
BS, Sal_NV Nov 2023 #69
So why all the fuss about a normal room with some walkie talkies? ExciteBike66 Nov 2023 #74
It doesn't matter how big or how small a command and control center is, Sal_NV Nov 2023 #77
When I was in the Army, we were taught to take out the Soviet tanks with multiple Sal_NV Nov 2023 #79
That was a generation of warfare ago - now considered obsolete. Lithos Nov 2023 #119
Exactly LeftInTX Nov 2023 #126
I agree that it's radically changed since my time in the Army, Sal_NV Nov 2023 #142
Ok - was reading the opposite Lithos Nov 2023 #156
And your expertise is? NoRethugFriends Nov 2023 #102
US Army. Sal_NV Nov 2023 #104
I think I see the problem sarisataka Nov 2023 #90
Some here have no concept of what a command and control center really is, Sal_NV Nov 2023 #91
Some seem to think sarisataka Nov 2023 #111
You have to admit the gap is wide between what was sold and what was discovered. AloeVera Nov 2023 #124
It's not hard to move an entire command and control center and Hamas had Sal_NV Nov 2023 #45
Well, Israel sure made a slick video. Plus Hamas has centers all over Gaza. LeftInTX Nov 2023 #125
It happens all the time. Tomconroy Nov 2023 #51
We used to do it in hours madville Nov 2023 #144
Hamas's HQ is in Khan Yunis, not Shifa hospital - former Israeli PM David__77 Nov 2023 #3
HEH T_A Nov 2023 #8
You can take your "heh" and .... NoRethugFriends Nov 2023 #12
Why is this funny? Mosby Nov 2023 #13
It's not funny. Given the pervasive influence of pop culture lapucelle Nov 2023 #39
Tunnels T_A Nov 2023 #61
... lapucelle Nov 2023 #72
It's Hysterical T_A Nov 2023 #60
You just outed yourself, Sal_NV Nov 2023 #78
They outed themselves too many times. revmclaren Nov 2023 #127
Wow Cha Nov 2023 #139
Yeah it looks like it. AloeVera Nov 2023 #87
Truth will out malaise Nov 2023 #5
But will they care? Marcus IM Nov 2023 #10
They will not care. They can't even admit the disproportionate response. onecaliberal Nov 2023 #37
Nope. MorbidButterflyTat Nov 2023 #57
It reminds me of elementary school. onecaliberal Nov 2023 #58
Does it matter if it's a "command center" or just a "center"? Arazi Nov 2023 #11
Message auto-removed Name removed Nov 2023 #14
Only for some countries apparently n/t malaise Nov 2023 #15
Yes but hospitals are legit targets if they're being used for combat Arazi Nov 2023 #16
Message auto-removed Name removed Nov 2023 #18
The electrical system and plumbing were hooked directly into the hospital. The Accounting Office... Hekate Nov 2023 #21
Something happened to somebody.. Cha Nov 2023 #88
It surely did Hekate Nov 2023 #115
🕯️🕊️💙🌊🇺🇸🌈🏝️ Cha Nov 2023 #118
Sorry that... Hekate Nov 2023 #120
Oh I know.. Cha Nov 2023 #133
Any time at all Hekate Nov 2023 #134
And again. revmclaren Nov 2023 #130
All righty Hekate Nov 2023 #135
You wrote... Think. Again. Nov 2023 #27
They found weapons, dead hostages, plans, calendars etc Arazi Nov 2023 #42
The calanders were proven... Think. Again. Nov 2023 #53
Two dead women, hostages from 10-7, found at Al Shifa NickB79 Nov 2023 #54
I'm sure hamas brought the hostages to the hospital, and I'm pretty sure hamas killed those women. Think. Again. Nov 2023 #75
Near Al Shifa not in it. AloeVera Nov 2023 #145
Did I say Israel can do no wrong? Arazi Nov 2023 #76
You are correct that... Think. Again. Nov 2023 #80
I think that no amount of evidence will ever convince you of there being a command and control Sal_NV Nov 2023 #82
No evidence presented yet has convinced me of that, no. Think. Again. Nov 2023 #83
There's plenty of evidence, Sal_NV Nov 2023 #85
I don't agree that there has been any convincing evidence. Think. Again. Nov 2023 #94
Fine, you don't agree, but the evidence is there for those without blinders on. Sal_NV Nov 2023 #95
A lot of people are... Think. Again. Nov 2023 #97
Like I said............ Sal_NV Nov 2023 #98
Please continue? Think. Again. Nov 2023 #100
Do you understhat that it takes only one person with a radio to be a command and control center? Sal_NV Nov 2023 #99
So $3bn/yr IDF only needed to take out... Think. Again. Nov 2023 #101
I didn't say that it was only one person with a radio in the case of Hamas, Sal_NV Nov 2023 #103
Let's stop... Think. Again. Nov 2023 #105
Says you. Sal_NV Nov 2023 #106
I'm sure that wouldn't be... Think. Again. Nov 2023 #109
And neither would my comments to you. Sal_NV Nov 2023 #110
This message was self-deleted by its author Sal_NV Nov 2023 #113
Do you think Mountainguy Nov 2023 #123
This morning - Before the cease fire LeftInTX Nov 2023 #128
Looks like a controlled explosion to me Mountainguy Nov 2023 #132
They bombed the tunnels. I would show the video, but they threw in all their other overnight bombings in it LeftInTX Nov 2023 #136
Thats what i assumed was happening. Mountainguy Nov 2023 #137
Wait... are you saying the IDF destroyed the tunnel evidence? Think. Again. Nov 2023 #141
Benn there, done that sarisataka Nov 2023 #112
What would it take for you to acknowledge that there was a Hamas command and control center? Sal_NV Nov 2023 #93
It would take convincing evidence... Think. Again. Nov 2023 #96
I think it would need a big sign saying "HAMAS SECRET COMMAND CENTER" AZSkiffyGeek Nov 2023 #152
LOL, probably so. Sal_NV Nov 2023 #153
I think you are correct Hekate Nov 2023 #121
False T_A Nov 2023 #64
Unfortunately, Israel leaders have no qualms about lying for PR benefits. NH Ethylene Nov 2023 #146
Nope T_A Nov 2023 #63
HRW is notoriously anti-Israel Arazi Nov 2023 #73
How very convenient to install terrorists underneath a hospital. What is this, a game of Tag? Hekate Nov 2023 #19
Aren't there certain rules about installing a military base beneath a hospital? Hekate Nov 2023 #20
Message auto-removed Name removed Nov 2023 #23
So that makes it all okay, and the 1,400 (or was it only 1,000) Israelis slaughtered w/o warning Hekate Nov 2023 #30
Message auto-removed Name removed Nov 2023 #44
Because there wasn't any. Butterflylady Nov 2023 #46
Wasn't any... what? Arazi Nov 2023 #48
Eh T_A Nov 2023 #62
Hold on there. AloeVera Nov 2023 #114
Radios, phones, computers, CDs, AKs, ammo, grenades were found Kennah Nov 2023 #17
Weapons often come in with the wounded. pwb Nov 2023 #22
Possible, but there would likely be one central locked storage of said weapons, not scattered throughout Kennah Nov 2023 #24
In peace time yes. pwb Nov 2023 #25
And for a militant force, hectic action is the norm--thus this points clearly to Hamas Kennah Nov 2023 #41
Hectic action vs... AloeVera Nov 2023 #147
In bugout bags behind MRI machines? revmclaren Nov 2023 #116
Do you really think Hamas was that dumb Butterflylady Nov 2023 #47
Yes Tomconroy Nov 2023 #52
Not dumb, but an expeditious exit gets people out and leaves equipment behind Kennah Nov 2023 #56
It doesn't matter. RockRaven Nov 2023 #26
It's shockng how... Think. Again. Nov 2023 #28
There is a seemingly infinite pile of grievances to pull from, and the excuses RockRaven Nov 2023 #33
Two dead hostages found there so far though NickB79 Nov 2023 #29
Not true. AloeVera Nov 2023 #55
She did not die from an airstrike LeftInTX Nov 2023 #131
That's awful. AloeVera Nov 2023 #148
That foot thing is really weird and gruesome I took a screen shot of it. LeftInTX Nov 2023 #150
I've seen some pretty horrific acts of cruelty towards other humans in my life, Sal_NV Nov 2023 #151
Why Would I Mention T_A Nov 2023 #65
One thing is clear, Mr.Bill Nov 2023 #31
The BBC has admitted that it was wrong to question Israel's claims about Hamas tunnels under Shifa hospital LetMyPeopleVote Nov 2023 #32
Dr. Eli David is an antivax right winger RainWalker Nov 2023 #34
Weird, huh? MorbidButterflyTat Nov 2023 #66
Many supporters of Israel are very far right wing RainWalker Nov 2023 #71
Tunnels T_A Nov 2023 #67
Shalom BannonsLiver Nov 2023 #155
This is about bombs and missiles underpants Nov 2023 #35
I don't understand the need for making up Hamas "command centers." Oneironaut Nov 2023 #36
Pretty grim. AloeVera Nov 2023 #92
Your assertion that that they just want to damage hospitals for the hell of it is crap. NoRethugFriends Nov 2023 #107
It would be if I had said that. AloeVera Nov 2023 #117
Isn't that the fallacy of false dilemma? lapucelle Nov 2023 #154
I have seen more than enough evidence sarisataka Nov 2023 #38
How much "command and control" do you need to hand out suicide vests and machetes to behead children and old ladies? SoFlaBro Nov 2023 #43
Maybe folks were expecting this lapucelle Nov 2023 #89
The Cone of Silence. Sal_NV Nov 2023 #143
Sounds serious Torchlight Nov 2023 #49
If there was, any evidence was destroyed by Israel this morning, minutes b4 the ceasefire. LeftInTX Nov 2023 #50
JFC MorbidButterflyTat Nov 2023 #70
Command centers are located in residential areas? lapucelle Nov 2023 #84
Lots of images on IDF's twitter LeftInTX Nov 2023 #86
But But But... the IDF produced an animated video showing a Bond Villain underground lair there... WarGamer Nov 2023 #68
Silly propaganda style. David__77 Nov 2023 #81
Post removed Post removed Nov 2023 #108
No, sorry. But... AloeVera Dec 2023 #157
Good grief. Patton French Nov 2023 #122
I haven't seen anyone claiming or standing by that.... Think. Again. Nov 2023 #140
So? RandySF Nov 2023 #129
The OPs author cannot respond. revmclaren Nov 2023 #138
Fianlly. likesmountains 52 Nov 2023 #149

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T_A

(604 posts)
59. With The Infrastructure
Fri Nov 24, 2023, 08:39 PM
Nov 2023

above ground, with trucks, and a large team, months.

Underground, with no trucks, and without a large team, much much longer.

Sal_NV

(606 posts)
69. BS,
Fri Nov 24, 2023, 08:45 PM
Nov 2023

This isn't a NORAD type of command and control, it was probably a small staff with some radios to command and control the front line terrorists.
I guess even with all the evidence, some still can't bring themselves to admit that Hamas is an evil entity who used civilian, including hospitals, facilities for military ops.

ExciteBike66

(2,700 posts)
74. So why all the fuss about a normal room with some walkie talkies?
Fri Nov 24, 2023, 08:57 PM
Nov 2023

"Command Center" is a bit of Hollywood it seems...

Sal_NV

(606 posts)
77. It doesn't matter how big or how small a command and control center is,
Fri Nov 24, 2023, 09:09 PM
Nov 2023

its still a command and control center and taking it out disrupts the enemy's operations and hinders their ability to coordinate attacks.

Sal_NV

(606 posts)
79. When I was in the Army, we were taught to take out the Soviet tanks with multiple
Fri Nov 24, 2023, 09:17 PM
Nov 2023

antennas, they were the commanders' tanks coordinating the attack.
Every NATO/Western military is taught that.

Lithos

(26,638 posts)
119. That was a generation of warfare ago - now considered obsolete.
Sat Nov 25, 2023, 12:29 AM
Nov 2023

Read Team of Teams by General McChrystal.

From the review.

When General Stanley McChrystal took command of the Joint Special Operations Task Force in 2004, he quickly realized that conventional military tactics were failing. Al Qaeda in Iraq was a decentralized network that could move quickly, strike ruthlessly, then seemingly vanish into the local population. The allied forces had a huge advantage in numbers, equipment, and training—but none of that seemed to matter. To defeat Al Qaeda, they would have to combine the power of the world’s mightiest military with the agility of the world’s most fearsome terrorist network. They would have to become a "team of teams"—faster, flatter, and more flexible than ever.


Do not get hung up on old style language of a Command Center. There is no head to kill. Hamas has long ago adopted a set of tactics which operate at a lower unit level and only loosely connected. Units come and go as needed.

Sal_NV

(606 posts)
142. I agree that it's radically changed since my time in the Army,
Sat Nov 25, 2023, 07:46 AM
Nov 2023

but some here don't seem to grasp that command and control centers aren't big rooms with video screens, mainframe computers, lots of personnel, and so on, all one needs to become a "command and control center" nowadays is a laptop and a radio.

Lithos

(26,638 posts)
156. Ok - was reading the opposite
Sat Nov 25, 2023, 08:32 PM
Nov 2023

Everyone thinks these days that a command center is the stereotypical "NORAD" bunker often depicted by Hollywood. Frustrating.

I also would argue that Hamas knowing their COMINT defense is weak would likely use runners instead of radio.

sarisataka

(22,694 posts)
90. I think I see the problem
Fri Nov 24, 2023, 09:45 PM
Nov 2023

We are not talking moving the Pentagon.

It would take several hours to move at a relaxed pace. An hour or less if they needed to bug out

Sal_NV

(606 posts)
91. Some here have no concept of what a command and control center really is,
Fri Nov 24, 2023, 09:49 PM
Nov 2023

it can be huge like NORAD or it can be small, like a Bradley track, but the bottom line is that a command and control center is just that, no matter how big or small.

sarisataka

(22,694 posts)
111. Some seem to think
Fri Nov 24, 2023, 11:26 PM
Nov 2023

A command center needs to be a high tech installation with mainframe computers and multiple video displays

A couple radios, field telephones, some wall space for maps and a table or two is more than sufficient to run an operation involving hundreds.

AloeVera

(4,263 posts)
124. You have to admit the gap is wide between what was sold and what was discovered.
Sat Nov 25, 2023, 12:44 AM
Nov 2023

It seems a bit of a letdown after the "intelligence-based" 3D animated video put out by the IDF showing tunnels connecting elaborate multi-story war rooms. Turned out it was one tiny room with a toilet and a kitchen sink.

Interesting too you refer to "hundreds". All of this to kill a few hundred Hamas fighters?

Sal_NV

(606 posts)
45. It's not hard to move an entire command and control center and Hamas had
Fri Nov 24, 2023, 06:58 PM
Nov 2023

7 weeks to do so.

LeftInTX

(34,286 posts)
125. Well, Israel sure made a slick video. Plus Hamas has centers all over Gaza.
Sat Nov 25, 2023, 12:48 AM
Nov 2023

In houses, in mosque basements, near Indonesian Hospital. I can't find the pic of Ibrahim Biari's compound. (Oh the govt of Israel is constantly deleting tweets with pictures of these centers)

Here is a rocket launcher near a playground.

&t=28s

I don't trust either side in this fiasco.

madville

(7,847 posts)
144. We used to do it in hours
Sat Nov 25, 2023, 08:08 AM
Nov 2023

When we deployed to the field we could have our command and communications center setup and running within hours, SATCOM, LOS, encrypted network, TVs, generators, tent, etc. Everything fit in cases which all packed in a shipping container, and could fit in a C-130. Could break it down even faster.

A satellite phone and a few guys could be a “command and control center” if they are issuing operational orders.

David__77

(24,727 posts)
3. Hamas's HQ is in Khan Yunis, not Shifa hospital - former Israeli PM
Fri Nov 24, 2023, 02:55 PM
Nov 2023

“ Khan Yunis, which is in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, is the real headquarters of Hamas,” Olmert said. “There they have the leadership, they are hiding, they have the bunkers, they have the command positions, they have the launching pads.”

https://m.jpost.com/israel-news/article-773923

It sounds like maybe people should be moving back north.

lapucelle

(21,061 posts)
39. It's not funny. Given the pervasive influence of pop culture
Fri Nov 24, 2023, 06:33 PM
Nov 2023
folks might have been expecting to see this



============================

or this



============================

instead of this


T_A

(604 posts)
60. It's Hysterical
Fri Nov 24, 2023, 08:40 PM
Nov 2023

the level of lies the IDF will stoop to.

They get caught lying over and over again, and they lie again with a straight face, and expect the world to believe them.

Sal_NV

(606 posts)
78. You just outed yourself,
Fri Nov 24, 2023, 09:13 PM
Nov 2023

no matter what the IDF finds, you'll find some reason to excuse Hamas and condemn Israel.
You've been very transparent here.

AloeVera

(4,263 posts)
87. Yeah it looks like it.
Fri Nov 24, 2023, 09:40 PM
Nov 2023

Back to their bombed out homes.

Or they could just move to the Sinai desert for now. Open-air tent living is surely a step up fom an open-air prison.

I'm sure they'll be let back in later.

Oh wait...

 

Marcus IM

(3,001 posts)
10. But will they care?
Fri Nov 24, 2023, 03:49 PM
Nov 2023

Confirmation biased denial is strong.

Try to defend Cuba(ns) with actual experience and knowledge ... it won't budge many.



Arazi

(8,887 posts)
11. Does it matter if it's a "command center" or just a "center"?
Fri Nov 24, 2023, 03:56 PM
Nov 2023

It looks like there’s a main intersection between two long tunnels that meet right under the hospital.

Intelligence during a war is typically difficult to be 100% accurate. Does it matter if it was a central hub or a command center? This feels semantical.

Nothing should have been under the hospital is the obvious answer but there was. Hamas deliberately set up a hub right there. Why are we quibbling over the size and quantity of the terrorist shit under the hospital?

Response to Arazi (Reply #11)

Arazi

(8,887 posts)
16. Yes but hospitals are legit targets if they're being used for combat
Fri Nov 24, 2023, 04:14 PM
Nov 2023

Civilian objects and protected places (like hospitals) lose their protection if employed for military purposes, such as hosting a military headquarters, or being used as a firing position. (Rule 10. Civilian Objects’ Loss of Protection from Attack) and using a hospital (presumably, marked with Red Cross/Crescent/etc to distinguish it) as such is a breach of Rule 59

Response to Arazi (Reply #16)

Hekate

(100,133 posts)
21. The electrical system and plumbing were hooked directly into the hospital. The Accounting Office...
Fri Nov 24, 2023, 05:00 PM
Nov 2023

… surely noticed.

Hekate

(100,133 posts)
120. Sorry that...
Sat Nov 25, 2023, 12:32 AM
Nov 2023

Sorry that I didn’t memorialize their name in my post so I could tell who the dearly departed was.
Sad.

 

Think. Again.

(22,456 posts)
27. You wrote...
Fri Nov 24, 2023, 05:32 PM
Nov 2023

" Yes but hospitals are legit targets if they're being used for combat"

Which this one obviously wasn't, it being a small empty room and 2 long narrow hallways.

Arazi

(8,887 posts)
42. They found weapons, dead hostages, plans, calendars etc
Fri Nov 24, 2023, 06:39 PM
Nov 2023

It’s been demonstrably proven it was some sort of Hamas center - whether a transit hub or command feels semantical.

Hamas was using the area under the hospital (and inside in various exam rooms like the MRI room) for combat operations.

The hospital is definitely not protected anymore under any rules of engagement.

 

Think. Again.

(22,456 posts)
53. The calanders were proven...
Fri Nov 24, 2023, 08:12 PM
Nov 2023

...to not have anything to do with hamas.

That puts any other "evidence" in question.

Look, hamas is not acceptable and needs to be ended forever. But that does not need to be justified, and that does not allow for any other unacceptable actions, taken by anybody.

All this "Israel can do no wrong!" stuff is not right.

netanyahu is a far right sleazebag and needs to be called out for the extreme, and unneccesary harm and death is causing to non-hamas civilians.

Bash me for that if you wish, but maybe take a moment to consider that these non-hamas Palestinians are literally innocent civilians just like you and me.

NickB79

(20,354 posts)
54. Two dead women, hostages from 10-7, found at Al Shifa
Fri Nov 24, 2023, 08:16 PM
Nov 2023

That evidence is "in question" to you?

Please, enlighten us on how you think they came to be there, if not for Hamas?

 

Think. Again.

(22,456 posts)
75. I'm sure hamas brought the hostages to the hospital, and I'm pretty sure hamas killed those women.
Fri Nov 24, 2023, 09:00 PM
Nov 2023

I think the tunnel and room are an abandoned "safe" medical facility of the hospital, and various videos and journalist reports show that the weapons were moved around and staged by IDF. Why?

As I said, there's no need for Israel to justify completely taking out hamas, so that raises the question of why they keep going out of their way to do all these media stunts, and tours of tunnels, and explanations of petty details like fake hamas calanders and "guns under kid's beds!" and all the other stuff.

I have my own suspicions of why all this nonsense is being presented to the world's press, but I won't share it here to avoid the backlash of close-minded harassment I'd get.

AloeVera

(4,263 posts)
145. Near Al Shifa not in it.
Sat Nov 25, 2023, 09:46 AM
Nov 2023

Found "near" Al Shifa. It could be blocks away. They were found in buildings near Al Shifa. This kind of stuff is important to get right imo.

Arazi

(8,887 posts)
76. Did I say Israel can do no wrong?
Fri Nov 24, 2023, 09:02 PM
Nov 2023

Please point me to that. TIA

I can see however that no amount of evidence that Hamas was indeed operating in and under the hospital will suffice for you.

Feel free to have the last word. I’m out

 

Think. Again.

(22,456 posts)
80. You are correct that...
Fri Nov 24, 2023, 09:28 PM
Nov 2023

...no evidence so far presented has convinced me that the hospital and innocent civilians and patients needed to be so broadly attacked by IDF.

Sal_NV

(606 posts)
82. I think that no amount of evidence will ever convince you of there being a command and control
Fri Nov 24, 2023, 09:31 PM
Nov 2023

center below that hospital.

 

Think. Again.

(22,456 posts)
97. A lot of people are...
Fri Nov 24, 2023, 10:47 PM
Nov 2023

...working hard to convince others, yes, and a lot of people are still unconvinced, myself included.

Sal_NV

(606 posts)
99. Do you understhat that it takes only one person with a radio to be a command and control center?
Fri Nov 24, 2023, 10:50 PM
Nov 2023

Do you have any military experience at all?
Do you really have a grasp on what command and control is?

 

Think. Again.

(22,456 posts)
101. So $3bn/yr IDF only needed to take out...
Fri Nov 24, 2023, 10:58 PM
Nov 2023

...one hamas member but took out over 10,000 non-hamas innocent civilians instead, and you're implying that I have no military competence?

Sal_NV

(606 posts)
103. I didn't say that it was only one person with a radio in the case of Hamas,
Fri Nov 24, 2023, 11:00 PM
Nov 2023

I said that one person with a radio can be a command and control center.

Sal_NV

(606 posts)
106. Says you.
Fri Nov 24, 2023, 11:03 PM
Nov 2023

The only embarrassing thing here is that you have no concept of what command and control is.

Response to Think. Again. (Reply #109)

 

Mountainguy

(2,145 posts)
123. Do you think
Sat Nov 25, 2023, 12:42 AM
Nov 2023

10k people dies at that hospital?

Last I checked it was still standing and operating. I think the idea that it was "bombed" is wildly exaggerated considering Israeli munitions could easily flatten it.

 

Mountainguy

(2,145 posts)
132. Looks like a controlled explosion to me
Sat Nov 25, 2023, 01:08 AM
Nov 2023

Buildings in good shape and the IDF certainly isn't bombing a position that it holds.

LeftInTX

(34,286 posts)
136. They bombed the tunnels. I would show the video, but they threw in all their other overnight bombings in it
Sat Nov 25, 2023, 01:15 AM
Nov 2023

So, it was confusing.

You can see the video here

https://www.ynetnews.com/article/ry62sc6nt

A photo supposedly showed patients at Shifa today, but they looked more like they were just laying around as opposed to being a unit. I assume they weren't in the blast area. Who knows.

 

Mountainguy

(2,145 posts)
137. Thats what i assumed was happening.
Sat Nov 25, 2023, 01:20 AM
Nov 2023

Looked like an explosion that originated below ground.

sarisataka

(22,694 posts)
112. Benn there, done that
Fri Nov 24, 2023, 11:32 PM
Nov 2023

Although is was two of us with a single PRC-77. We provided C3 for an entire regiment for four hours due to a weird communications quirk

Sal_NV

(606 posts)
93. What would it take for you to acknowledge that there was a Hamas command and control center?
Fri Nov 24, 2023, 10:05 PM
Nov 2023

Something like this,

 

Think. Again.

(22,456 posts)
96. It would take convincing evidence...
Fri Nov 24, 2023, 10:45 PM
Nov 2023

...which in my opinion, has not been presented.

It would have helped if IDF had not presented staged evidence which, in my opinion, decreased their credibility.

AZSkiffyGeek

(12,744 posts)
152. I think it would need a big sign saying "HAMAS SECRET COMMAND CENTER"
Sat Nov 25, 2023, 12:50 PM
Nov 2023

But not in Arabic, cause then you'd just have the translation questioned.
And not in Hebrew, cause then it's obvious the IDF did it.
And not in any Western language, because then the IDF did it to garner international sympathy.

NH Ethylene

(31,343 posts)
146. Unfortunately, Israel leaders have no qualms about lying for PR benefits.
Sat Nov 25, 2023, 09:56 AM
Nov 2023

So we simply have no idea what the actual truth is.

T_A

(604 posts)
63. Nope
Fri Nov 24, 2023, 08:42 PM
Nov 2023

According to 'Human Rights Watch', reversing the 'protective status' is a very high bar which has NOT been met.




Arazi

(8,887 posts)
73. HRW is notoriously anti-Israel
Fri Nov 24, 2023, 08:52 PM
Nov 2023

They are consistently bashing Israel and ignore far worse atrocities by other bad actors.

Any military action against a hospital is always fraught but it is legal to act when it’s clear military combatants are using it for combat

Hekate

(100,133 posts)
19. How very convenient to install terrorists underneath a hospital. What is this, a game of Tag?
Fri Nov 24, 2023, 04:57 PM
Nov 2023

Allee allee oxen, free free free! Cant’t touch me!

Hekate

(100,133 posts)
20. Aren't there certain rules about installing a military base beneath a hospital?
Fri Nov 24, 2023, 04:58 PM
Nov 2023

Just asking.

Response to Hekate (Reply #20)

Hekate

(100,133 posts)
30. So that makes it all okay, and the 1,400 (or was it only 1,000) Israelis slaughtered w/o warning
Fri Nov 24, 2023, 05:39 PM
Nov 2023

…on October 7 was just another day at a dance festival.

On October 6 there was an existing truce between the two sides. On October 7 Hamas decided it was time for that nonsense to be over.

Cool, according to American apologists.

Response to Hekate (Reply #30)

AloeVera

(4,263 posts)
114. Hold on there.
Sat Nov 25, 2023, 12:00 AM
Nov 2023
Nothing should have been under the hospital is the obvious answer but there was. Hamas deliberately set up a hub right there.


There's a good chance that the underground room we are being shown as "proof" were built by Israel some 40 years ago. If that is the case, then it was Israel who made the determination that underground infrastructure under a hospital was acceptable.

In case you doubt the veracity of this, it was confirmed by former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak a scant few days ago on CNN. A fact check by Newsweek found it to be true.

Seems a bit sketchy to me to show rooms/tunnels you knew were there because you built them, and that are completely empty, in support of a claim that Hamas built this infrastructure and was actively using it as a command centre.

It's also a far cry from the 3D "intelligence-based" animated video released by the IDF showing multi-story tunnels leading to an elaborate, multi-story command centre. It's one room with a washroom and a kitchen sink.

https://www.newsweek.com/fact-check-did-israel-build-bunker-under-shifa-hospital-1844107


Kennah

(14,578 posts)
17. Radios, phones, computers, CDs, AKs, ammo, grenades were found
Fri Nov 24, 2023, 04:19 PM
Nov 2023

Arguing it's a command center, it's a center, it's a headquarters, it's whatever is silly at best.

Was Hamas there? It appears so.

Kennah

(14,578 posts)
24. Possible, but there would likely be one central locked storage of said weapons, not scattered throughout
Fri Nov 24, 2023, 05:18 PM
Nov 2023

Kennah

(14,578 posts)
41. And for a militant force, hectic action is the norm--thus this points clearly to Hamas
Fri Nov 24, 2023, 06:37 PM
Nov 2023

AloeVera

(4,263 posts)
147. Hectic action vs...
Sat Nov 25, 2023, 10:12 AM
Nov 2023

Hamas is wildly inconsistent.

They scatter weapons and gear throughout the hospital and forget them there.

But they immaculately clean up the command centre, not leaving one candy wrapper or unwashed dish in the sink let alone a lone weapon.

revmclaren

(2,613 posts)
116. In bugout bags behind MRI machines?
Sat Nov 25, 2023, 12:14 AM
Nov 2023

Stored on top of cabinets along with medical supplies?

Have you watched the walkthrough videos? I have.

Butterflylady

(4,584 posts)
47. Do you really think Hamas was that dumb
Fri Nov 24, 2023, 07:09 PM
Nov 2023

They would leave stuff behind to prove they were there.

Kennah

(14,578 posts)
56. Not dumb, but an expeditious exit gets people out and leaves equipment behind
Fri Nov 24, 2023, 08:19 PM
Nov 2023

The US left a LOT of functioning military hardware behind in Afghanistan

This happens in war

RockRaven

(19,365 posts)
26. It doesn't matter.
Fri Nov 24, 2023, 05:26 PM
Nov 2023

People who want to justify the death and destruction will do so no matter what the evidence shows about any command center, or whatever the next excuse is.

RockRaven

(19,365 posts)
33. There is a seemingly infinite pile of grievances to pull from, and the excuses
Fri Nov 24, 2023, 05:49 PM
Nov 2023

are so quickly shifted, that IMO the only thing to do is judge actions based upon their direct results. Any talk about goals or reasons is just quicksand, it will be shifting as soon as you try to build anything on it or probing it.

And yeah, that isn't a characteristic of only one entity here.

NickB79

(20,354 posts)
29. Two dead hostages found there so far though
Fri Nov 24, 2023, 05:35 PM
Nov 2023

Strange how you failed to mention that.

A young woman and a grandmother fighting cancer. With signs of bodily mutilation.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/israel-says-second-hostage-noa-marciano-found-dead-near-gazas-al-shifa-hospital/

Getting my popcorn ready for your attempt to spin that away.

AloeVera

(4,263 posts)
55. Not true.
Fri Nov 24, 2023, 08:18 PM
Nov 2023

You state that the hostages were found at the hospital. No. They were found "near" the hospital as clearly stated in various articles.

They could have been found many blocks from the hospital and it would be described by the IDF as "near".

That's how propaganda works. People then run with it and say it was at the hospital.

Here's a little nugget to ponder: we know that the IDF was launching aerial attacks, shelling etc on the vicinity of the hospital. If the hostages were found near the hospital, is it not within the realm of possibility that these two hostages were in fact killed and "mutilated" by the Israeli attacks?

Take the case of the 19-year old soldier. The IDF claims that she suffered non-life threatening injuries from the Israeli air strike on the building where she was held captive near the hospital. Her captor was killed. Then she was taken by other terrorists to the hospital, where she was killed - according to the IDF. Then the terrorists removed her body from the hospital and left it in a building near the hospital.

Does that story make any kind of logical sense when you think about it - why would they take her to the hospital, if the intent was simply to kill her? The simpler and more logical explanation is that she was killed by the Israeli airstrike and it is being covered up.



LeftInTX

(34,286 posts)
131. She did not die from an airstrike
Sat Nov 25, 2023, 01:06 AM
Nov 2023

I saw her video.

She had her achilles tendon sliced off (foot was more or less amputated). A clean slice with raw bone exposed and what appears to be a gunshot wound to the back of her head.

I did not see blunt force trauma etc. She was also clean (no bomb debri) and she was wearing a black sweater and black sweat pants. She also had no visible bruises and no other injuries.

She died from a gunshot wound.

LeftInTX

(34,286 posts)
150. That foot thing is really weird and gruesome I took a screen shot of it.
Sat Nov 25, 2023, 12:31 PM
Nov 2023

I read that it may have been sliced to prevent her from walking.
It appears a freshly amputated foot is placed next to the lowest part of her leg.


She has a small gunshot wound to the back of her head.

Hamas sent out the photo and claimed it was an airstrike. The photo has been removed throughout much the internet, but Hamas uses telegram, which is uncensored, so copies leak out here and there.

Sal_NV

(606 posts)
151. I've seen some pretty horrific acts of cruelty towards other humans in my life,
Sat Nov 25, 2023, 12:36 PM
Nov 2023

but nothing like some of the pics I've seen of the brutality that Hamas committed on 10/7 and beyond.

Mr.Bill

(24,906 posts)
31. One thing is clear,
Fri Nov 24, 2023, 05:41 PM
Nov 2023

and you can apply this to either side. If you are fighting a war and obeying all the rules while your opponent is not, you are going to have a hard time winning.

LetMyPeopleVote

(179,822 posts)
32. The BBC has admitted that it was wrong to question Israel's claims about Hamas tunnels under Shifa hospital
Fri Nov 24, 2023, 05:49 PM
Nov 2023

The BBC thinks that there was a command center under this hospital




 

RainWalker

(605 posts)
34. Dr. Eli David is an antivax right winger
Fri Nov 24, 2023, 06:16 PM
Nov 2023

Sad to see stuff from this far right grifter posted on here.

He's also incredibly anti-Democrat and anti-Biden as most anti-science right wing weirdos are.




MorbidButterflyTat

(4,507 posts)
66. Weird, huh?
Fri Nov 24, 2023, 08:43 PM
Nov 2023

Thanks for pointing this out. It really puts things into perspective, for me. Enlightening.

Nothing binds like hate, I guess. SMDH.

 

RainWalker

(605 posts)
71. Many supporters of Israel are very far right wing
Fri Nov 24, 2023, 08:46 PM
Nov 2023

And given that Netanyahu is far right, it makes sense

underpants

(196,490 posts)
35. This is about bombs and missiles
Fri Nov 24, 2023, 06:16 PM
Nov 2023

not personnel entering the site.
In order to hit the military site the hospital will be damaged

Oneironaut

(6,299 posts)
36. I don't understand the need for making up Hamas "command centers."
Fri Nov 24, 2023, 06:21 PM
Nov 2023

Hamas is bad enough, and, it wouldn’t be out of character for them to put a command center with grenades and shit in a kindergarten, even.

Not sure if the command center under the hospital ever existed, but, if it was made up, why? It seems pointless to stick to a lie when there are probably many other examples of Hamas treating Palestinians like pieces of dirt.

AloeVera

(4,263 posts)
92. Pretty grim.
Fri Nov 24, 2023, 09:59 PM
Nov 2023

There's a perfectly good reason if your goal is to make all hospitals inoperative and/or damaged.

There's a lot to unpack there. For those who wish to see.

AloeVera

(4,263 posts)
117. It would be if I had said that.
Sat Nov 25, 2023, 12:20 AM
Nov 2023

Having a goal implies it is not just "for the hell of it".

How many hospitals are now operating in North Gaza? I'm pretty sure it's now none. Why are they not operational unless the goal was to shut them all down?

What happened to the patients? Driven out or still trapped, with no medical care.

How many patients died from the shut down of power due to no fuel? Many. Including premature babies and ICU and dialysis patients.

How many are dying a painful death in the streets or under rubble because there is no fucking medical care in North Gaza??

Go ahead and defend the indefensible.

lapucelle

(21,061 posts)
154. Isn't that the fallacy of false dilemma?
Sat Nov 25, 2023, 01:17 PM
Nov 2023
Why are they not operational unless the goal was to shut them all down?


The Israeli goal is to target and destroy Hamas, a well-funded terrorist organization that openly, publicly, and, by its own admission, is engaging in genocide against Israel.

Unfortunately, Hamas has no problem using and exploiting civilian infrastructure. This particular war crime is a win-win for Hamas.

Perhaps if there were more anti-Hamas marches by pro-Palestinian activists it would raise awareness concerning Hamas's war crimes against the people of Gaza.






sarisataka

(22,694 posts)
38. I have seen more than enough evidence
Fri Nov 24, 2023, 06:31 PM
Nov 2023

That Hamas was using the hospital for military purposes contrary to the laws of war.

Was it likely also a point that coordinated operations? Very likely. Debating if it was a "command center" is splitting hairs.

A terrorist organization will not have a central command point that looks like NORAD.

SoFlaBro

(3,790 posts)
43. How much "command and control" do you need to hand out suicide vests and machetes to behead children and old ladies?
Fri Nov 24, 2023, 06:45 PM
Nov 2023

Fuck the Hamas KKK faction.

Torchlight

(6,821 posts)
49. Sounds serious
Fri Nov 24, 2023, 07:19 PM
Nov 2023

Good luck.

Odd though the remnants that were left behind after Hamas fled. Again.

LeftInTX

(34,286 posts)
50. If there was, any evidence was destroyed by Israel this morning, minutes b4 the ceasefire.
Fri Nov 24, 2023, 07:30 PM
Nov 2023


I don't think there was. Centers have been located in residential areas, where rocket launchers are easier to play.

I don't believe they had a command center under Shifa. They can easily put one at a house.

lapucelle

(21,061 posts)
84. Command centers are located in residential areas?
Fri Nov 24, 2023, 09:36 PM
Nov 2023

That would be additional confirmation that Hamas is using Gazans as human shields.

Do you have a link for that photo?

WarGamer

(18,613 posts)
68. But But But... the IDF produced an animated video showing a Bond Villain underground lair there...
Fri Nov 24, 2023, 08:44 PM
Nov 2023

You mean there's not??? Not even a single shark with a freekin' laser on his head?

Response to David__77 (Reply #81)

AloeVera

(4,263 posts)
157. No, sorry. But...
Fri Dec 1, 2023, 01:02 AM
Dec 2023

They did discover a terrorist with superhuman abilities. This lone terrorist prevented 1,000 people from leaving the hospital!! True story.


Patton French

(1,824 posts)
122. Good grief.
Sat Nov 25, 2023, 12:34 AM
Nov 2023

Are some people standing by the ridiculous position that Hamas doesn’t use human shields?

 

Think. Again.

(22,456 posts)
140. I haven't seen anyone claiming or standing by that....
Sat Nov 25, 2023, 07:11 AM
Nov 2023

...could you point us toward a post?

RandySF

(84,260 posts)
129. So?
Sat Nov 25, 2023, 01:04 AM
Nov 2023

They found guns, body armor in the hospital and a tunnel underneath. Does it matter if there is a command center?

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