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Omar, Tlaib silent after evidence contradicts their claims that Israel killed hundreds in Gaza hospital blast

Reps. Rashida Tlaib (D., Mich.) and Ilhan Omar (D., Minn.) rushed to blame Israel and parrot claims from Hamas following a Tuesday blast at a Gazan hospital. Now that evidence has emerged contradicting those claims, the lawmakers are silent.

“Israel just bombed the Baptist Hospital killing 500 Palestinians (doctors, children, patients),” Tlaib said shortly after news broke of an explosion at Al Ahli Arab Hospital in the northern Gaza Strip. “This is what happens when you refuse to facilitate a ceasefire & help de-escalate.” Omar echoed Tlaib’s rhetoric, saying, “The [Israel Defense Forces] reportedly blowing up one of the few places the injured and wounded can seek medical treatment and shelter during a war is horrific.”

It did not take long for evidence to emerge contradicting those claims. The morning after the attack, footage from Gaza showed the hospital intact, with damage largely confined to the building’s parking lot. Shortly thereafter, both President Joe Biden and senior U.S. officials cited independent data showing that a Palestinian Islamic Jihad rocket—not an Israeli missile—misfired and hit the hospital.

Both Tlaib and Omar, however, have remained silent. Both of the lawmakers’ statements remain live on X, formerly Twitter, and neither returned requests for comments. Tlaib on Wednesday morning was nonetheless active on social media, with the Democrat sharing a post from the left-wing Working Families Party urging members of Congress to “call for ceasefire and de-escalation” in Gaza.

Tlaib and Omar’s claims that Israel bombed the Gaza hospital—and that hundreds of Palestinians died in the attack—came from Hamas directly. The terror group made those assertions Tuesday evening through its “health ministry.”

While an accurate death toll from the blast is not yet known, daytime footage from the hospital suggests that Hamas’s hasty death toll of at least 500 is not accurate. The blast’s impact site extended mere meters, photos show, and even an awning next to the hospital parking lot remains standing. The hospital’s chapel, meanwhile, only took damage to some of its stained-glass windows.

Even Murtaza Hussain, a writer at left-wing outlet The Intercept, acknowledged Wednesday that daytime footage from the hospital “does not look consistent” with an Israeli airstrike.

“In daylight it’s clear that the hospital building itself was not leveled but rather the cars in the parking lot may have ignited,” Hussain said.

Tlaib and Omar are known for making anti-Israel and anti-Semitic statements. Omar, for example, has argued that Israel “hypnotized the world,” said that U.S. support for Israel is “all about the Benjamins,” and compared the United States and Israel to terrorist organizations. Omar in February was removed from her post on the House Foreign Affairs Committee due to those statements.

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Johnandtoni Miller 23:02 19.10.2023
🇮🇱✡️🕎🇮🇱✡️🕎🇮🇱✡️🕎🇮🇱✡️🕎🇮🇱✡️🕎 They have no idea what God has instore for them on the other side.
Johnandtoni Miller 22:59 19.10.2023
Do these douch bags realize the majority of Americans think there traitors?
Sandy Grant 16:30 19.10.2023
Make them go back to countries they escaped from. Don’t bring your hatefilled garbage to america
[Anonymous] 08:11 19.10.2023
The fools on the hill
Jennifer London 05:15 19.10.2023
They are cowards, no honesty among them. They would hold on to the lies because it gives them credibility among their people.
Bob Farahi 04:37 19.10.2023
Omar, the 2 bit Arab whore, should apologize and shut up. She is too stupid to be in Congress. She should pack up and go back to Samalia.
[Anonymous] 03:09 19.10.2023
They knew they were lying at the time. That’s all they do, they’ve been paid well. 30-40 million, but they won’t keep that money or even get to spend it. God is judging & the Angel of Death is here.
[Anonymous] 03:08 19.10.2023
It’s not there fault it’s the stupid people who elected them they never tried to hide their hatred can’t stand those bitches if you voted for them you’re fucking stupid. Get out of my country whores.
Christopher Polly 03:00 19.10.2023
The DEMOCRAT PARTY is just as hateful as these 4 pigs. IF the PARTY didn't deep down agree, they would PUBLICLY censure them.
Lee Field 02:45 19.10.2023
Your lies will be exposed if any perpatrators are captured and brought to NUREMBERG type trials in JERUSALEM !
Lee Field 02:37 19.10.2023
Keep flappling your lips,Voters wont forget the rubbish ,incitement,false narratives, your spins dont work
william koh 02:37 19.10.2023
Why does US harbour such Representatives in their Congress. They shld go live in the middle east where their brothers live.
Johnandtoni Miller 02:36 19.10.2023
Both of those worthless cunts need to be kicked out of Congress for treason and shipped to down town Gaza. See how much shit flows out of there shit traps than. They are nothing but trouble for US
[Anonymous] 02:34 19.10.2023
To compare these 4 women to livestock is an insult to livestock. Disgusting human beings, one of which isn’t even a legal US Citizen herself and should be deported. They’re like a bad SNL parody.
[deleted] 02:34 19.10.2023
The fact that she has not apologized for her error or correct it, shows the type of person she is! 🤮
Gary Rush 02:34 19.10.2023
This Squad should be run out of AMERICA, IMMEDIATELY THEY ARE ALL GUILTY OF TREASON !!!!!!
Wayne Granger 02:33 19.10.2023
Ignorant terrorist sympathizers.
[Anonymous] 02:33 19.10.2023
Whatcha y’all got to say now??!! Un huh. Exactly what I thought n the world knows. 🦗🦗🦗
Cynthia Glazier 02:32 19.10.2023
BUSTED!! Go JUMP IN your holes WITCHES!
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