IDF Spokesperson Criticized for Silence on Gaza Hospital Strike
Translated & summarized from Srugim by baba
Galatz military correspondent Doron Kadosh criticized the IDF spokesperson's unit for its silence on an overnight strike at Gaza's Nasser Hospital, which reportedly hit an outpatient clinic housing a Hamas interrogation facility. While Palestinian reports claim casualties, Kadosh highlighted the lack of an official IDF statement amid international media coverage portraying the event as an attack on a hospital. He expressed concern over the IDF's perceived failure in public relations, especially to the international community.
The story in 5 lines · by baba
- Galatz correspondent Doron Kadosh criticized the IDF spokesperson for silence on a Nasser Hospital strike.
- Kadosh claims the strike targeted a Hamas interrogation facility within the hospital's outpatient clinic.
- Palestinian reports state five were killed and 20 injured in the Khan Younis hospital strike.
- International media coverage is portraying the incident as an attack on a hospital.
- Kadosh expressed concern over the IDF's perceived neglect of international public relations.
Doron Kadosh, the military correspondent for Galatz (Israel Army Radio), sharply criticized the IDF's spokesperson unit on Thursday for its official silence regarding a strike conducted overnight at the Nasser Hospital complex in Khan Younis, southern Gaza.
According to reports, the strike hit the outpatient clinic building of the hospital. Kadosh claimed that an interrogation facility for Hamas security personnel was operating within this building. Palestinian reports stated that five people were killed and about 20 were injured in the incident.
Kadosh pointed out on social media platform X the discrepancy between extensive international media coverage of the strike and the lack of an official explanation from the IDF. He noted that major global news outlets were already reporting the strike as an attack on a hospital, without mentioning the alleged Hamas facility. "The world is already rushing to declare a hospital bombed," Kadosh wrote, emphasizing that while Israelis are aware of the Hamas facility, the international community is being presented with a narrative of an unprovoked attack on a hospital.
He expressed concern that nearly six hours after the strike and its reporting in Gaza, the IDF spokesperson had not issued a statement. Kadosh also criticized the spokesperson's perceived neglect of international public relations, stating, "I know the IDF spokesperson hasn't bothered to explain anything to the Israeli public for a long time... but is he also neglecting his duty in explaining to the international community? Highly disturbing."
Kadosh warned that the lack of an Israeli response could lead to international accusations of the IDF bombing innocent hospitals and killing Gazans, citing reports of a doctor in medical attire killed in the strike. He questioned why the IDF spokesperson's English-language updates were focused on enforcing illegal outpost regulations in the West Bank instead of addressing the Gaza incident.
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