TLDR: A more accurate translation of the original statement would have been victims or casualties. Not deaths. But when many news outlets were asked the source of the claim (as they had provided none in their articles) none responded with a source. But the source was later found and translated properly.
Edit: This is not support for Hamas, they can fuck off. It’s just pointing out some very sloppy and irresponsible journalism in regards to that specific instance.
There are still people who think it was an Israeli strike. Israel’s contradictory evidence, as well as the direction of the rocket, make it much more likely to be Israel.
If you’re referring to the number of deaths from that explosion, then that was a mistranslation that media outlets copied and ran with.
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TLDR: A more accurate translation of the original statement would have been victims or casualties. Not deaths. But when many news outlets were asked the source of the claim (as they had provided none in their articles) none responded with a source. But the source was later found and translated properly.
Edit: This is not support for Hamas, they can fuck off. It’s just pointing out some very sloppy and irresponsible journalism in regards to that specific instance.
Was it also a misquote when Hamas said it was an Israeli airstrike?
There are still people who think it was an Israeli strike. Israel’s contradictory evidence, as well as the direction of the rocket, make it much more likely to be Israel.
There are still people who think the earth is flat, so what?
No I’m talking like people that matter. I saw that one analysis a while back that states it’s unlikely the rocket came from inside Gaza.