Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) reportedly ignored journalists on Capitol Hill Wednesday pressing the congresswoman about her now-debunked statement blaming Israel for the deadly blast at a Gaza hospital that killed hundreds of Palestinians.
Initial reports, derived from the Hamas terrorist group and media organizations operating within its jurisdiction, claimed the strike on Gaza City’s al-Ahli Baptist Hospital was carried out by Israel.
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Bradley Jaye/Breitbart NewsAs the reports spread across the web, Tlaib rushed to social media to condemn Israel.
“Israel just bombed the Baptist Hospital killing 500 Palestinians (doctors, children, patients) just like that,” the far-left lawmaker wrote on X:
@POTUS this is what happens when you refuse to facilitate a ceasefire & help de-escalate. Your war and destruction only approach has opened my eyes and many Palestinian Americans and Muslims Americans like me. We will remember where you stood.
Israel just bombed the Baptist Hospital killing 500 Palestinians (doctors, children, patients) just like that. @POTUS this is what happens when you refuse to facilitate a ceasefire & help de-escalate.
Your war and destruction only approach has opened my eyes and many… https://t.co/mZYoifT7bj
— Rashida Tlaib (@RashidaTlaib) October 17, 2023
Meanwhile, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) launched an investigation into the explosion and swiftly concluded the hospital had been hit by a Palestinian rocket by the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ). Later, IDF spokesman Lt. Col. (res.) Jonathan Conricus took to CNN to further elaborate on Israel’s findings, which absolved the Jewish state from wrongdoing:
Telling @wolfblitzer that we stand by our claim, which is based on intelligence and a thorough review, that a rocket fired by the Islamic Jihad hit the Al Ahli Hospital last evening. Hamas tries to use every humanitarian event in its information warfare campaign. pic.twitter.com/jfmVgKY31N
— Jonathan Conricus (@jconricus) October 18, 2023
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President Joe Biden, while in Israel showing solidarity with the Jewish state, said Israel is not responsible for the bombing, and cited data presented to him by the Pentagon.
“Based on the information we have seen today it appears the result of an errant rocket fired by a terrorist group in Gaza,” Biden added.
When confronted about her false accusation targeting Israel — by Punchbowl’s Max Cohen and National Review’s John McCormack — Tlaib simply ignored their questions and rushed into a waiting vehicle:
Tlaib wouldn’t respond just now when I asked if she had considered taking this post down, after Biden said he believes Israel didn’t bomb this hospital https://t.co/SJwBwq3Glu
— Max Cohen (@maxpcohen) October 18, 2023
I just asked @RashidaTlaib multiple times why she hasn’t deleted this tweet—and whether she has seen evidence that refutes it.
Rep. Tlaib refused to say anything as she rushed from the House floor to a car waiting to pick her up outside the Capitol building. https://t.co/HxvvgqKZyS
— John McCormack (@McCormackJohn) October 18, 2023
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