From: ScottW48@hotmail.com   
      
   for that last two days because their coverage has been mostly a repeat of   
   Israel bombs hospital claims from Hamas.   
      
   But they had the video which tells a different story.   
      
   Video shows rocket fired from Gaza exploding above Gaza City before explosion   
   at hospital   
   From CNN's Paul P. Murphy   
      
   Video from an Al Jazeera news camera appears to show a rocket fired from a   
   Gaza explosion in flight above Gaza City, which happened moments before an   
   explosion is seen at Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital.    
      
   It is still not clear if they are related.    
      
   CNN is continuing to conduct its own investigation into the blast at the   
   hospital, and has not yet made any final conclusions.   
      
   CNN began reviewing this video Tuesday shortly after the explosion. Since   
   then, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has pointed to this video as evidence   
   that it was not responsible for the explosion at the hospital.    
      
   CNN referenced nearby buildings in the video to geolocate them to an area just   
   west of the hospital.    
      
   The video was broadcast live from an east-facing Al Jazeera camera and   
   captures the rocket trail rising into the air just a few seconds after it was   
   launched. The time on the screen reads 6:59 p.m local time.   
      
   By geolocating where the Al Jazeera video was taken from, and the direction   
   it's capturing, CNN has determined the rocket was fired from an area south of   
   Gaza City. The rocket can be seen in the video continuing to rise, until it   
   suddenly veers straight    
   up in the air.   
      
   The rocket then is seen making a sharp turn back toward the direction from   
   where it was fired. A streak of fire is seen as the rocket flies significantly   
   faster, continuing back toward the direction it was fired.     
      
   Suddenly, the rocket is seen exploding mid-flight, in the air high above Gaza   
   City. The rocket trail is no longer visible. From the video, it is unclear   
   where the rocket ultimately fell.   
      
   Retired Col. Cedric Leighton told CNN after reviewing the video that "it's   
   consistent with a malfunctioning rocket."    
      
   "The 'lights' are consistent with a rocket burning fuel as it tries to reach   
   altitude," Leighton said. "The aerial explosion is consistent with the type of   
   explosion you’d see when a rocket malfunctions."    
   Moments after the mid-air explosion, a flash of light is seen in the video in   
   the east toward the ground. As the camera pans down, an explosion in another   
   area of east Gaza City is seen.    
      
   Then, a second flash of light — an explosion — is seen at the Al-Ahli   
   Baptist Hospital complex.   
      
   There is only one rocket trail seen in the video. If the rising rocket was   
   intercepted by another rocket, there would be another rocket trail.    
      
   The Iron Dome system is programmed to only intercept rockets that are about to   
   land in Israel. The location of this explosion is in the middle of Gaza and an   
   intercept that far into Gaza would be unusual, according to CNN’s Jerusalem   
   correspondent    
   Hadas Gold.   
      
   https://www.cnn.com/middleeast/live-news/israel-news-hamas-war-1   
   -18-23/index.html   
      
   Also in the above link is the burnt parking lot next to the hospital which has   
   no crater to speak of which would not be the case for an Israeli bomb.   
      
   ScottW   
      
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