BREAKING: The White House: Tomorrow President Biden will address the nation to discuss our response to Hamas’ terrorist attacks against Israel and Russia’s ongoing brutal war against Ukraine. This speech will be delivered from the Oval Office at 8:00pm ET

— Barak Ravid (@BarakRavid) October 18, 2023

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Hopefully he includes our plans to go get the Americans that were taken hostage and the approximate location of the smoking hole in the ground we're going to leave as accountability for the ones that were killed.

evan_aggie said:

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Information and video footage of the hospital explosion is very strange.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-67144061?at_campaign=KARANGA&at_medium=RSS

They claimed 500+ dead but the crater and impact in the courtyard shows something more like a rocket strike (crater a couple feet deep?).

The fire and cars in the immediate area is 100 ft in diameter. I don't know how it spread to the hospital structure?

It is likely this was a stray rocket, but does anyone have info on the hospital destruction itself?

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Hospital was not destroyed

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captkirk said:

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evan_aggie said:

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Information and video footage of the hospital explosion is very strange.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-67144061?at_campaign=KARANGA&at_medium=RSS

They claimed 500+ dead but the crater and impact in the courtyard shows something more like a rocket strike (crater a couple feet deep?).

The fire and cars in the immediate area is 100 ft in diameter. I don't know how it spread to the hospital structure?

It is likely this was a stray rocket, but does anyone have info on the hospital destruction itself?

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Hospital was not destroyed

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Didn't the audio recording intercepted by the IDF say the rocket hit the cemetery behind the hospital?

CNN just showed video of a missile fired by Hamas that stalled as it rose, and then abruptly made a turn back to strike near its launch point to explode. They are claiming Israel intel believes this is the stray missile which struck the hospital property.

Marcus Aurelius said:

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CNN just showed video of a missile fired by Hamas that stalled as it rose, and then abruptly made a turn back to strike near its launch point to explode. They are claiming Israel intel believes this is the stray missile which struck the hospital property.

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if it can happen to a Patriot, it can definitely happen to a Hamas rocket.
Especially if you are firing 5000 of them.

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"I'm not suggesting that Hamas deliberately did it," the president said at Ramstein Air Base in Germany en route back to Washington after visiting Israel earlier in the day.

"It's that old thing: Gotta learn how to shoot straight," Biden went on.

"It's not the first time that Hamas has launched something that didn't function very well."

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Biden: “Hamas… gotta learn how to shoot straight” pic.twitter.com/45lhUP6Mpu

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Biden: “Hamas… gotta learn how to shoot straight” pic.twitter.com/45lhUP6Mpu

— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) October 18, 2023

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Well, that ought to calm all the Palestinian supporters in the Middle East down. Unbelievable.

All he needed to do was say nothing and go to bed, but nooooo ...

I was watching one of the live feeds last night and one feed was labeled Gaza hospital. I watched for a while and it was a few people wandering around, a camera set up on a tripod and not much going on. I saw one emergency vehicle arrive and a bunch of people gathered around the back of it and I never saw anyone taken out.

I asked on the chat if anyone knew why there was no activity considering the hospital bombing and the 1,000 + that were supposedly buried in the rubble created by IDF bombing. The only response I got was "well it is 4:11 AM! Someone did say there were other hospitals available. Just struck me odd.

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Quote:

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"I'm not suggesting that Hamas deliberately did it," the president said at Ramstein Air Base in Germany en route back to Washington after visiting Israel earlier in the day.

"It's that old thing: Gotta learn how to shoot straight," Biden went on.

"It's not the first time that Hamas has launched something that didn't function very well."

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Biden: “Hamas… gotta learn how to shoot straight” pic.twitter.com/45lhUP6Mpu

— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) October 18, 2023

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No way he said that. Gotta be some AI deepfake.

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buzzardb267 said:

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I was watching one of the live feeds last night and one feed was labeled Gaza hospital. I watched for a while and it was a few people wandering around, a camera set up on a tripod and not much going on. I saw one emergency vehicle arrive and a bunch of people gathered around the back of it and I never saw anyone taken out.

I asked on the chat if anyone knew why there was no activity considering the hospital bombing and the 1,000 + that were supposedly buried in the rubble created by IDF bombing. The only response I got was "well it is 4:11 AM! Someone did say there were other hospitals available. Just struck me odd.

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The hospital that cam is on is different than the one that got idiot bombed.

Israel will start a ground invasion of Gaza. People will try to run away, where will they go? Egypt does not want them. No other Islamic country will take these troublemakers.The will not convert to Judaism.

I have no idea. It seems like the choices are death or death.

We have received 89 reports of antisemitism in the last 4 days.

Read more on our blog at https://t.co/8YcCjYuLpW pic.twitter.com/s18Y0fWjB8

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CDUB98 said:

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buzzardb267 said:

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I was watching one of the live feeds last night and one feed was labeled Gaza hospital. I watched for a while and it was a few people wandering around, a camera set up on a tripod and not much going on. I saw one emergency vehicle arrive and a bunch of people gathered around the back of it and I never saw anyone taken out.

I asked on the chat if anyone knew why there was no activity considering the hospital bombing and the 1,000 + that were supposedly buried in the rubble created by IDF bombing. The only response I got was "well it is 4:11 AM! Someone did say there were other hospitals available. Just struck me odd.

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The hospital that cam is on is different than the one that got idiot bombed.

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I understand. I just thought with all the carnage going on from the "bombed" hospital and the recovery efforts, there would be some activity at the "Gaza hospital". It was dead there.

infinity ag said:

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Israel will start a ground invasion of Gaza. People will try to run away, where will they go? Egypt does not want them. No other Islamic country will take these troublemakers.The will not convert to Judaism.

I have no idea. It seems like the choices are death or death.

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Electing terrorists to be your government has consequences.

ETA: I see BQ78 beat me to it.

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BTHOB said:

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samurai_science said:

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Israel will be fine, they are still going to war

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They've lost the PR/media war (as predicted). They're not going to do much more than they already are doing.

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Mark this

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The Israeli War Cabinet reportedly told U.S. President Biden today during a Meeting that they have now completed their preparations for an Invasion of the Gaza Strip and that a Ground Operation is now “Imminent.”

— OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) October 18, 2023

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I'll believe it when it happens. I continue to believe minor incursions will culminate in broad appeals for peace talks. No "full scale invasion" will take place. Hamas will remain, unfortunately.

BTHOB said:

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samurai_science said:

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samurai_science said:

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BTHOB said:

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samurai_science said:

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Israel will be fine, they are still going to war

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They've lost the PR/media war (as predicted). They're not going to do much more than they already are doing.

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Mark this

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The Israeli War Cabinet reportedly told U.S. President Biden today during a Meeting that they have now completed their preparations for an Invasion of the Gaza Strip and that a Ground Operation is now “Imminent.”

— OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) October 18, 2023

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I'll believe it when it happens. I continue to believe minor incursions will culminate in broad appeals for peace talks. No "full scale invasion" will take place. Hamas will remain, unfortunately.

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I've been leaning this way as well for days. I'm certainly not ready to say they won't go in, at this point I'd guess they still probably will. But right now tonight I feel like it's 60% they'll do a full-scale invasion of Gaza and 40% they won't. And I think the 40% is growing. But we'll see..