First, Palestinians have noted that the al-Ahli Arab Hospital was hit by rocket fire three days earlier, although according to The New York Times, the source of the rocket fire remains unclear, and staff had received text messages and phone calls demanding that the hospital be evacuated.[115] Anglican Archbishop Hosam Naoum said the Israeli military had telephoned and texted the hospital at least three times since 14 October, asking patients and staff to leave.[59] He said these warnings were specific to the hospital, and not part of Israel’s general push to have civilians leave northern Gaza: “There were specific warnings to get out of the building.”[59]

Second, Israel dissembled about civilian casualties before, such as in the death of Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh.[115] Third, Israeli government officials have put out inconsistent information regarding the hospital explosion, including a video of a rocket barrage showing a time stamp well after the time of the explosion.[115] Hananya Naftali is frequently cited on this point. Naftali, an Israeli social media influencer and a social media advisor to Netanyahu, initially posted a statement on Twitter, stating the Israeli Air Force had struck a Hamas terrorist base inside a hospital. Naftali promptly deleted this, later stating that his previous post was a false assumption he had made based on a Reuters report.[116][117] PolitiFact found no evidence of Naftali being “an official spokesperson for Israel or its military”. PolitiFact also noted, “He said in an Oct. 14 Facebook video that Netanyahu assigned him to a task force to defend Israel in the media.”[118]

Yeah no Israel did it.