What is the truth about the video that Edy Cohen published showing the missile that hit Baptist Hospital?
The Israeli journalist (Edy Cohen) posted on his account on the X (formerly Twitter) platform a video clip attached to a claim that stated the following: “Urgent, the Baptist massacre. The Hamas rocket itself was a failed launch that fell on innocent people's heads.”
The truth:
The video clip is old and was previously circulated on social media platforms (Facebook, X, and YouTube) in August 2022.
This denies the claim that the video is recent, depicting a missile that failed to launch and hit Al-Ahly Baptist Hospital in the Gaza Strip in Palestine.
Additionally, Cohen's false claim, which he attached to the video, stating that the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement, known as Hamas, was responsible for launching a later failed missile that hit the Baptist Hospital contradicts Israel's allegation regarding the party behind the missile launch. Israel had accused the Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine of this, not Hamas!
According to statements from the spokesperson of the Palestinian Ministry of Health, Ashraf al-Qudra, during a press conference on Wednesday, October 18, 2023, the toll of victims from the bombing of the Baptist Hospital has reached 471 martyrs, with 28 critical cases and an additional 314 injuries of varying severity.