Now that the Ashli hospital flap is over, the media must prepare for a story that will be difficult to navigate. The Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City is also the command center for Hamas. At some point, it will be an Israeli target. A legitimate military target, per the laws of war
There will be massive information operations when this command center is targeted. Al-Jazeera and others will lead the charge. They will ignore that Mohammed Deif & Yahya Sinwar are there, among other Hamas military . I strongly recommend reporters start gathering facts now.
Among other things, media should gather info on the underground of the al-Shifa compound, Mohammed Deif, Yahya Sinwar, American human shields legislation, NATO-UN views on human shields & Hamas info ops.
War is ugly. This very predictable episode will only underscore that.
And just to remind folks: after an utter media failure, in which multiple outlets mistakenly reported an Israeli war crime, there has been a total revision based on facts that contradict the original erroneous reporting.
There will be a next time. It can’t be more clear: Shifa.
Also worth noting, Israel will not have much of a choice when the Shifa moment arrives. Hamas will fight brutally to the end, and it will fight behind civilians. This is a dynamic that cannot be ignored. Al-Shifa will be the eye of the storm.
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