* Blinken commented Monday on the Israeli Defense Forces rocket attack that took out a Gaza building that housed Associated Press and Al Jazeera staff
* He said the U.S. requested 'additional details' and has 'not seen any information provided'
* Hussam Abu Harbid, commander in Palestinian Islamic Jihadi, killed in air strike according to Israeli air force
* Israelis said Harbid directed rocket attacks including some of the ones which sparked the recent conflict
* Strike followed another night of heavy bombardment that IDF said targeted Hamas tunnels and commanders
* Death toll now stands at 201 Palestinians including 58 children, and 10 Israelis including one child
Secretary of State Antony Blinken says he hasn't seen any evidence that Hamas was operating inside a building in Gaza that housed Associated Press and Al Jazeera officers – after Israel said it provided 'smoking gun' evidence to President Joe Biden about the building its forces obliterated.
He said the U.S. has sought additional evidence from Israel, after the rocket attack on the building caused an uproar and demands for a full explanation from the Israelis.
'Shortly after the strike we did request additional details regarding the justification for it,' Blinken said Monday.
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Update: Blinken hasn’t seen any evidence on AP Gaza building strike (AP)
WNU Editor: Israel is saying that they provided evidence to the White House that Hamas was operating in this building, and that President Biden was satisfied with the intel .... Israel showed US ‘smoking gun’ on Hamas in AP office tower, officials say (Jerusalem Post).
Update #1: We shall see .... The 'Israel Is a Monster for Bombing the Associated Press' Office Building in Gaza' Narrative Just Collapsed (Townhall).
Update #2: The AP is demanding an investigation, but one of their journalists remarked in the last war (2014) that the building was being used by Hamas (see below). More here .... Associated Press slammed for claim it was unaware of Hamas in building (NYPost), and here .... AP torched for claiming they were unaware of Hamas intel operation in their building: 'Difficult to believe' (FOX News).
To be clear, I don't at all think that the AP works with terrorists. I think they just make the calculation that part of the cost of doing business safely in an enclave ruled by terrorists is keeping your head down.
— Seffi Kogen (@seffikogen) May 16, 2021
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Although there are many news agencies around the world, four global news agencies, Agence France-Presse (AFP), Associated Press (AP), Reuters and United Press International (UPI) have offices in most countries of the world, cover all areas of information, and provide the majority of international news printed by the world's newspapers.
Why do we need the AP again? There is more than one alternative. Just like manned ships, subs, and aircraft are being replaced by autonomous or semi-autonomous drones, why do we need a gaggle of associated prostitutes? Those whores mission in life seems to be getting paid for little work and many lies and whose purpose is to be an important department of the Ministry of Truth.
I am fine with AFP until I find out otherwise. Me thinks they can cover Latin America and Africa better than the street walkers at AP. Much of West Africa speaks French. Spanish and French are romance languages. So I think the French at AFP have a leg up on the doughboys and dough girls of AP.
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