Israel Defense Forces spokesman Jonathan Conricus questioned BBC World’s live coverage of the Gaza hospital explosion and then posted the video of his participation on X, formerly Twitter.
In a letter, he declared himself “dismayed by the double standards in the news” and pointed out that “the urgent reporting” by the British broadcaster “automatically blames Israel for the explosion in a hospital in Gaza on the basis of that alone.” Claims from the terrorist group Hamas.” !”
As we reported, the IDF and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu blamed the attack on Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorists, whose nearby rockets they said hit the site. The group is an ally of Hamas, which is responsible for the October 7 massacre of Jews.
“And if we investigate and refute the allegations, the evidence must be presented,” defended Conricus on the social network. “I have no problem with being held accountable, but I just wish our enemies were subjected to the same scrutiny.”
On television, the spokesman said BBC international editor Jeremy Bowen was “neither at the scene nor did he check the facts himself; He took information from Hamas and reported it as if it were the truth.”
“We do not intentionally target civilians. All of our shots have an address and that address is Hamas. We are fighting against Hamas. They use civilian infrastructure for their military purposes and have been proven to use civilians as human shields. They stopped the evacuation of the north, set up blockades, intimidated people and told them not to go south so that they would stay in northern Gaza, even though they knew that staying there was much more dangerous for civilians. This must be taken into account,” emphasized Conricus.
“We are dealing with the most ruthless and despicable terrorist organization. We’re talking about the atrocities [cometidas pelo Hamas], I won’t go into it and repeat it. But there’s another aspect to the news here. We have seen Hamas commit the most deplorable acts against Israeli civilians and its own civilians. And I think it is time for journalists, in their professional duties, to be extremely diligent in reporting events involving deaths in Gaza. Because all information coming from Gaza is controlled and disseminated by Hamas. And they are not ashamed to lie. You are not accountable to anyone. They don’t think about the truth. They don’t mind lying, distorting and misrepresenting local events as long as it serves their purpose and they can blame Israel,” the spokesman said, adding that the hospital explosion case was an example of this.
He also rejected the claim that terrorists did not have weapons capable of causing such damage.
“Many, many kilos of explosives, especially the longrange rockets that both Hamas and Jihad possess, are causing significant damage. And if people are not housed in emergency shelters, many of them die.”
Watch the interview video.