President Joe Biden is visiting Israel on Wednesday as the deadly Gaza hospital blast fuels protests. NBC News is providing live updates.

President Joe Biden is visiting Israel on Wednesday as the deadly Gaza hospital blast fuels protests. NBC News is providing live updates.

  • Son_of_dad@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2017·
    1 year ago

    Hamas misfiring and hitting their own is fairly common, and with the escalation, much more common you’d think.

    • Fitik@kbin.socialOP
      1314·
      1 year ago

      Yes, I know about that, but many don’t

      There have been a number of examples in past conflicts of misfired Hamas rockets striking Palestinian civilian areas in the Gaza Strip. During the August 2022 flareup between Israel and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad terror group, more than one-fifth of the 1,000 rockets fired toward Israel failed and landed in Gaza, where they caused one-third of the 44 deaths recorded.