Gaza hospital blast: The battle to own the narrative
This Is Why
Sky News
4.0 • 552 Ratings
🗓️ 18 October 2023
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
It comes as US President Joe Biden lands in Israel to discuss the conflict. He appeared to back the Israeli military account that the blast was not caused by them.
On the Sky News Daily, host Belle Donati hears from General Sir Simon Mayall, former senior adviser for the Middle East at the Ministry of Defence, to understand the military outlook on the ground in Israel and the wider region.
Belle also speaks to Lishay Lavi whose husband Omri Miran was kidnapped from kibbutz Nahal Oz and taken to the Gaza Strip on 7 October.
Plus, our Middle East correspondent Ali Bunkall updates us on the al Ahli hospital bombing and Biden's visit.
Senior Producer: Annie Joyce
Producer: Soila Apparicio
Interviews Producer: Melissa Tutesigensi
Editor: Paul Stanworth
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| 1:00.2 | Hi there, it's Beldenati in the Sky News studio. |
| 1:03.7 | Well, there's only one story we can talk about. |
| 1:05.9 | The images are grim. |
| 1:07.6 | The stories we're reading and hearing are grim. |
| 1:12.8 | Palestinian officials say at least 500 people were killed in the explosion at Al-Akhli Hospital in Gaza. One of the biggest challenges |
| 1:19.4 | is the information war, claim and counterclaim about what happened with that explosion. The president |
| 1:26.0 | of the Palestinian National Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, |
| 1:29.2 | blames Israel. |
| 1:30.4 | Israel's Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, |
| 1:32.7 | blamed the Palestinian Islamic Jihad group. |
| 1:36.2 | The Prime Minister's team says it's Hamas's little brother. |
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