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I was deeply saddened and outraged by the explosion at the hospital in Gaza yesterday.

And based on what I've seen, it appears as though it was done

by the other team, not you. Now, leave aside the unfortunate choice of language there, which makes it

sound like it's the Boston Red Sox taking on the New York Yankees. Biden is coming down, seemingly,

on the side of Israel, over this hideous explosion at a hospital

which has potentially claimed hundreds of lives on the eve of Joe Biden's visit, which hasn't got off to the most auspicious start.

But the destruction of this hospital, which has rightly

caused outrage and anguish across the world, has posed another question about this war, which

might still yet be young. What is the role of misinformation? Is it the case that particularly

with the internet, particularly with Twitter,

misinformation is being used as a tool of war. To put it simply, in this wall, who should we believe?

Welcome to the newsagents.

The news agents. It's John. It's Lewis, and it was hard not to feel that we've taken another few steps down into the abyss

when you read last night about what had happened at this hospital in Gaza, where potentially 500 people had lost their lives. And given that Israel had been

launching air strikes in the region and had said prior to this that hospitals could be a target,

not surprising, that the finger was pointed and pointed very, very directly at Israel

for responsibility. And in the cold light of day,

the truth has become more complicated with the Israeli Defence Force saying they have strong

evidence and a lot of defence analysts have said that there is some credibility to what the

Israelis are claiming, that it is actually a failed rocket from the Palestinian side that caused

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