U.S. assesses that Israel is “not responsible” for Gaza hospital blast

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🗓️ 19 October 2023

⏱️ 53 minutes

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The National Security Council says the U.S. government assesses that Israel “was not responsible” for the blast at the Gaza hospital that killed hundreds. Israel claims the bombing was caused by a Islamic Jihad rocket while Palestinian officials have blamed Israel. A NSC spokesperson said the assessment was based on available reporting, including “intelligence, missile activity, and open source video and images of the incident.” Retired Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling joins AC360 to discuss the U.S. evaluation and the possible intelligence they have that would lead them to this conclusion. Plus, President Biden says Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has agreed to open the Rafah crossing into Gaza to allow 20 trucks of humanitarian aid to enter. 22-year-old Dunia Abu-Rahma is an architecture student in Gaza and is one of the hundreds of thousands trying to flee to the South. She gives Anderson Cooper an update on how she’s doing and says “it’s getting worse day by day.” For daily information on the Israel-Gaza conflict, check out CNN’s podcast ‘Tug of War: Attack on Israel’ here: https://link.chtbl.com/-lB8n-bJ To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	It is 3 a.m. in Tel Aviv, exactly 24 hours from now, President Biden will address Americans
0:06.6	from the Oval Office.
0:07.9	The White House made that announcement shortly after he wrapped up.
0:11.3	His brief visit here to the region, the president met with, well, according to his press secretary
0:18.3	Khrin Jean-Prayer, the president will focus his prime time remarks on Hamas's attacks,
0:24.1	as well as the Russia's war in Ukraine.
0:26.8	At a refueling stop in Germany, CNN's Kevin Lipptack asked the president if he was disappointed.
0:33.8	Let's listen.
0:34.8	No.
0:35.8	It's a point.
0:37.8	Look, I came to get something done, I got it done.
0:44.0	Part of that appears to be an agreement with Egypt's president Al-Sisi, whom he spoke
0:47.3	with by phone, instead of meeting face-to-face in a man.
0:50.0	The president is saying that Al-Sisi agreed to open Egypt's Rafah crossing into Gaza to humanitarian
0:54.7	aid.
0:55.7	He also reaffirmed the American intelligence assessment that Israel was not responsible
0:59.5	for the hospital explosion.
1:01.3	Something Israeli officials citing their own intelligence assets underscored throughout
1:04.6	the day.
1:05.6	As time moves on, it's clear that what happened last night is not a murder mystery, but really
1:10.7	an open-shot case.
1:11.7	And the evidence really is incontrovertible that it was a Palestinian Islamic, she had rock
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