CNN published a correction several days after it falsely peddled Hamas propaganda blaming a deadly explosion at a Gaza hospital on an Israeli airstrike.
CNN issued a glaring correction after the liberal network joined a chorus of news organizations that uncritically peddled a Hamas narrative about an explosion at a Gaza hospital. Last week, the Hamas-controlled Gaza Health Ministry claimed that Israel bombed Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital through an airstrike that resulted in over 500 civilian casualties.
initially ran the headline 'Israel hits hospital and school in Gaza as blockade puts healthcare system in state of ‘collapse.’' 'A school and a hospital in Gaza were among the places lethally blasted by Israeli airstrikes on Tuesday as humanitarian concerns mount over ongoing deprivation of food, fuel and electricity to the isolated population,' CNN reported.
On Wednesday, however, CNN was forced to publish a correction in its report. 'This article on the Gaza hospital blast initially did not clearly attribute claims about Israel’s responsibility to the Hamas-controlled Ministry of Health in Gaza,' CNN's correction read. 'Israel later said a ‘misfired’ rocket by militant group Islamic Jihad caused the blast and produced evidence to support its claim. US President Joe Biden said the Israeli position is backed by US intelligence.
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