When the hospital in Gaza was bombed on October 24, it took the Gazans minutes to blame Israel and to number the dead at 500. Soon after it became clear that it was a misfired Jihad rocket that hit the parking lot of the hospital and that the number was more like 50.
So who can you believe? I see pictures of kids lining up for water…. but then some of the pictures of injuries and fallen buildings I’ve seen before, and often in other places. there is a disconnect between the photos in the papers and the subtitles.
So what I can vouch for is the number of times I’ve heard a siren in my neighborhood tonight, the number of booms I’ve heard, or the number of times the building has shook, and the evening is still young.