The AP says they'd been actively checking to make sure Hamas didn't work in their building.

[pnwmom]

I believe them. They wouldn't have wanted to put their whole operation there at risk.

The Israelis have another possible motive for the bombing -- to keep the AP from being able to report on their activities in the area.

But Pruitt said the AP has called on the Israeli government to bring forth evidence to support that claim.

"We have had no indication Hamas was in the building or active in the building," the CEO said in the statement. "This is something we actively check to the best of our ability. We would never knowingly put our journalists at risk."

https://apnews.com/article/israel-west-bank-palestinian-territories-courts-crime-19117d4265f5d564256ea7fe75854aa6

[malaise]

1. Get the to the greatest page

Truth will out - indeed it's already out.

[uponit7771]

2. Yeah, why would a news org like AP park themselves in the middle of a missle target?!?!

[bottomofthehill]

3. Or better yet, why would Hamas hide among the civilian population and News organizations

The question kind of answers itself.

[pnwmom]

4. Israel has made the claim and provided no evidence. Given the timing,

it seemed like they were retaliating against the news organizations for their coverage of the attacks in Gaza, and disrupting ongoing coverage.

Netanyahu's Israel's version of Trump. I don't know why people who would never trust Trump believe anything Netanyahu says.

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-like-trump-netanyahu-suddenly-seems-out-of-touch-and-off-the-rails-1.8954256

Like Trump, Netanyahu Suddenly Seems Out of Touch and Off the Rails

Tax greed and overreaction to protests together with coronavirus laxity and annexation frenzy seem taken from the U.S. president's self-destructive playbook