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manicdem

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3. Small explosion is plausible
Wed Oct 18, 2023, 02:22 AM
Oct 2023

The video of the explosion:



From the video it shows the explosion is small. The cameraman is pretty close to the impact site as you don't hear the audio lag from seeing the explosion to the sound that would say it's far away. Sounds travels at 1,100 feet per second, so cameraman was probably around 100 feet away since the blast and sound occur at the same time. The Israeli video of the damage does support that.

Also Hamas rockets contain 10 to 50lbs of explosives for a small explosion like that, with minimal damage to the vehicles and buildings. A typical Israeli bomb contains 200 to 1,000lbs of explosives which would flatten the area and leave a crater. Israel has a smaller SDB bomb now that has 50lbs of explosives. But the explosion damaged looked like it was less than 50lbs.

Also a small explosion like that wouldn't kill 500 people like Hamas claims. Maybe up to 50 people if it hit a crowd.

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About that hospital.... [View all] Tomconroy Oct 2023 OP
if there was no crater and not much damage to the building around a small lapfog_1 Oct 2023 #1
Hamas has released no video of a damaged building. None Tomconroy Oct 2023 #2
Fog of War. nt BootinUp Oct 2023 #4
Did it kill that many people? Recursion Oct 2023 #8
Ali Velshi did a report on this just this past week. W_HAMILTON Oct 2023 #10
Over 500 though? Celerity Oct 2023 #12
Al Jazeera had info Brenda Oct 2023 #20
There is no video of mass casualties. None. Tomconroy Oct 2023 #16
Can we entertain the the thought sarisataka Oct 2023 #22
There isn't enough room to fit 200+ people there NickB79 Oct 2023 #23
Small explosion is plausible manicdem Oct 2023 #3
a pic of the damage from the impact site (we're told hundreds of people died) rollin74 Oct 2023 #5
I hope this gets some attention tomorrow. Be sure to self-kick in the morning, ... Hekate Oct 2023 #6
Hamas/PIJ affiliated media and IDF released media matches Celerity Oct 2023 #7
And now there is video of the attack on a parking lot. Tomconroy Oct 2023 #9
And the "Palestinian Health Authority" is Hamas, not some neutral organization. SunSeeker Oct 2023 #13
Kind of like NowISeetheLight Oct 2023 #17
Pretty bad how the media took the Hamas account of what happened and ran with it. SunSeeker Oct 2023 #11
Isn't it infuriating. BigmanPigman Oct 2023 #14
That is infuriating. Unbelievable. Tomconroy Oct 2023 #15
Totally believable Johnny2X2X Oct 2023 #18
Kick for another day Hekate Oct 2023 #19
Additional Video Breakdown TheProle Oct 2023 #21
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