Israel’s UK embassy slams Independent for ignoring IDF claims on Gazan family’s death

The Israeli embassy in the United Kingdom denounces a headline and article in the Independent news website accepting as fact Palestinian claims that a pregnant woman and her 14-month-old baby were killed by an Israeli airstrike.

Israel has said the deaths were caused by a malfunctioning rocket that was fired by Palestinian terror groups and fell short of its target, inside the Gaza Strip.

The embassy spokesperson, Udi Avivi, slams the ‘shameful reporting’ and accuses the British paper of “buying into Hamas propaganda.”

Shameful reporting by @Independent. Again they choose to buy into #Hamas’ propaganda. It works well when you prioritise sensationalism over facts. The #Palestinian mother and baby were killed by a malfunctioned #Hamas rocket and not by #Israel attacks. pic.twitter.com/r3RNIoMRGi

— Udi Avivi ???????????? (@UdiAvivi) May 5, 2019