The Beirut Port Explosion Forensic Investigation (2020)
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Especially because there's no sign of them on the videos.
It does look like a tire fire is secondary (later) before the explosion.
And firework also looks secondary too.
It doesn't mention corrupt leaders who ignored warnings about this situation, cypriot/russian businessmen who abandoned a ship, and as you mentioned, Hezbollah. But that's not the goal of this thing, isn't it.
You ask why, they explain how.
No issues calling the Israeli military forces “IOF”, as well as using video footage with tampered time stamps like some of the AJ coverage that was going around Twitter and YouTube. At least they have walked back on their hospital parking lot explosion analysis after a few weeks. That one was just as flashy and high tech as the Beirut one.
Much of their coverage of other events is also very politically biased.
So it doesn’t seem that your explanation actually works here.
To an Israeli, they are "Defense" forces, from the perspective of the victims, they are an "Occupying" force. Either use of the phrase is appropriate, depending on which side of the bombs you are viewing the scene.
The use of "IOF" instead of "IDF" by an author just means their world views are not aligned with those of an occupying force.
And considering they had to retract at least one analysis piece completely already their overall competency can be put into question also.
The IDF isn’t a descriptive term it’s the official name Israel has given it’s military, regardless of what position when you hold if you call it by a different name it does not lends credibility to your arguments.
I do appreciate the mental gymnastics tho.
It speaks more of the person who cannot get past "IDF vs. IOF" in the discussion. If this is the issue that breaks the argument for them, while ignoring those smashed limbs, then it may be worthwhile dismissing them entirely ..