HRW’s Garlasco Admits His Claim Against Israel False

Following the explosion on the Gaza beach that killed eight Palestinians, headlined across the world’s media as an Israeli atrocity, and even though he visited the scene after it was altered and didn’t agree to video near the time of the incident, so-called military expert Mark Garlasco of Human Rights Watch was quick on the trigger to claim:

My assessment [is] that it's likely that this was incoming artillery fire that landed on the beach and was fired by the Israelis from the north of Gaza.

The Israelis have shown their investigation to HRW, which now causes Garlasco to admit:

"We came to an agreement with General Klifi that the most likely cause [of the blast] was unexploded Israeli ordinance," Garlasco told The Jerusalem Post following the meeting.

As usual, the world’s press has already moved on, leaving behind the irresponsible assertions of Garlasco.