There were an estimated 680 Hamas and PIJ rockets to fall in the Gaza Strip. Many appeared to have fallen in populated areas.https://twitter.com/idf/status/1397930644588535816 …
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Even with Iron Dome, emergency warning, and shelters, and a dozen civilians were killed in Israel, and around 1325 buildings and 738 cars were damaged by less successful rocket fall. It is unlikely that there was only one incident of damage within Gaza by errant rockets.
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Michael Starr Retweeted NGO Monitor
sourcing is another issue. Besides Gaza health ministry, outlets often rely on NGOs for information. However, some have links to terrorist organizations or even active members terrorists within their ranks. This is the case with a source of NYT’s story.https://twitter.com/ngomonitor/status/1398734084357201931?s=21 …
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This is far from the first time shady NGOs have been used as sources of information. It happens all the time. https://www.gov.il/BlobFolder/generalpage/terrorists_in_suits/en/De-Legitimization%20Brochure.pdf …
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The above doesn’t capture all the problems or the scale in which they occur. Not does it address the problem of context. The IDF conducted an operation to remove a military threat, not to kill children.
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Among operations, this one stands out for accuracy. Over 1000 airstrikes, vast majority of 230 casualties were 160 enemy combatants, not civilians. It’s important to keep this context in mind, just as it’s important to keep in mind the worst cost of war.https://www.jpost.com/opinion/israels-gaza-operation-is-like-no-other-military-op-in-history-opinion-668709 …
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I don’t believe that the NYT acted maliciously or intentionally misled. There is an active campaign to warp and misrepresent information that comes out of Gaza, and to appeal to those that think that can understand a conflict solely by amount of children dead.
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The death of Palestinian children is tragic. However the use of their bodies by terrorist organizations as tools for propaganda is ghoulish, and must be fought.
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Michael Starr Retweeted Aurora Intel
Additional note: The Shahid poster for the child soldier mentioned above was available already by May 22.https://twitter.com/auroraintel/status/1399108565038739461 …
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Michael Starr Retweeted Herbert Buchsbaum
Additional note: I’ve been asked about corrections. NYT posted an article about the child soldier: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/30/world/middleeast/gaza.amp.html … And also issued a correction regarding the incorrect photo included: https://twitter.com/herbertnyt/status/1398694787222491139?s=21 … They also changed text that suggested mostly civilians killed.
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Herbert BuchsbaumVerified account @herbertnytCorrection: We published a picture in error. The child in the photograph of Rahaf al-Masri was not her. We've replaced that photo with one supplied by her family. Rahaf was killed on the first night of the war, as we reported. The photo was wrong. https://twitter.com/herbertnyt/status/1397528887794491397 …1 reply 1 retweet 1 likeShow this thread
Michael Starr Retweeted DigFind
Another note: multiple comments have referred to children killed in proximity to relatives that were military targets. It’s unknown at this point wether the child below was actually part of a terrorist organization, but his father was.https://twitter.com/digfind_/status/1399572411339591682 …
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