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Media Downplay Central Israel Truck Ramming as Mere Traffic Mishap
The media seems intent on distorting a narrative that ordinarily would be considered black and white, saying that Sunday’s suspected terror attack in central Israel was, in fact, a mere “collision” or “incident.”
A truck simply ‘drove into a bus stop’ and caused a “collision,” says @SkyNews.
Was the truck meant to drive into a truck stop and got confused?
Actually, a terrorist deliberately rammed the truck into Israeli civilians.
Is this headline for real?https://t.co/WKOEGesFj5 pic.twitter.com/njtaUZuGDE
— HonestReporting (@HonestReporting) October 27, 2024
While there is not yet an official statement on the findings of Israel’s investigation into the truck ramming– which left one dead and dozens injured — media outlets’ specific terminology is misleading.
Here’s what we know for sure happened: A group of civilian retirees on their way to a museum exited their bus at a stop next to a cluster of IDF military intelligence bases, just north of Tel Aviv.
A truck driver, later identified as Rami Nasrallah, rammed his truck into the stop, injuring more than 30 people and killing a 72-year-old man. The majority of these casualties were the group of retirees.
A civilian with a gun neutralized Nasrallah, and Israel Police are treating this as a suspected terror attack based on the facts they currently have. The perpetrator was an Israeli-Arab citizen from a village in central Israel, and his boss said he had deviated from his usual driving route.
The Hamas terror group also praised the suspected attack, calling it “heroic.”
However, as part of the investigation, the police have sent Nasrallah’s body for an autopsy to confirm whether or not he had a medical condition that could have caused an accident. Otherwise, this will officially be deemed a terror attack.
It’s important to note that these intelligence bases as well as the Israeli Mossad headquarters have become an official target of the Hezbollah terror group in Lebanon. This bus stop is not located on a main road, and therefore, the area may be considered an intentional spot for a terror attack to take place.
The Times will have its readers believe that this was a “truck attack” on the Mossad headquarters, which is also located nearby. It’s weirdly phrased and misleading — a two-in-one catch:
It’s a suspected terror attack, not a “suspected truck attack,” @thetimes.
And many of the victims are senior citizens disembarking a bus on their way to a museum. Does this sound like a physical attack on Mossad HQ to you?https://t.co/be7jdPb5aw pic.twitter.com/MD9BODltiW
— HonestReporting (@HonestReporting) October 27, 2024
And the way Sky News reported the event as a random truck “crash” or “collision” will mislead viewers into believing this occurred on a fast-paced highway, rather than a calm side road with traffic circles.
Calling a suspected terror attack a “truck collision in Tel Aviv” or simply a “truck crash.”
Seriously, @skynews?! pic.twitter.com/zoP6e80s41
— HonestReporting (@HonestReporting) October 27, 2024
Additionally, this BBC headline is also misleading.
This headline downplays what actually happened.
On Sunday morning, a driver rammed his truck into a crowded bus stop near an intelligence base in central Israel. He killed one civilian and injured dozens of others, including retirees on a day trip. pic.twitter.com/aFT5Cndmpb
— HonestReporting (@HonestReporting) October 28, 2024
Saying the truck caused the event suggests that there was no driver to hold responsible. Likewise, saying that it hit a bus stop significantly downplays its severity — giving the impression that it was surely a traffic accident.
Here is a similar CNN stripe that appeared on air, a short time after the event unfolded:
The truck simply ‘drove’ into a bus stop.
Really, @CNN? pic.twitter.com/6g2ILeIq2V
— HonestReporting (@HonestReporting) October 27, 2024
Perhaps it is a poor choice of wording, or maybe using the more passive verb “drives” was intentional. Regardless, CNN should do better.
Media outlets in general should do better — report the facts, and don’t dally around them to fit a specified agenda.
The author is a contributor to HonestReporting, a Jerusalem-based media watchdog with a focus on antisemitism and anti-Israel bias — where a version of this article first appeared.
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After False Dawns, Gazans Hope Trump Will Force End to Two-Year-Old War
Palestinians walk past a residential building destroyed in previous Israeli strikes, after Hamas agreed to release hostages and accept some other terms in a US plan to end the war, in Nuseirat, central Gaza Strip October 4, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Mahmoud Issa
Exhausted Palestinians in Gaza clung to hopes on Saturday that US President Donald Trump would keep up pressure on Israel to end a two-year-old war that has killed tens of thousands and displaced the entire population of more than two million.
Hamas’ declaration that it was ready to hand over hostages and accept some terms of Trump’s plan to end the conflict while calling for more talks on several key issues was greeted with relief in the enclave, where most homes are now in ruins.
“It’s happy news, it saves those who are still alive,” said 32-year-old Saoud Qarneyta, reacting to Hamas’ response and Trump’s intervention. “This is enough. Houses have been damaged, everything has been damaged, what is left? Nothing.”
GAZAN RESIDENT HOPES ‘WE WILL BE DONE WITH WARS’
Ismail Zayda, 40, a father of three, displaced from a suburb in northern Gaza City where Israel launched a full-scale ground operation last month, said: “We want President Trump to keep pushing for an end to the war, if this chance is lost, it means that Gaza City will be destroyed by Israel and we might not survive.
“Enough, two years of bombardment, death and starvation. Enough,” he told Reuters on a social media chat.
“God willing this will be the last war. We will hopefully be done with the wars,” said 59-year-old Ali Ahmad, speaking in one of the tented camps where most Palestinians now live.
“We urge all sides not to backtrack. Every day of delay costs lives in Gaza, it is not just time wasted, lives get wasted too,” said Tamer Al-Burai, a Gaza City businessman displaced with members of his family in central Gaza Strip.
After two previous ceasefires — one near the start of the war and another earlier this year — lasted only a few weeks, he said; “I am very optimistic this time, maybe Trump’s seeking to be remembered as a man of peace, will bring us real peace this time.”
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Some voiced hopes of returning to their homes, but the Israeli military issued a fresh warning to Gazans on Saturday to stay out of Gaza City, describing it as a “dangerous combat zone.”
Gazans have faced previous false dawns during the past two years, when Trump and others declared at several points during on-off negotiations between Hamas, Israel and Arab and US mediators that a deal was close, only for war to rage on.
“Will it happen? Can we trust Trump? Maybe we trust Trump, but will Netanyahu abide this time? He has always sabotaged everything and continued the war. I hope he ends it now,” said Aya, 31, who was displaced with her family to Deir Al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip.
She added: “Maybe there is a chance the war ends at October 7, two years after it began.”
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Mass Rally in Rome on Fourth Day of Italy’s Pro-Palestinian Protests
A Pro-Palestinian demonstrator waves a Palestinian flag during a national protest for Gaza in Rome, Italy, October 4, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Claudia Greco
Large crowds assembled in central Rome on Saturday for the fourth straight day of protests in Italy since Israel intercepted an international flotilla trying to deliver aid to Gaza, and detained its activists.
People holding banners and Palestinian flags, chanting “Free Palestine” and other slogans, filed past the Colosseum, taking part in a march that organizers hoped would attract at least 1 million people.
“I’m here with a lot of other friends because I think it is important for us all to mobilize individually,” Francesco Galtieri, a 65-year-old musician from Rome, said. “If we don’t all mobilize, then nothing will change.”
Since Israel started blocking the flotilla late on Wednesday, protests have sprung up across Europe and in other parts of the world, but in Italy they have been a daily occurrence, in multiple cities.
On Friday, unions called a general strike in support of the flotilla, with demonstrations across the country that attracted more than 2 million, according to organizers. The interior ministry estimated attendance at around 400,000.
Italy’s right-wing government has been critical of the protests, with Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni suggesting that people would skip work for Gaza just as an excuse for a longer weekend break.
On Saturday, Meloni blamed protesters for insulting graffiti that appeared on a statue of the late Pope John Paul II outside Rome’s main train station, where Pro-Palestinian groups have been holding a protest picket.
“They say they are taking to the streets for peace, but then they insult the memory of a man who was a true defender and builder of peace. A shameful act committed by people blinded by ideology,” she said in a statement.
Israel launched its Gaza offensive after Hamas terrorists staged a cross border attack on October 7, 2023, killing some 1,200 people and taking 251 people hostage.
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Hamas Says It Agrees to Release All Israeli Hostages Under Trump Gaza Plan
Smoke rises during an Israeli military operation in Gaza City, as seen from the central Gaza Strip, October 2, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Dawoud Abu Alkas
Hamas said on Friday it had agreed to release all Israeli hostages, alive or dead, under the terms of US President Donald Trump’s Gaza proposal, and signaled readiness to immediately enter mediated negotiations to discuss the details.