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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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Tourists Stranded in Israel as Sirens Sound, Missiles Fly, Planes Grounded

FILE PHOTO: A worker at Ben Gurion International Airport in Israel sits at the arrivals terminal as all flights from and to the airport are indicated cancel, following an Israeli attack on Iran. June 13, 2025 Photo: REUTERS/Tomer Appelbaum
Woken by air raid sirens, hurrying to bomb shelters, scouring travel sites for escape routes — thousands of tourists in Israel have found their holiday plans upended by the country’s conflict with Iran.
Israel launched a surprise attack on Iran in the early hours of Friday, shutting down the national airspace and telling people to remain where they were as the arch Middle East foes traded deadly blows.
The violence has left around 40,000 tourists blocked in Israel, according to the Ministry of Tourism. Airlines are cancelling flights until further notice, leaving travelers to decide whether to wait it out or seek costly detours through neighboring countries.
Justin Joyner, from California, is on holiday in Jerusalem with his father John, who lives in Nevada, and his son. They had expected some possible disruption, with Israel locked in a months-long conflict against Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip.
But, like most locals, they did not foresee a whole new war.
“We didn’t expect Israel to attack Iran. That is a completely different level of escalation,” Joyner said from his hotel in East Jerusalem, which, for the past two nights, has seen Iranian ballistic missiles flash overhead like a rain of meteorites.
“It’s unsettling to feel the shockwaves of intercepted missiles above you, and to take your family down to a bomb shelter. That’s just something we don’t think about in America,” he said.
Dr. Greer Glazer, who lives in Cleveland and was in Jerusalem for a nursing training program, faces a race down 10 flights of stairs in her hotel to reach the shelter when sirens sound — as they have done regularly since Friday night.
“I feel safe,” she said, “but waking from a dead sleep and running to the safe room, that’s been the hardest. My family is scared to death … They think it’s 24/7 destruction, but it’s not like that.”
THE JORDAN ROUTE
Glazer had been due to return home on June 29, but is looking to bring forward her departure. The easiest exit route is via land crossings into neighboring Jordan and then a flight out of Amman airport which has been operating in daylight hours.
Israeli media reported that the transgender US influencer Caitlyn Jenner, who only flew into Israel on Thursday for Tel Aviv’s since-canceled Gay Pride Parade, had left through Jordan.
Hours earlier, she had been photographed drinking a glass of red wine in a bomb shelter. “What an incredible way it has been to celebrate Shabbat,” she wrote on X.
Not everyone is rushing to leave.
Karen Tuhrim is visiting from London to see her daughter, who lives in Tel Aviv. “Within two days of being here, Israel attacked Iran. So now I’m stuck,” she said.
Unlike Jerusalem, Tel Aviv has taken direct hits from the Iranian missiles and Tuhrim has had to dip in and out of her hotel’s shelter. But she said she felt safe and was happy to be near her daughter.
“For me, personally, at the moment, I feel better being here than in London, watching it all on the news, knowing my daughter is here. So, for now, we’re good.”
Israel’s Ministry of Tourism has set up a round-the-clock virtual help desk in English and Hebrew for stranded travelers.
But for anyone stuck here, all the museums are closed until further notice, entrance to the Old City of Jerusalem is barred to non-residents and many shops remain shuttered.
“The streets and shops are empty,” said Jerusalem resident Anwar Abu Lafi, who saw no quick end to the gloom.
“People are yearning for a break, to find something good in this existing darkness. We are deluding ourselves into thinking that the future will be better,” he said.
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4 Killed by Missile in Arab Town of Tamra, Including a Mother and Her Two Daughters

Illustrative: A Magen David Adom ambulance. Photo: David King via Wikimedia Commons.
i24 News – In the early hours of Sunday morning, the Arab town of Tamra in northern Israel was struck by an Iranian missile, tragically claiming the lives of four women from the same family, including a mother and her two daughters, aged 13 and 20.
The missile caused severe damage, nearly collapsing the three- to four-story building where they lived.
Emergency services responded quickly, evacuating 14 injured individuals and providing care for eight others suffering from shock at Rambam Hospital in Haifa.
Despite the devastation, the community and first responders showed remarkable resilience and solidarity, working tirelessly to assist those affected.
Eli Bin, director general of Magen David Adom, described the scene as one of severe destruction but praised the swift and professional response of rescue teams. Paramedic Adnan Abu Rumi, one of the first on site, emphasized the dedication of emergency personnel in managing the crisis.
Residents like Hamudi, who was injured but survived, shared heartfelt accounts of the sudden impact, underscoring the strength of families and neighbors coming together in difficult times.
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Trump Sees Peace Between Iran and Israel Soon, Eyes Putin Role

Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers a speech during a session of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum. Photo: Reuters/Maxim Shemetov
Despite evidence that the conflict between Israel and Iran is escalating, US President Donald Trump expressed optimism on Sunday that peace would come soon and cited the possibility that Russia’s Vladimir Putin could help.
In a social media post, Trump said there were many unspecified meetings about the issue happening and encouraged the two countries to make a deal. And in an interview with ABC News, he said he was open to Putin, whose forces invaded Ukraine and who has resisted Trump’s attempts to broker a ceasefire with Kyiv, serving as a mediator.
Israel and Iran launched fresh attacks on each other overnight into Sunday, killing scores.
“Iran and Israel should make a deal, and will make a deal,” Trump wrote on his Truth Social site. “We will have PEACE, soon, between Israel and Iran! Many calls and meetings now taking place.”
Trump did not offer any details about the meetings or evidence of progress toward peace. His assertion contradicted comments by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who said on Saturday that Israel’s campaign against Iran would intensify.
A White House spokeswoman did not immediately respond to a request for comment on how Trump and the White House were working to de-escalate the situation in the Middle East.
Trump told ABC News that Iran wanted to make a deal and indicated something like the Israel strikes would accelerate that. “Something like this had to happen because I think even from both sides, but something like this had to happen. They want to talk, and they will be talking,” Trump said, according to ABC reporter Rachel Scott. “May have forced a deal to go quicker, actually.”
The United States has engaged in talks with Iran about its nuclear program and Trump has told reporters previously that the talks were going well. But another round of discussions scheduled for Sunday in Oman was canceled after the Israeli and Iranian strikes.
Trump said he and Putin had discussed the situation in the Middle East on Saturday in a call that focused more on that conflict than the Russian war in Ukraine.
“He is ready. He called me about it,” Trump said about Putin serving as a mediator, according to Scott. “We had a long talk about it. We talked about this more than his situation. This is something I believe is going to get resolved.”
Trump, who portrays himself as a peacemaker and has drawn criticism from his political base for not being able to prevent the Israel-Iran conflict, cited other disputes that he took responsibility for solving, including between India and Pakistan, and lamented not receiving more praise for doing so.
“I do a lot, and never get credit for anything, but that’s OK, the PEOPLE understand. MAKE THE MIDDLE EAST GREAT AGAIN!” he wrote on Truth Social.
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