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Media Spreads Anti-Israel Hate — and Accepts Hamas Lies — in Reporting on ‘School’ Attack
Pro-Hamas protesters outside the Garfield Park Conservatory in Chicago, Illinois on Tuesday, May 21, 2024. Photo: Ron Sachs via Reuters Connect
On Saturday morning, guided by intelligence from the Military Intelligence Directorate (AMAN) and Shin Bet, the Israeli Air Force executed a precision strike on a Hamas command and control center, conveniently nestled within the Al-Taabin school complex near a mosque in the Dura’ Tafah area of Gaza.
According to the IDF, the strike successfully eliminated at least 38 Hamas and Islamic Jihad terrorists, with a strong likelihood that Ashraf Juda, the commander of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad’s Central Brigade, was among the casualties.
The IDF was crystal clear in its assessment: the precision munitions used were targeted at specific rooms within the men’s section of the school, where these terrorists were reportedly hiding.
The rest of the complex was largely untouched. Israel went to great lengths to minimize civilian casualties, even when dealing with a site exploited by terrorists for their own deadly purposes. After the strike, photos revealed that the damage was indeed limited to just a few rooms.
Did the media wait to verify the facts before reporting? Unfortunately, no.
Instead, they quickly amplified Hamas’ claims, accusing Israel of targeting civilians who were “praying” or “seeking refuge” inside the school, as was claimed in some reports.
For instance, The Wall Street Journal ran a headline accusing Israel of killing civilians, without providing a credible source for the alleged death toll. Reuters followed suit, reporting that “officials” claimed at least 100 people had died — although which officials these were was left unclear.
The IDF targeted terrorists operating from inside a Gaza school.
Here’s a rolling of just some examples of how the media are parroting Hamas:
1. @WSJ: “Israel says” it killed terrorists yet the headline states civilian deaths as unattributed fact.https://t.co/0m9fmiJeEc pic.twitter.com/k11tSfBvUF
— HonestReporting (@HonestReporting) August 11, 2024
CNN and Reuters both relied on casualty figures from the “Gaza Civil Defense,” with CNN’s report quoting a spokesman who claimed Israel struck people “performing dawn prayers,” many of whom were “torn apart” and “still unidentified.”
However, neither outlet clarified that Gaza’s Civil Defense is controlled by Hamas.
Reuters even suggested that this Hamas-run entity has a “credible record in stating casualty numbers,” despite well-documented instances of inflated figures.
The IDF has since disputed these casualty numbers, noting the limited damage and pointing out that the figures don’t align with the precision munitions used.
“A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is still putting on its shoes.”
Yet again, Hamas runs to the press with fake numbers without mention of the terrorist infrastructure that was in the complex.
Yet again, Hamas hides behind civilians.
Yet again, we… pic.twitter.com/VA6w5vq63o
— LTC Nadav Shoshani (@LTC_Shoshani) August 11, 2024
NPR sensationally reported that Israel had “struck another school, killing at least 80 people,” suggesting that Israel was targeting civilians.
Yes, NPR, it was “another school” that Hamas had repurposed for its operations, and another successful Israeli airstrike aimed at the terrorists who started this conflict on October 7 and continue to threaten Israel.
But it’s also another instance where the media rushed to report, without fully examining the facts, leading to yet another round of stories that uncritically echoed the narrative of a terrorist organization. It’s yet another lapse in journalistic responsibility.
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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Iran’s Supreme Leader Says Trump Is Lying When He Speaks of Peace
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks during a meeting with government officials in Tehran, Iran, April 15, 2025. Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader/WANA (West Asia News Agency)/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei accused Donald Trump on Saturday of lying when the US president said during his Gulf tour this week that he wanted peace in the region.
On the contrary, said Khamenei, the United States uses its power to give “10-ton bombs to the Zionist (Israeli) regime to drop on the heads of Gaza’s children.”
Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One after departing the United Arab Emirates on Friday that Iran had to move quickly on a US proposal for its nuclear program or “something bad’s going to happen.”
His remarks, said Khamenei, “aren’t even worth responding to.” They are an “embarrassment to the speaker and the American people,” Khamenei added.
“Undoubtedly, the source of corruption, war, and conflict in this region is the Zionist regime — a dangerous, deadly cancerous tumor that must be uprooted; it will be uprooted,” he said at an event at a religious center in Tehran, according to state media.
Earlier on Saturday, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said Trump speaks about peace while simultaneously making threats.
“Which should we believe?” Pezeshkian said at a naval event in Tehran. “On the one hand, he speaks of peace and on the other, he threatens with the most advanced tools of mass killing.”
Tehran would continue Iran-US nuclear talks but is not afraid of threats. “We are not seeking war,” Pezeshkian said.
While Trump said on Friday that Iran had a US proposal about its nuclear program, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi in a post on X said Tehran had not received any such proposal. “There is no scenario in which Iran abandons its hard-earned right to (uranium) enrichment for peaceful purposes…” he said.
Araqchi warned on Saturday that Washington’s constant change of stance prolongs nuclear talks, state TV reported.
“It is absolutely unacceptable that America repeatedly defines a new framework for negotiations that prolongs the process,” the broadcast quoted Araqchi as saying.
Pezeshkian said Iran would not “back down from our legitimate rights”.
“Because we refuse to bow to bullying, they say we are source of instability in the region,” he said.
A fourth round of Iran-U.S. talks ended in Oman last Sunday. A new round has not been scheduled yet.
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Hamas Confirms New Gaza Ceasefire Talks with Israel in Qatar on Saturday
Doha, Qatar. Photo: StellarD via Wikimedia Commons.
A new round of Gaza ceasefire negotiations between Hamas and Israel is underway in Qatar’s Doha, Hamas official Taher al-Nono told Reuters on Saturday.
He said the two sides were discussing all issues without “pre-conditions.”
Nono said Hamas was “keen to exert all the effort needed” to help mediators make the negotiations a success, adding there was “no certain offer on the table.”
The negotiations come despite Israel preparing to expand operations in the Gaza Strip as they seek “operational control” in some areas of the war-torn enclave.
The return to negotiations also comes after US President Donald Trump ended a Middle East tour on Friday with no apparent progress towards a new ceasefire, although he acknowledged Gaza’s growing hunger crisis and the need for aid deliveries.
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Report: ICC’s Khan Goes on Administrative Leave Amid Sexual Misconduct Probe
International Criminal Court Prosecutor Karim Khan speaks during an interview with Reuters in The Hague, Netherlands, Feb. 12, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw
i24 News – Chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court Karim Khan has stepped down temporarily as an investigation into his alleged sexual misconduct by United Nations investigators is nearing its final phase, Reuters reported on Friday citing sources from the international court.
Khan allegedly forced sexual intercourse upon a member of staff on multiple occasions, the Wall Street Journal reported last week, linking the allegations to Khan’s decision to issue arrest warrants for Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and then-defense minister Yoav Gallant.
A statement is expected later today announcing that Khan is going on administrative leave, according to a source in the prosecutor’s office.
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