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Reuters Under-Reports Israelis Killed by Palestinian Terrorists — Refuses to Correct Error

People rush to a soccer field hit by a Hezbollah rocket in the majority-Druze northern Israeli town Majdal Shams Photo: Via 924, from social media used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law

While the Associated Press last month grossly over-reported the number of civilians killed in the Gaza Strip — leading to corrections appearing in more than 80 media outlets — Reuters has significantly underreported Israeli fatalities in the same war.

In their Sept. 1 article, “Three Israeli police killed in West Bank shooting attack,” Reuters’ James Mackenzie and Ali Sawafta significantly understated both the number of Israelis killed in Palestinian attacks, and the number of Israeli and foreign fatalities as a result of Hezbollah attacks, claiming:

The latest deaths bring the number of Israelis killed in Palestinian attacks outside Gaza since Oct. 7 to at least 22, with around 20 Israelis and foreigners killed by missile attacks from southern Lebanon.

First, regarding the number of Israelis killed in Palestinian attacks outside of Gaza since Oct. 7, the Institute for National Security Studies reports that 38 Israelis have been killed in terror attacks in the West Bank and Jerusalem from Oct. 8 into July — far more than the 22 the article states. (Scroll down on the INSS link to “The West Bank and Jerusalem,” and then select the third slide.)

CAMERA has independently verified the names, dates, and circumstances of deaths for 33 Israelis killed by Palestinians outside of the Gaza Strip (in Israel and the West Bank) since Oct. 7, plus two Jerusalem Arabs who may or may not have had Israeli citizenship but were likewise killed by Palestinian terrorists. See below for these details, including links.

Second, Mackenzie and Sawafta also substantially skewed the number of Israelis and foreigners killed by Hezbollah rocket attacks since Oct. 7, misleading that “20 Israelis and foreigners killed by missile attacks from southern Lebanon.” But no small number of Israelis have been killed by drones and artillery launched from Lebanon.

Why apply a weapons-specific filter on reporting fatalities inflicted by Hezbollah attacks?

Indeed, when it comes to Palestinian fatalities, the article does not apply a weapons filter, citing, for instance, only airstrikes while excluding shooting. On Palestinian fatalities, Reuters reporting is all inclusive: “At the same time, Israeli forces have killed almost 680 Palestinians, including armed fighters, stone-throwing youths and uninvolved civilians.”

So why ignore Hezbollah’s deadly attacks not involving missiles?

INSS reports 49 Israeli fatalities due to Hezbollah attacks, including rockets, drones, artillery and anti-tank missiles. (Scroll down to “Hezbollah attacks against Israel,” and then select the third slide, “Israel-Lebanon border.”)

Similarly, The Times of Israel reported last week:

So far, the skirmishes have resulted in 26 civilian deaths on the Israeli side, as well as the deaths of 20 IDF soldiers and reservists. There have also been several attacks from Syria, without any injuries.

On July 28, Reuters itself reported 40 have been killed on the Israeli side in Hezbollah attacks:

The Israeli military said after Saturday’s attack the death toll among civilians killed in Hezbollah attacks had risen to 23 since October, along with at least 17 soldiers.

Cross-checking against Haaretz‘s database of Israeli fatalities, we located details for 35 fatalities killed in Hezbollah attacks — again, far more than the 20 Reuters is now citing. See below for those names.

Though CAMERA provided Reuters with details for the following victims of Palestinian and Hezbollah attacks, editors have yet to correct the misreporting.

Post-Oct. 7, 2024 Victims of Palestinian Attacks Outside of the Gaza Strip

Staff Sgt. (res.) Adi Odeya Borech – Oct. 12, 2023 – rocket attack near Sderot, southern Israel
Elhanan Klein – Nov. 2, 2023 – West Bank shooting
Sgt. Elisheva Rose Ida Lubin – Nov. 6, 2023 – Jerusalem stabbing attack
Cpl. Avraham Fetena – Nov. 16, 2023 – “Tunnel Road” checkpoint shooting near Jerusalem
Liviya Dickman – Nov. 30, 2023 – Shot at Jerusalem bus stop
Hanna Ifergan – Nov. 30, 2023 – Shot at Jerusalem bus stop
Elimelech Wasserman – Nov. 30, 2023 – Shot at Jerusalem bus stop
Amar Mansour – Jan. 7, 2024 – West Bank shooting attack (north of Ofra)
Sergeant Shai Germai – Jan. 7, 2024 – Roadside bomb in Jenin, West Bank
Edna Bluestein – Jan. 15, 2024 – Raanana car ramming
Lara Tannous – Jan. 24, 2024 – Succumbed to wounds from Jan. 7 shooting
Uri Yaish – Feb. 16, 2024 – shooting at bus stop near Gedera, southern Israel
 Ishay Gertner – Feb. 16, 2024 – shooting at bus stop near Gedera, southern Israel
Matan Elmaliach – Feb. 22, 2024, shooting on Highway 1, near Maaleh Adumim in West Bank
Uria Hartum – Feb. 29, 2024 – shooting at West Bank gas station, Eli junction
Yitzhak Zeiger – Feb. 29, 2024 – shooting at West Bank gas station, Eli junction
Uri Moyal – March 14 –  Beit Kama stabbing, central Israel
Sgt. 1st Ilay David Garfinkel – March 22, 2024 – West Bank shooting attack
Lidor Levy – April 4, fatally wounded in stabbing attack March 31 in Gan Yavne mall
Benjamin Achimeir – April 13, 2024 — brutal slaughter of 14-year-old shepherd
Staff Sgt. Diego Shvisha Harsaj – May 30, 2024 – West Bank car-ramming
Staff Sgt. Eliya Hilel– May 30, 2024 – West Bank car-ramming
Moshe Dadush, 76 – June 20, 2044 – mortally wounded when car violently stolen near Qalqilya
Cpt. Alon Sacgiu – June 27 — Fell in combat in a military operation in the West Bank
Sgt. 1st Class (res.) Yehuda Geto – July 1 – roadside bomb in West Bank
Capt. Ariel Topaz – July 24, 2024 – mortally wounded in July 14 ramming attack at Nir Tzvi junction, central Israel
Amnon Muchtar – June 22, 2024 – Shot while shopping in Qalqilya
Rina Daniv – Aug. 4 – Stabbing in Holon, central Israel
Avraham Soumichi – Aug. 4 – Stabbing in Holon, central Israel
Yonatan Deutsch – Aug. 11, 2024 – West Bank shooting
Gideon Peri – Aug. 18, 2024 – West Bank hammer attack
1st Sgt. Elkana Navon, 20 – Aug. 31, 2024 –Fell in combat in the West Bank city of Jenin
Hadas Barnatz – Sept. 1, 2024 – West Bank shooting attack on 3 police officers
Arik Ben-Eliyahu – Sept. 1, 2024 – West Bank shooting attack on 3 police officers
Advanced Staff Sgt. Maj. Roni Shkuri – Sept. 1, 2024  – West Bank shooting attack on 3 police officers

Post-Oct. 7 Victims of Hezbollah Attacks (See Haaretz database)

Chief warrant officer Mahmood Amaria – Hezbollah drone attack in northern Israel on August 19, 2024
Michael Samara, Wounded by a Hezbollah rocket attack on August 6 and died of his wounds on August 9, 2024
Nir Poupko, 28, Killed by a rocket attack launched by Hezbollah on July 30, 2024
Jafara Ibrahim, 11, Killed by a Hezbollah rocket attack at a soccer field on July 27, 2024
Nathem Fakher Saeb, 16, Killed by a Hezbollah rocket attack at a soccer field on July 27, 2024
Milad Muadad al-Sha’ar, 10, Killed by a Hezbollah rocket attack at a soccer field on July 27, 2024
Naji Taher al-Halabi, 11, Killed by a Hezbollah rocket attack at a soccer field on July 27, 2024
Alma Ayman Fakhr al-Din, 11, Killed by a Hezbollah rocket attack at a soccer field on July 27, 2024
Yazan Nayeif Abu Saleh, 12, Killed by a Hezbollah rocket attack at a soccer field on July 27, 2024
Finis Adham Safadi, 11, Killed by a Hezbollah rocket attack at a soccer field on July 27, 2024
Iseel Nasha’at Ayoub, 12, Killed by a Hezbollah rocket attack at a soccer field on July 27, 2024
John Wadeea Ibrahim, 13, Killed by a Hezbollah rocket attack at a soccer field on July 27, 2024
Hazem Akram Abu Saleh, 15, Killed by a Hezbollah rocket attack at a soccer field on July 27, 2024
Ameer Rabeea Abu Saleh, Killed by a Hezbollah rocket attack at a soccer field on July 27, 2024
Fajr Laith Abu Saleh, 16, Killed by a Hezbollah rocket attack at a soccer field on July 27, 2024
Sergeant first class (res.) Efraim Ben Amram, wounded in a battle by a Hezbollah drone attack on a military base in northern Israel on June, 30, died of his wounds on July 18, 2024
Master sergeant (res.) Valeri Chefonov, 33, killed by a Hezbollah explosive-laden drone attack near the Kibbutz Kabri on July 11, 2024

Nir Baranes, 46, Killed in a rocket impact in the Golan Height on July 9, 2024
Noa Baranes, 46, Killed in a rocket impact in the Golan Height on July 9, 2024

Major (res.) Itay Galea, 38, killed in the Hezbollah attack on a military base on the Golan Heights in northern Israel on July 4, 2024
First sergeant (res.) Refael Kauders, 39, fell in battle by a Hezbollah drone attack on Hurfeish in the Upper Galille on June 5, 2024
Sharif Suad, 35, Killed by an anti-tank missile fired by Hezbollah to the Mount Dov area on April 26, 2024
Major (res.) Dor Zimel, 27, wounded in a Hezbollah drone attack in Arab al-Aramshe on April 17, died of his wounds on April 21, 2024
Zaher Bashara, 38, killed by a Hezbollah rocket attack from Lebanon on the Upper Galilee on March 27, 2024
Maxwell Patnibin, 31, Foreign worker, killed by an anti-tank missile fired by Hezbollah at Moshav Margaliot on March 4, 2024
Staff sergeant Omer Sarah Benjo, 20, killed in a Hezbollah strike launch carried out from Lebanese territory to a base in the north of the country on February 14, 2024
Mira Ayalon, 76, Killed in a Hezbollah anti-tank missile attack on January 14, 2024
Staff sergeant (res.) Barak Ayalon, 48, Member of the community’s security squad, Killed in a Hezbollah anti-tank missile attack on January 14, 2024
Sergeant Amit Hod Ziv, 19, fell in battle by a Hezbollah rocket attack from Lebanon on the Shtula area on December 22
Eyal Uzan, 54, killed by Hezbollah anti-tank missile on December 7

In addition, the following are detailed by Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs:

1st Sgt. David Moshe Ben Shitrit, 21, of Geva Binyamin — mortally wounded Aug. 25 on his navy ship during interception of Hezbollah drone attack
Master Sgt. (res.) Dan Kamkagi, 31, killed May 6, in northern Israel by anti-tank missile
Master Sgt. (res.) Nahman Natan Hertz, 31, killed May 6, in northern Israel by anti-tank missile
Staff Sgt. Daniel Nachmani, 21, Succumbed Dec. 24 to wounds sustained from artillery fire from Lebanon on December 22
Warrant Officer (res.) Yehezkel Azaria, 53, fell in drone attack the Margaliot region of northern Israel
Tamar Sternthal is the director of CAMERA’s Israel Office. A version of this article previously appeared on the CAMERA website.

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Syria’s Sharaa Says Talks With Israel Could Yield Results ‘In Coming Days’

Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa speaks at the opening ceremony of the 62nd Damascus International Fair, the first edition held since the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime, in Damascus, Syria, Aug. 27, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi

Syria’s President Ahmed al-Sharaa said on Wednesday that ongoing negotiations with Israel to reach a security pact could lead to results “in the coming days.”

He told reporters in Damascus the security pact was a “necessity” and that it would need to respect Syria’s airspace and territorial unity and be monitored by the United Nations.

Syria and Israel are in talks to reach an agreement that Damascus hopes will secure a halt to Israeli airstrikes and the withdrawal of Israeli troops who have pushed into southern Syria.

Reuters reported this week that Washington was pressuring Syria to reach a deal before world leaders gather next week for the UN General Assembly in New York.

But Sharaa, in a briefing with journalists including Reuters ahead of his expected trip to New York to attend the meeting, denied the US was putting any pressure on Syria and said instead that it was playing a mediating role.

He said Israel had carried out more than 1,000 strikes on Syria and conducted more than 400 ground incursions since Dec. 8, when the rebel offensive he led toppled former Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad.

Sharaa said Israel’s actions were contradicting the stated American policy of a stable and unified Syria, which he said was “very dangerous.”

He said Damascus was seeking a deal similar to a 1974 disengagement agreement between Israel and Syria that created a demilitarized zone between the two countries.

He said Syria sought the withdrawal of Israeli troops but that Israel wanted to remain at strategic locations it seized after Dec. 8, including Mount Hermon. Israeli ministers have publicly said Israel intends to keep control of the sites.

He said if the security pact succeeds, other agreements could be reached. He did not provide details, but said a peace agreement or normalization deal like the US-mediated Abraham Accords, under which several Muslim-majority countries agreed to normalize diplomatic ties with Israel, was not currently on the table.

He also said it was too early to discuss the fate of the Golan Heights because it was “a big deal.”

Reuters reported this week that Israel had ruled out handing back the zone, which Donald Trump unilaterally recognized as Israeli during his first term as US president.

“It’s a difficult case – you have negotiations between a Damascene and a Jew,” Sharaa told reporters, smiling.

SECURITY PACT DERAILED IN JULY

Sharaa also said Syria and Israel had been just “four to five days” away from reaching the basis of a security pact in July, but that developments in the southern province of Sweida had derailed those discussions.

Syrian troops were deployed to Sweida in July to quell fighting between Druze armed factions and Bedouin fighters. But the violence worsened, with Syrian forces accused of execution-style killings and Israel striking southern Syria, the defense ministry in Damascus and near the presidential palace.

Sharaa on Wednesday described the strikes near the presidential palace as “not a message, but a declaration of war,” and said Syria had still refrained from responding militarily to preserve the negotiations.

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Anti-Israel Activists Gear Up to ‘Flood’ UN General Assembly

US Capitol Police and NYPD officers clash with anti-Israel demonstrators, on the day Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses a joint meeting of Congress, on Capitol Hill, in Washington, DC, July 24, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Umit Bektas

Anti-Israel groups are planning a wave of raucous protests in New York City during the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) over the next several days, prompting concerns that the demonstrations could descend into antisemitic rhetoric and intimidation.

A coalition of anti-Israel activists is organizing the protests in and around UN headquarters to coincide with speeches from Middle Eastern leaders and appearances by US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The demonstrations are expected to draw large crowds and feature prominent pro-Palestinian voices, some of whom have been criticized for trafficking in antisemitic tropes, in addition to calling for the destruction of Israe.

Organizers of the demonstrations have promoted the coordinated events on social media as an opportunity to pressure world leaders to hold Israel accountable for its military campaign against Hamas in Gaza, with some messaging framed in sharply hostile terms.

On Sunday, for example, activists shouted at Israel’s Ambassador to the UN Danny Danon.

“Zionism is terrorism. All you guys are terrorists committing ethnic cleansing and genocide in Gaza and Palestine. Shame on you, Zionist animals,” they shouted.

The Combat Antisemitism Movement (CAM), warned on its website that the scale and tone of the planned demonstrations risk crossing the line from political protest into hate speech, arguing that anti-Israel activists are attempting to hijack the UN gathering to spread antisemitism and delegitimize the Jewish state’s right to exist.

Outside the UN last week, masked protesters belonging to the activist group INDECLINE kicked a realistic replica of Netanyahu’s decapitated head as though it were a soccer ball.

Within Our Lifetime (WOL), a radical anti-Israel activist group, has vowed to “flood” the UNGA on behalf of the pro-Palestine movement.

WOL, one of the most prolific anti-Israel activist groups, came under immense fire after it organized a protest against an exhibition to honor the victims of the Oct. 7 massacre at the Nova Music Festival in southern Israel. During the event, the group chanted “resistance is justified when people are occupied!” and “Israel, go to hell!”

“We will be there to confront them with the truth: Their silence and inaction enable genocide. The world cannot continue as if Gaza does not exist,” WOL said of its planned demonstrations in New York. “This is the time to make our voices impossible to ignore. Come to New York by any means necessary, to stand, to march, to demand the UN act and end the siege.”

Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) and Palestinian Youth Movement (PYM), two other anti-Israel organizations that have helped organize widespread demonstrations against the Jewish state during the war in Gaza, also announced they are planning a march from Times Square to the UN headquarters on Friday.

“The time is now for each and every UN member state to uphold their duty under international law: sanction Israel and end the genocide,” the groups said in a statement.

JVP, an organization that purports to fight for “Palestinian liberation,” has positioned itself as a staunch adversary of the Jewish state. The group argued in a 2021 booklet that Jews should not write Hebrew liturgy because hearing the language would be “deeply traumatizing” to Palestinians. JVP has repeatedly defended the Oct. 7 massacre of roughly 1,200 people in southern Israel by Hamas as a justified “resistance.” Chapters of the organization have urged other self-described “progressives” to throw their support behind Hamas and other terrorist groups against Israel

Similarly, PYM, another radical anti-Israel group, has repeatedly defended terrorism and violence against the Jewish state. PYM has organized many anti-Israel protests in the two years following the Oct. 7 attacks in the Jewish state. Recently, Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AK) called for a federal investigation into the organization after Aisha Nizar, one of the group’s leaders, urged supporters to sabotage the US supply chain for the F-35 fighter jet, one of the most advanced US military assets and a critical component of Israel’s defense.

The UN General Assembly has historically been a flashpoint for heated debate over the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Previous gatherings have seen dueling demonstrations outside the Manhattan venue, with pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian groups both seeking to influence the international spotlight.

While warning about the demonstrations, CAM noted it recently launched a new mobile app, Report It, that allows users worldwide to quickly and securely report antisemitic incidents in real time.

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Nina Davidson Presses Universities to Back Words With Action as Jewish Students Return to Campus Amid Antisemitism Crisis

Nina Davidson on The Algemeiner’s ‘J100’ podcast. Photo: Screenshot

Philanthropist Nina Davidson, who served on the board of Barnard College, has called on universities to pair tough rhetoric on combatting antisemitism with enforcement as Jewish students returned to campuses for the new academic year.

“Years ago, The Algemeiner had published a list ranking the most antisemitic colleges in the country. And number one was Columbia,” Davidson recalled on a recent episode of The Algemeiner‘s “J100” podcast. “As a board member and as someone who was representing the institution, it really upset me … At the board meeting, I brought it up and I said, ‘What are we going to do about this?’”

Host David Cohen, chief executive officer of The Algemeiner, explained he had revisited Davidson’s remarks while she was being honored for her work at The Algemeiner‘s 8th annual J100 gala, held in October 2021, noting their continued relevance.

“It could have been the same speech in 2025,” he said, underscoring how longstanding concerns about campus antisemitism, while having intensified in the aftermath of Hamas’s Oct. 7, 2023, massacre across southern Israel, are not new.

Davidson argued that universities already possess the tools to protect students – codes of conduct, time-place-manner rules, and consequences for threats or targeted harassment – but too often fail to apply them evenly. “Statements are not enough,” she said, arguing that institutions need to enforce their rules and set a precedent that there will be consequences for individuals who refuse to follow them.

She also said that stakeholders – alumni, parents, and donors – are reassessing their relationships with schools that, in their view, have not safeguarded Jewish students. While supportive of open debate, Davidson distinguished between protest and intimidation, calling for leadership that protects expression while ensuring campus safety.

The episode surveyed specific pressure points that administrators will face this fall: repeat anti-Israel encampments, disruptions of Jewish programming, and the challenge of distinguishing political speech from conduct that violates university rules. “Unless schools draw those lines now,” Davidson warned, “they’ll be scrambling once the next crisis hits.”

Cohen closed by framing the discussion as a test of institutional credibility, asking whether universities will “turn policy into protection” in real time. Davidson agreed, pointing to students who “need to know the rules aren’t just on paper.”

The full conversation is available on The Algemeiner’s “J100” podcast.

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