The Hamas terror group, which rules Gaza, issued and then revoked sweeping restrictions on foreign journalists working there and covering the recent conflict with Israel, including a ban on mentioning that some Islamic Jihad-fired rockets fell short of their target and killed Palestinian children.
Breitbart (h/t Nita) According to the IDF, more innocent Palestinians were killed by PIJ rockets than by Israeli airstrikes. In one instance, a rocket hit a Palestinian house, killing seven people, among them four children. Palestinian media initially reported that Israel had killed them, but a video released by the IDF showed the rocket landing there.
According to various media outlets, including the Associated Press, foreign journalists were told that they could not report on misfired rockets by the Palestinian Islamic Jihad in last weekend’s escalation. The PIJ fired 1,100 rockets at Israelis civilians in a three-day period, with roughly 200 of those landing inside the Gaza Strip, killing innocent Palestinians and among them young children.
Journalists were also given a blanket order requiring them to blame Israel unequivocally for the latest escalation, the Foreign Press Association, which represents international media in Israel, said. But after discussions with the terrorist group, the guidelines were scrapped.
“Such a move would have constituted a severe, unacceptable and unjustifiable restriction on the freedom of the press, as well as the safety of our colleagues in Gaza,” the FPA said in a statement cited by AP.
More Palestinians died in the recent conflict between Israel and Gaza by botched rocket launches by Gaza terrorists than from Israel Air Force strikes. https://t.co/NeQjtKIT84
— Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) August 9, 2022
VMS says
Israel already knows what happened before anyone else, except the Arabs still alive on the ground where the errant rocket landed. Israeli radar tracks the flight of each and every launched rocket from launch until impact. Gaza is so packed, that if a rocket hits in a populated area, casualties are a given. When Hamas lies and says that an Israeli bomb killed 4 children in a specific village, the IDF shows conclusively that an Islamic Jihad rocket was to blame.
Hartmut says
Truth is sometimes utterly embarrassing.
Linda Rivera says
Muslims/Muslim Terrorists HATE the Truth. Muslims HATE the HOLY ONE. They Hate God’s Commandments. They Hate Bible Laws.
Almighty God commanded: “You shall not bear false witness”
Me says
Journalists are not obliged to accept or comply with such requests.
The truth will out!