The Independent · Lebanon · 7 Sept 2026

Passive voice hides who attacked, and the legal stakes go unmentioned.

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scored on 5 of 12 measures · thin coverage

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Amend the headline so that victims are not reduced solely to numerical counts. A faithful example revision would read: "Israeli airstrikes kill nine people, including a paramedic, and wound 13 in southern Lebanon village."
Review the body text to ensure the responsible party is named consistently as a grammatical agent or pre-modifier wherever active-voice constructions describe strikes or attacks, so that inanimate subjects such as "strikes" do not appear without party attribution.

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Israeli airstrikes on a village in southern Lebanon kill 9 people, wound 13

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Email * SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our Privacy notice Israel’s air force carried out two strikes early Monday on a southern Lebanese village, killing at least nine people, including women and children, Lebanon's Health Ministry said. The ministry said one of the strikes hit a building, killing eight people including a child and two women. It added that 11 people were also wounded, including four children and two women. The ministry added that another strike on a car in the village killed a paramedic with the Lebanese Islamic Risala Scout Association and wounded two others. The strikes came amid a new round of escalation between Israel and Hezbollah .

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