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Gunmen in West Bank shooting attack identified as 27-year-old Hebron residents from same family

Nurit Yohanan is The Times of Israel's Palestinian and Arab world correspondent

The two gunmen who carried out the shooting attack at a checkpoint near the West Bank city of Hebron have been identified as Mohammad Jaaba and Firas Jaaba, both 27-year-old residents of the city, according to Palestinian reports and Israeli security officials.

The two were members of the same family, though their exact relationship remains unclear.

Both gunmen were killed in an exchange of fire with IDF troops.

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About this analysis

The Times of Israel reports, in a short liveblog entry, that the two men who carried out the shooting attack at a checkpoint near Hebron have been named as Mohammad Jaaba and Firas Jaaba, and that both were killed in an exchange of fire with Israeli troops. The entry sources the identification to both Palestinian reports and Israeli security officials, and other outlets describe the same armed attack. Nothing in this brief entry misleads its reader.

What it gets right

“Mohammad Jaaba and Firas Jaaba, both 27-year-old residents of the city”
The dead are given names, ages and where they lived, not left as a number.
“though their exact relationship remains unclear”
The outlet says plainly what it does not know instead of filling the gap with an unsourced claim.

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