The IDF was dispatched to an area near the village of Jalud in Area B of the West Bank on Saturday to evacuate Israeli citizens when a fire broke out at the scene, the military stated on Sunday.The circumstances of the fire are still under investigation, according to the military. West Bank crossings closed during electionsEarly on Sunday, the IDF announced a "ban on the entry and exit of Palestinian workers throughout Judea and Samaria and the Jordan Valley, including industrial zones, as well as the closure of all land crossings" during Israel's general elections on Tuesday.
This comes amid a multi-day West Bank counterterrorism operation following a Hamas attack that killed two soldiers and left three others lightly wounded. The military has said that the terrorists who carried out the attack have been killed.
Left out here: Leaves out what changes the picture
The article never reports that Netanyahu said the military would force Palestinians out of a Hebron neighbourhood, or that bulldozers then began demolishing homes there. Without this, a reader takes the operation to be arrests of suspects and nothing else.
The IDF and the Shin Bet are investigating whether the two terrorists were part of a small self-contained cell or whether their vast ammunition shows that they were connected to a larger terror cell.
According to the IDF, some 40 suspects were apprehended over the weekend, including people affiliated with Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad, and suspects involved in "incitement, public disorder, and rock-hurling."Scheduled IDF training in West BankMeanwhile, the IDF engaged in planned training exercises in the West Bank for the Judea and Samaria Division to test operational readiness and alertness, the military announced on Sunday.It also said it would increase the movement of security forces, aircraft, and vehicles.
The Jerusalem Post adopts the army's label counterterrorism operation in its own voice for raids that, Reuters reported, came with a threat to force Palestinians out of a Hebron neighbourhood and bulldozers demolishing homes, and the article never mentions either. It also calls the Hebron shooting a Hamas attack without a source and calls the two dead gunmen terrorists in its own voice.
Uses the occupation's words
Serious
“multi-day West Bank counterterrorism operation”
Why this matters
In its own voice the Post adopts the army's label "counterterrorism operation" for the raids that followed the Hebron shooting.
The impression it gives
The army's response is a targeted hunt for attackers and nothing more.
The context
Reuters, via Al-Monitor, reported that Netanyahu said the military would force Palestinians out of a Hebron neighbourhood, and that bulldozers then began demolishing homes near the site.
This comes amid a multi-day raid by Israeli occupation forces in the occupied West Bank, during which, Reuters reported, bulldozers began demolishing Palestinian homes in Hebron.
States one side's claim as fact
Minor
“a Hamas attack”
Why this matters
The Post states in its own voice, with no source, that Hamas carried out the shooting.
The impression it gives
It is established that Hamas was behind the attack that killed two soldiers.
The context
Reuters reported the attackers only as Palestinian gunmen. The Post's own next sentences say the army and the Shin Bet are still investigating whether the two were a self-contained cell or tied to a larger one.
After first attributing the word to the military, the Post calls the two dead gunmen "terrorists" in its own voice.
The impression it gives
The terrorist label is a neutral, settled description of the men who were shot dead.
The context
The label comes from the army's statements. Reuters described the same men as Palestinian gunmen who attacked soldiers and were then shot dead by troops.
The article never reports that Netanyahu said the military would force Palestinians out of a Hebron neighbourhood, or that bulldozers then began demolishing homes there. Without this, a reader takes the operation to be arrests of suspects and nothing else.