The IDF sealed off the homes of the two terrorists who committed Friday's fatal Hebron attack, the military announced on Sunday morning, as part of the ongoing counterterrorism operations taking place in the city.Staff Sergeant Ron Yonatan Roytman and Sergeant Yuval Shai Svilem were killed in the attack. Three others were lightly wounded in the attack.Both terrorists were killed during the confrontation. The order was signed by the IDF's Central Command, ahead of the expected demolition of the two homes.
Left out here: Leaves out what changes the picture
The article never says that sealing and demolishing the homes punishes the gunmen's families, who live in them. Soldiers were filmed ordering Palestinians near Hebron out of their homes ahead of the demolition, which the Palestinian Authority called collective punishment. B'Tselem warned of collective punishment and acts that could constitute war crimes. Without this, a reader believes the measure falls only on the two dead men.
Illegal vehicles and weaponry were also located and confiscated during the operations, the IDF said.Additionally, the IDF stated that soldiers from the Paratroopers Brigade and the Maglan Unit apprehended 12 suspects during overnight operations in Hebron. IDF, Shin Bet arrest suspect planning attack in West Bank In a separate Sunday statement, the IDF and Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) announced they had apprehended a suspect allegedly intending to carry out a terror attack along a major road in the West Bank.
According to Army Radio, the suspect was apprehended at a military checkpoint set up in the Binyamin region, and the major road in question was Highway 60.The military said the suspect was transferred to security forces for further questioning.
The Jerusalem Post repeats the army's account of the Hebron operation in its own voice. It calls the two Palestinian gunmen terrorists, and it calls a raid in which about 2,000 residents were moved out "counterterrorism operations", leaving out its own report that troops searched 200 buildings and found no weapons. It also never mentions that Palestinian officials and B'Tselem called the measures collective punishment.
Labels people on one side's word
Serious
“terrorists who committed fatal Hebron attack”
Why this matters
The headline calls the two men "terrorists" in the Post's own voice, with no attribution to the army.
The impression it gives
The reader takes it as settled fact that the men were terrorists, before reading a word of the body.
The context
The label is the army's. Other outlets reporting the same sealing call them Palestinian gunmen who shot soldiers at a checkpoint. The article never says they were Palestinian.
“the homes of the two terrorists who committed Friday's fatal Hebron attack”
Why this matters
The opening sentence repeats the label in the Post's voice and ties it to the homes being sealed.
The impression it gives
The reader believes the homes belong to two established terrorists, so sealing them looks like a measure against terrorists alone.
The context
The men were Palestinian gunmen who shot two soldiers manning a checkpoint. The homes being sealed are family homes. The label rests on the army's statements.
The Post uses the label a third time when it reports the two men's deaths.
The impression it gives
The reader accepts the army's description of the dead men without question.
The context
The Post's own earlier report says the army itself was trying to classify the incident as an encounter between troops and two men, rather than a terrorist attack. The label is contested even inside the army's account.
Israeli occupation forces sealed the family homes of two Palestinian gunmen, Mohammad and Firas Jaaba, who shot dead two soldiers at a checkpoint in Hebron on Friday, ahead of a planned demolition.
Uses the occupation's words
Serious
“the ongoing counterterrorism operations taking place in the city”
Why this matters
The Post describes the army's raid on Hebron in the army's own words, "counterterrorism operations", with no attribution.
The impression it gives
The reader believes a targeted operation against armed cells is under way in Hebron.
The context
Other outlets call it a raid. The Post itself reported that troops searched 200 buildings and found no weapons, and that about 2,000 residents were moved out. The army has also closed Hebron and nearby Palestinian towns.
The sealing was part of an Israeli raid on Hebron, during which the city was closed off and, according to the defence minister, about 2,000 residents were moved from their homes.
Headline goes beyond the article
Minor
“IDF, Shin Bet arrest suspect planning attack in West Bank”
Why this matters
The subheading says flatly that the arrested man was planning an attack.
The impression it gives
The reader believes it is established that the suspect was planning an attack.
The context
The text beneath it says only that the suspect was "allegedly intending" to carry out an attack, on the word of the army and Shin Bet. The subheading drops that qualification.
The article never says that sealing and demolishing the homes punishes the gunmen's families, who live in them. Soldiers were filmed ordering Palestinians near Hebron out of their homes ahead of the demolition, which the Palestinian Authority called collective punishment. B'Tselem warned of collective punishment and acts that could constitute war crimes. Without this, a reader believes the measure falls only on the two dead men.