A delegation of UN ambassadors visited Israel’s southern border on Sunday morning, touring Kibbutz Kfar Aza and a Hamas terror tunnel to see the aftermath of the October 7 massacre and learn about the continuing security threats. At Kfar Aza, the ambassadors saw the destruction left by Hamas’s attack. They then visited the tunnel and received a briefing on the terrorist organization’s infrastructure and military buildup. Israel’s Ambassador to the UN, Danny Danon, led the delegation.
IDF Southern Command chief Maj. Gen. Yaniv Asor accompanied the ambassadors throughout the tour, briefing them on conditions on the ground and the security challenges facing Israel. The visit emphasized the need to prevent Hamas from rearming and regaining control of Gaza. According to the press release, it also sought to counter what it described as misinformation in the “winter campaign" blaming Israel for Gaza’s humanitarian crisis.
The ambassadors were told that reconstruction could not proceed while Hamas remained in control, and that any future arrangement must prevent the organization from restoring its military capabilities and terrorist infrastructure or threatening Israeli civilians. “Amidst a Hamas campaign blaming Israel for the humanitarian situation in Gaza, we brought distinguished ambassadors to see the truth for themselves," Danon said during the tour.
“Hamas is rearming and rebuilding its terrorist capabilities. As long as Hamas controls Gaza, there can be no reconstruction."
Arutz Sheva reports a tour of Kfar Aza and a tunnel led by Israel's UN ambassador, Danny Danon, and lets him close the article by casting blame on Israel for Gaza's humanitarian crisis as a Hamas campaign. Nothing is set against that claim, though this outlet reported days earlier that a coalition of countries and international organisations, and Trump's Board of Peace, had pressed Israel over aid restrictions. The headline also tells the reader what the tunnel is in the outlet's own voice.
Gives a contested claim the last word
Serious
“Amidst a Hamas campaign blaming Israel for the humanitarian situation in Gaza, we brought distinguished ambassadors to see the truth for themselves,”
Why this matters
Danon's words call criticism of Israel over Gaza's humanitarian situation "a Hamas campaign". The article then closes on two more lines from Danon and sets nothing against them.
The impression it gives
A reader comes away believing the only people blaming Israel for Gaza's humanitarian crisis are Hamas and its propaganda.
The context
This outlet reported three days earlier that a coalition of countries and international organisations called on Israel to lift restrictions on aid entering Gaza. Before that it reported that Trump's Board of Peace criticised Israel's response to the floods and said delays had worsened their consequences. The article gives none of this, so Danon's framing stands unchallenged.
The headline calls the site a "terror tunnel" in the outlet's own voice, the term the delegation's hosts use.
The impression it gives
A reader takes the label as an established description of the site.
The context
The article gives no facts about the tunnel itself. It only says the ambassadors received a briefing from Israeli officials and the military, so the label rests on the hosts' account.
How we know
Elsewhere in the article“received a briefing on the terrorist organization’s infrastructure”