Troops from the IDF's 91st Division are operating in the Security Zone in southern Lebanon to remove threats to the State of Israel. During operations by the "Oded" (9th) Brigade Combat Team in the area of Meiss El Jabal, two stockpiles of equipment and weapons were located in a civilian home situated approximately 200 meters from a UN post, and in a storage facility located approximately 100 meters from a UN post. Among the weapons located: Kalashnikov rifles, RPG launchers and rockets, a PK machine gun, fragmentation grenades, an explosive device, ammunition, and communications and surveillance equipment.
Weapons near UN humanitarian aid boxes IDF spokesperson These were found alongside humanitarian aid boxes and emblems of the Amal and Hezbollah terrorist organizations. Additionally, during operations by the Kfir Brigade Combat Team in the area of Et Tiri, an apartment used for military purposes by Hezbollah was located approximately 250 meters from a UN post, containing surveillance equipment, combat gear, living supplies, and emblems of the Hezbollah terrorist organization.
This is further evidence that the UNIFIL force has failed in its mission, and of the cynical exploitation by terrorist organizations in the face of UNIFIL's inaction. The IDF will not allow the Hezbollah terrorist organization to harm Israeli civilians and IDF troops, and will continue operating to remove threats and remain committed to the ceasefire agreement.
Arutz Sheva reprints an Israeli army statement almost word for word in its own voice. Claims about who used a flat, why the troops are there and whether UNIFIL has failed reach the reader as established fact rather than as what the army says. The outlet calls Israel's occupation of southern Lebanon a 'Security Zone' operation to 'remove threats' and never says Israel invaded or occupies the area.
States one side's claim as fact
Serious
“This is further evidence that the UNIFIL force has failed in its mission, and of the cynical exploitation by terrorist organizations in the face of UNIFIL's inaction.”
Why this matters
Arutz Sheva prints the verdict that UNIFIL 'has failed in its mission' and shows 'inaction' as its own conclusion, with no speaker named.
The impression it gives
The reader takes it as established that the UN force has failed and is inactive.
The context
This is the Israeli army's argument. The only sign of a source is the stray 'IDF spokesperson' fragment in S4. No UN or Lebanese response appears anywhere in the article.
How we know
Elsewhere in the article“Weapons near UN humanitarian aid boxes IDF spokesperson”
“The IDF will not allow the Hezbollah terrorist organization to harm Israeli civilians and IDF troops, and will continue operating to remove threats and remain committed to the ceasefire agreement.”
Why this matters
Arutz Sheva ends the article on the army's pledge and its claim of commitment to the ceasefire, written as plain narration.
The impression it gives
The reader takes the army's promise and its ceasefire commitment as reported fact, and that claim gets the last word.
The context
Three days earlier the same outlet attributed near identical words to the army: 'The IDF added that it would continue operating to remove threats'. Here the attribution is gone. The record shows Israel invaded southern Lebanon and holds a self-declared security zone there.
The Israeli army said its troops found weapons near UN posts and claimed this showed UNIFIL had failed. The army said it remained committed to the ceasefire.
Tells the event as something else
Minor
“operating in the Security Zone in southern Lebanon to remove threats to the State of Israel”
Why this matters
The outlet capitalises 'Security Zone' as though it were an official place name. It gives the troops' purpose as 'to remove threats', in its own voice.
The impression it gives
The reader believes Israeli troops are carrying out defensive security work in a recognised zone.
The context
Israel invaded southern Lebanon and occupies a self-declared security zone there. The article never uses the word occupation or invasion.