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 does not say that the operation it describes includes Netanyahu's vow to force Palestinians out of a Hebron neighbourhood, or that bulldozers began demolishing homes there. Without this, a reader believes the operation is only a hunt for attackers and their accomplices.
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 for the IOF campaign in the West Bank, and calls the two killed attackers terrorists in its own voice, while leaving out the home demolitions and the threatened expulsion in Hebron that Reuters reported. It names Hamas as the attacker without a source. Every account in the piece comes from the military, and no Palestinian voice is heard.
Uses the occupation's words
Serious
“counterterrorism operation”
Why this matters
In its own voice the outlet adopts the army's label, "counterterrorism operation", for the IOF campaign under way in the West Bank.
The impression it gives
The campaign is a targeted hunt for attackers and nothing more.
The context
Reuters reported that Netanyahu said the military would force Palestinians out of a Hebron neighbourhood, and that Israeli bulldozers began demolishing homes there. The article mentions neither.
This comes amid a multi-day IOF raid in the West Bank, during which Netanyahu vowed to force Palestinians out of a Hebron neighbourhood and bulldozers began demolishing homes, following an attack that killed two soldiers.
Labels people on one side's word
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“the two terrorists”
Why this matters
After first attributing "the terrorists" to the military, the outlet then calls the two men "the two terrorists" in its own voice, with no attribution.
The impression it gives
The label is an established fact rather than the army's description.
The context
The only source in the article is the military. Reuters describes the same two men, who were shot dead, as Palestinian gunmen.
The article does not say that the operation it describes includes Netanyahu's vow to force Palestinians out of a Hebron neighbourhood, or that bulldozers began demolishing homes there. Without this, a reader believes the operation is only a hunt for attackers and their accomplices.