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(Israeli) Infowar 2024

Israeli infowars are similar to Russia's infowars as both are using troll farms. However, those of the Israelis are army units. It's actually like China

The IOF Spokesperson's Unit (Hebrew: דובר צה"ל, Dover Tzahal, abbr. Dotz) is a unit in the IOF Operations Directorate, responsible for information policy and media relations. The unit is led by the IOF spokesperson, a brigadier general and member of the General Staff, and by a deputy spokesperson, a colonel. Since August 2024 the spokesperson is Brig. Gen. Daniel Hagari.

The unit is also a key player in the public diplomacy efforts (hasbara) of the Israelis The 2015 IDF military doctrine highlights the strategic importance of using the power of the media; economic, legal, media, and political aspects are considered as part of the military approach as much as military combat.

It is this unit that refuses journalists to report from Gaza as allowing would undermine the practice of hasbara.

The occupying war belligerent portrays itself as the only democracy in the Middle East but no single real democracy uses its military for political propaganda.

What is hasbara? The most known explanation is the following:

From Wikipedia: "Israel uses public diplomacy to communicate directly with citizens of other countries to inform and influence them so that they support or tolerate the Israeli government's strategic objectives."

Hasbara is exaggeration and dissemination, whereby exaggeration refers to intentionally making something more extreme or more dramatic than it is, while dissemination is spreading widely.

Example: They claim that the October 7th was a massacre as it have cost 1.139 colonists their lives while the Israelis have massacred, costing more than 41.000 Palestinians in Gaza their lives (Sept. 27, 2024)

Hasbara is just a political language to mislead and indoctrinate, which is the character of Zionism.

On social media, we have found a lot of users describing Israelis as liars without knowing why Israelis are so notorious. It's because of two phrases. The first one is Zionist, the second is brought into British Mandatory Palestine by German Ashkenazis.:

"You may lie if it is to defend yourself"

"If you are accused, blame the victim."

NOVEMBER 2024
DATE DEVELOPMENT CONTEXT DESCRIPTION
       
20241107 Al Jazeera’s Anas al-Sharif returns to Instagram despite suppression media / social media / Zionists / Instagram Al Jazeera correspondent Anas al-Sharif says Meta shut down his Instagram account, calling it part of a broader effort to suppress Palestinian content. Al-Sharif created a new account, and plans to continue sharing images and updates, stressing the importance of free expression
20241104 Iran rejects report of recruiting Iranian-born citizens in Palestine for attacks on Israel Israeli infowar "The report is unfounded and, from a logical standpoint, unlikely to be accurate," the mission said in a statement. "That’s because the natural course of suspicion in the view of the Zionist regime would first fall upon individuals of Iranian origin, followed by Muslims".
      Comment: "... first fall upon individuals of Iranian origin, followed by Muslims". The comparison prompts us to link to the nuclear rivalry that Israelis are waging against Iran since the 1960s.
       

THE BRITISH JEWISH CHRONICLE SCANDAL
20241103 Court: Documents Leaked Through Netanyahu's Office Could Have Hindered Hamas Hostage Release Israeli infowar The court allowed the publication of the name of a Netanyahu spokesperson amid allegations that state security was compromised and efforts to secure the release of hostages held by Hamas were impeded
20241103 Netanyahu aide Eliezer Feldstein suspect in leaking document to harm hostage deal Israeli infowar Feldstein was hired by the PMO media team soon after the war began, but his employment status remained unclear.
      Comment: The claim that the leak would harm the hostage deal is false. The author of the fabricated stories had contact with the Israeli officer. The fabrications would threaten to harm the deal.
20241103 Israel investigates leaks that appear to have bolstered Netanyahu as Gaza truce talks stalled Israeli infowar The leaked documents are said to have formed the basis of a widely discredited article in the London-based Jewish Chronicle — which was later withdrawn — suggesting Hamas planned to spirit hostages out of Gaza through Egypt, and an article in Germany’s Bild newspaper that said Hamas was drawing out the talks as a form of psychological warfare on Israel.
20241103 Israeli authorities probe suspected Gaza intelligence leak by Netanyahu aide Israeli infowar A suspected leak of classified Gaza documents involving an aide to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has jolted Israeli politics and outraged the families of hostages held by Hamas who have been pushing for a deal to get their loved ones home.
20241103 Lapid: 'If Netanyahu didn’t know about leaked info, what does he know?' Israeli infowar “If Netanyahu knew, he is complicit in one of the most serious security breaches in the law book," Lapid said.
20241103 Analysis | Always Control the Narrative: Leaks Scandal Offers Glimpse Into Netanyahu's World of Lies Israeli infowar 'The Bild is me,' bragged the suspect, who is now in custody, referring to the partially-distorted story about Hamas leader Sinwar. But only when the smoke clears will we know if a criminal probe was justified
      Comment: Columnists resign from the Jewish Chronicle over allegations Gaza articles were fabricated
end of THE BRITISH JEWISH CHRONICLE SCANDAL
       

OCTOBER 2024
DATE DEVELOPMENT CONTEXT DESCRIPTION
       
20241031 'Done by force': UNRWA worker testifies to how Hamas uses org. vehicles Israeli infowar Hamas takes UNRWA vehicles to move around the Gaza Strip, a UNRWA worker said while being interrogated by security officials, according to footage published by the IDF on Thursday.
20241031 IDF reveals 70% of Hezbollah drones have been destroyed Israeli infowar UNVERIFIABLE CLAIM -- The IDF said also said it had killed a full 10% of Hezbollah's drone operators as well as the commander of the entire unit.
20241025 Three journalists killed in Israeli attack in southern Lebanon Israeli infowar The Israeli military did not issue a warning prior to the attack, which is believed to have targeted the journalists.
20241025 In Pictures: Israeli air strike kills journalists in southern Lebanon Israeli infowar The Israeli military is accused of targeting media workers by attacking a compound housing journalists from seven outlets.
20241025 How impunity fuels Israel’s attacks on journalists in Gaza and Lebanon Israeli infowar Israel continues to target journalists because of the global failure to hold it accountable for abuses, advocates say.
20241024 Blinken calls for 'careful' investigation into Al Jazeera journalists linked to Hamas Israeli infowar In Doha, Blinken advocates for journalist safety as Qatar defends Al Jazeera against allegations of Hamas ties.
20241024 Israel accuses six Al Jazeera journalists of ties to militant groups Israeli infowar The Israeli army has accused six Al Jazeera journalists covering the war in Gaza of being current or former paid fighters for Palestinian militant groups. Al Jazeera has denied the claims, which they say are part of a wider campaign against its Qatar-based network.
20241024 Ilan Pappé on being censored for pro-Palestine stance effect Israeli infowar “We are not intimidated by them and that’s why they are using everything in their ammunition to silence us.” Israeli historian Ilan Pappé discusses his experience of being stopped at an airport in Detroit, Michigan and being interrogated by Homeland Security due to his pro-Palestine stance. He says that attempts to suppress freedom of speech have intensified since October 7
20241023 IDF reveals: Six Al Jazeera journalists are Hamas, PIJ terrorists Israeli infowar The exposed journalists are part of Hamas's military wing operating as the vanguard of Hamas's propaganda war against Israel.
20241023 Al Jazeera condemns Israeli accusations towards its journalists in Gaza and warns against being a justification for targeting them Israeli infowar Al Jazeera Media Network vehemently condemns the recent unfounded allegations made by Israeli occupation forces against its journalists operating in northern Gaza. The Network views these fabricated accusations as a blatant attempt to silence the few remaining journalists in the region, thereby obscuring the harsh realities of the war from audiences worldwide.
20241023 No Hezbollah assets found in Lebanon hospital facing Israeli bombing Israeli infowar A swarm of journalists and cameramen opened drawers filled with scrubs and bed linens, rummaged through boxes of surgical tools, and meandered through the basement of Sahel Hospital, in southern Beirut, entering even its morgue and toxic waste closets.
20241023 US has not seen evidence of Hezbollah cash bunker under Beirut hospital, Pentagon chief says Israeli infowar U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said on Wednesday that he had not seen evidence that there was a Hezbollah bunker filled with cash built under a hospital in Beirut, adding that Washington would continue to work with Israel to get better insights.
20241023 Israel recycles Gaza 'military bunkers under hospitals' claims to destroy Lebanon healthcare sector Israeli infowar Israel is now repeating in Lebanon its same path of destruction and death inflicted on Gaza hospitals, especially Al-Shifa, claiming that Sahel Hospital lies above a hidden Hezbollah bunker, allegations that were debunked when journalists investigated the facility.
       
20241022 Journalists taken on a tour of the Beirut hospital where Israel claimed Hezbollah stored cash and gold Israeli infowar Journalists have been taken on a tour inside a hospital in Beirut’s southern suburb where the Israeli army claimed without offering evidence that Hezbollah was storing hundreds of millions of dollars in cash and gold in tunnels underneath.
       
20241021 IDF "reveals": Nasrallah's money bunker beneath Al-Sahel Hospital Israeli infowar The IDF published documentation showing former Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah had a 'money bunker' used to finance the terrorist organization underneath a Beirut hospital.
       
20241021 Hezbollah's gold mine catches fire: Nasrallah's bunker under hospital held half billion dollars Israeli infowar IOF Spokesman Daniel Hagari revealed on Monday night that the former Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah's bunker in Dahieh in southern Beirut was located underneath a hospital - which held gold and half a billion dollars in cash.
      Comment: We saw on Telegram QudsNews reporting that the hospital director denies the claim and immediately ordered the evacuation of the complex. The Israelis are looking for ways to destroy hospitals under the pretext "Hezbollah"
       
20241020 IDF strikes Hamas target in Gaza’s Beit Lahiya, rejects Palestinian casualty claims Israeli infowar UNVERIFIABLE CLAIM -- Military says it hit terror target using precision munitions, blasts Palestinian reports that 73 killed as Hamas propaganda
      Comment: death toll has risen to 87 people. In one of the collected videos, the sound of a very loud explosion suggest the use of an 2.000 pounds general purpose bomb.
20241020 'Closer to completing the mission': Gallant addresses troops as IDF engages Hezbollah Israeli infowar "We are essentially moving from a situation of defeating the enemy in all the contact villages to a state of destruction."
20241019 The Israeli mythmaking of Yahya Sinwar Israeli infowar Claims that Yahya Sinwar was hiding in tunnels surrounded by captives, beneath civilian centres in Gaza, were used to justify Israel’s genocidal assault on the enclave. The Hamas chief’s killing, above ground, following a firefight with Israeli forces, undermines many of the narratives that have come from Israeli officials and news outlets over the past year.
20241019 Freedom of expression threatened more seriously in Gaza than in any conflict: UN expert
 		 Israeli infowar Freedom of expression has been threatened more seriously in Gaza than in any recent conflict, with journalists targeted in the war-torn territory and Palestinian supporters targeted in many countries, a United Nations expert said Friday.
       
20241018 UN expert on freedom of expression says Israel seeking to stop documentation of crimes Israeli infowar “The severe attacks on media in the occupied Palestinian territory, in Gaza, but also in West Bank and East Jerusalem, the targeted killings of journalists … the banning of Al Jazeera, the tightening of censorship within Israel and in the occupied territories, seem to indicate a strategy of the Israeli authorities to silence critical journalism and obstruct documentation of possible international crimes.”
       
20241017 IDF spox. in Arabic cautions residents of Bekaa, Tyre to evacuate certain areas and buildings Israeli infowar The statement cautioned residents to avoid facilities affiliated with Hezbollah, noting that the IDF would operate in that area.
20241016 'Starvation': UN Security Council criticized Israel in emergency session on Gaza Israeli infowar International community in meeting on humanitarian situation in the Strip accuse Israel of 'policy of starvation' amid IDF operations in the area and US threats of an arms embargo
20241016 Israel’s use of aid as pressure tactic raises criticism in Gaza conflict Israeli infowar The UN and international organizations are condemning Israel's strategy of limiting humanitarian aid to Gaza as part of its effort to weaken Hamas.
20241016 UNIFIL claims IDF tank fired at southern Lebanon post this morning Israeli infowar (UNIFIL did not claim. It reported the attack)
20241015 Biden-Harris admin warns Israel over Gaza humanitarian aid, leaked letter reveals effects Israeli infowar Since war began, Israel has facilitated 1,064,820 tons of humanitarian aid, and 824,078 tons of food
      Comment: Fox News (boycotted) cites the Israeli OIF unit COGAT which controls the humanitarian aid. The figures do not correspond with those of the UN and NGOs. Then, the letter was not leaked. It was even briefed to the press at the White House by Math Miller.  It is NOT Biden-Harris but Blinken-Austin who wrote the private letter, so not on behalf of the administration.
20241015 Deadly Israeli airstrike targets hospital complex where thousands were sheltering Israeli infowar UNVERIFIABLE CLAIM -- In a statement, the Israeli military said it conducted a “precise strike” on a Hamas command center.
20241014 A Study Reveals CNN and MSNBC’s Glaring Gaza Double Standard effects Israeli infowar Palestinians received far less sympathetic and humanizing coverage than either Israelis or Ukrainians, a Nation analysis has found.
20241013 Israel Releases American Journalist Arrested for Disclosing Intel on Iranian Missile Attack Israeli infowar After U.S. citizen and Grayzone journalist Jeremy Loffredo was arrested by Israel Police for revealing where Iranian missiles fell during this month's attack in a YouTube video, the Jerusalem District Court ordered his release
20241012 IDF strikes 280 terror targets, eliminates 250 terrorists responding to Yom Kippur attacks Israeli infowar  
20241012 Israeli soldier: Gaza and Lebanon are our lands Israeli infowar An Israeli occupation soldier tells his comrades that Israel will take back 'its land' including Lebanon and Gaza and said it will expel 'these impure people who desecrate day by day', in reference to the indigenous Arab population.
      Comment: Is Zionism a kind of Jihadism?
20241012 Israel Says Documents Found in Gaza Show Hamas’s Attack Planning, Iran Ties Israeli infowar UNVERIFIABLE CLAIM -- Israel’s military shared with journalists documents that it said its soldiers found in Gaza and that appear to show financial and military support provided by Iran to Palestinian Islamist militant group Hamas before the Oct. 7 attacks. The Israeli armed forces gave The Wall Street Journal a series of what it described as letters and notes from meetings of the Hamas leadership as Israel weighs a retaliatory strike against Iran after Tehran fired a large salvo of missiles at Israel this month.
20241012 IDF says Hezbollah moving fighters Israeli infowar The Israeli military said today that Hezbollah was using ambulances to transport fighters and weapons and that it would take any necessary action.
      Comment: old Hamas-uses-ambulance-trick from the Gaza Wars 2008-2009 and 2014 refurbished into Hezbollah-uses-ambulance-trick
20241009 Revealed: Israel's own footage of Gaza air strikes documents 'devastating' civilian harm Israeli infowar Investigation by Airwars says Israeli military aims to show it has run a 'precise campaign' in Gaza, but analysis of air strike clips tells different story
       
20241009 Israel’s Narrative on its war on Gaza Israeli infowar In this Fact Check, Al Jazeera's Khalid Majzoub looks at how the Israeli narrative since October 7, 2023 has evolved throughout the war on Gaza.
20241008 The Take: How Israeli soldiers are livestreaming war crimes Israeli infowar Al Jazeera has investigated thousands of posts from social media documenting war crimes by Israeli soldiers in Gaza. What does this database expose about the last year of the war – what’s being called the first “livestreamed genocide”?
20241007 Israel's propaganda campaign: Disinformation used to justify war crimes Israeli infowar For decades, Israeli leaders have used dehumanising language to describe Palestinians, to justify Israel's occupation. Since October 7th, words have become a weapon to legitimise the war on Gaza.  But it's not only dehumanising language against the Palestinians that's been used. Propaganda and disinformation have also backed up the military offensive on the ground. Palestinians say it’s meant to provide justification for war crimes.
20241007 Critically assessing casualty claims in Gaza: are 80% of the dead Hamas operatives? effects Israeli infowar Recently, a claim circulated widely on social media that 80% of the 40,000 casualties in Gaza since the onset of the latest conflict were Hamas operatives or their family members. This assertion, made during an Israeli Channel 12 broadcast and attributed to a Palestinian official linked to Hamas, has been met with both scepticism and applause, particularly from pro-Israeli commentators.
20241007 Hamas Fires Rockets at Israel Amid Clashes After Year of War effects Israeli infowar UNVERIFIABLE CLAIM -- Hamas fired a barrage of rockets toward Tel Aviv after Israel bombed a number of targets connected to the militant group in Gaza
20241007 In one year of war, Israel strikes 40,000 Hamas targets in Gaza effects Israeli infowar/ Asia / Singapore In the past year in the Gaza Strip, Israel has bombed more than 40,000 targets, found 4,700 tunnel shafts and destroyed 1,000 rocket launcher sites, the military said on Monday's (Oct 7) one-year anniversary of the Hamas-led militant attacks that triggered Israel's assault on the enclave.
       
20241006 Israeli strike on Gaza mosque kills 19 as conflict widens in Lebanon Israeli infowar UNVERIFIABLE CLAIM -- Israel said it had been a "precision strike" on the mosque, targeting Hamas militants inside.
       
20241006 IDF evacuates tens of thousands from northern Gaza amid Jabalya invasion Israeli infowar The IDF evacuated tens of thousands of Palestinian civilians from northern Gaza on Sunday as it invaded Jabalya for the fourth time.
       
20241005 Failing Gaza: Behind the Lens of Western Media effects Israeli infowar This film is about an alternative version of that reality – the one told by major Western news organisations – and how it has provided cover for Israel’s war on Gaza. Based on interviews with more than a dozen insiders, it lifts the curtain on the inner workings of agenda-setting outlets like CNN, the BBC and The New York Times.
20241005 Failing Gaza: Pro-Israel bias uncovered behind the lens of Western media effects Israeli infowar Journalists at CNN and the BBC expose the inner workings of their newsrooms, a year into Israel’s war on Gaza.
20241003 Israel Says Hamas Government Chief, 2 Top Leaders Eliminated In Gaza Israeli infowar UNVERIFIABLE CLAIM -- The Israeli military on Thursday said a strike three months ago killed three senior Hamas leaders in Gaza, where the army has been battling the Palestinian operatives for nearly a year.
20241003 Israel claims it killed Hamas government head in Gaza Israeli infowar UNVERIFIABLE CLAIM -- The IOF said it had also killed senior security officials Sameh al-Siraj and Sami Oudeh in strikes three months ago.
20241003 IDF confirms death of Hamas de facto PM, other officials in Gaza airstrike several months ago Israeli infowar UNVERIFIABLE CLAIM -- Senior Hamas official Rawhi Mushtaha, the de facto prime minister of the Gaza Strip, was killed in an Israeli strike several months ago, the IDF and Shin Bet say they have confirmed.
      Comment: source changed the headline. Original headline"IDF announces death of Hamas de-facto PM in Gaza airstrike several months ago."
20241003 Israel says damage from Iranian missile attack minimal thanks to 'high-quality defence' Israeli infowar Israel has been assessing the damage caused by Iran's massive 180-rocket missile attack on Tuesday night after its air defence intercepted most of the projectiles.
      Comment: found videos show missile barrage pounded an airbase in the Negev desert. No air defense was active.
20241003 Israeli strike on Gaza school that killed 22 targeted one Hamas figure, BBC told effects Israeli infowar UNVERIFIABLE CLAIM -- The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) said a Hamas "command and control centre" had been embedded inside the compound in Gaza City, which it targeted in a "precise strike" on 21 September.
20241002 IDF says it struck Hamas command centers embedded in disused Gaza schools Israeli infowar UNVERIFIABLE CLAIM -- Israeli Air Force fighter jets struck Hamas command centers embedded in disused schools in the Gaza Strip in the early hours of Wednesday morning, the IDF said, as Palestinian media reported that some 20 people were killed and dozens more were injured in the strikes.
       

SEPTEMBER 2024
DATE DEVELOPMENT CONTEXT DESCRIPTION
       
20240927 IOF assesses Hamas defeated military in all of Gaza, is now a guerrilla terror group Israeli infowar The IOF is assessing that Hamas has been defeated militarily in the entire Gaza Strip, and it is UNVERIFIABLE CLAIM -- now a guerrilla terror group that will take some more time to dismantle.
20240926 Official: Gaza war to focus on taking away Hamas’s control of humanitarian aid deliveries Israeli infowar An official in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s entourage traveling to New York says a focus of the war in Gaza is the attempt to harm Hamas’s civil rule of the Strip by taking away its control over the distribution of humanitarian aid.
      Comment: the Israelis are taking away control over the distribution of humanitarian aid since November 2023. See tab "Eliminating UNWRA" on our 'November-in-details-timeline'
20240926 Hamas to cede civilian control of Gaza to Palestinian Authority, source says Israeli infowar A day after PA prime minister said that the PA would manage Gaza after the war with the participation of 'everyone,' a Hamas official said that the terrorist organization had reached an agreement with Fatah; They are expected to meet next week, in Cairo
      Comment: no such development exist.
20240926 Israeli strike on Gaza school kills at least 11, health ministry says   UNVERIFIABLE CLAIM -- The Israeli military said a “precise" strike targeted a “command-and-control centre” used by Hamas fighters - something the armed group has previously denied.
20240926 Israeli attacks against journalists, media freedom decried at UNSC Israeli infowar Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu says attacks are meant to prevent the world from knowing what is happening in Gaza.
20240925 "Civilians in Gaza have been hijacked by Hamas," says Reuven Azar Israeli infowar UNVERIFIABLE CLAIM -- "Civilians in Gaza have been hijacked by Hamas, that's the sad reality," says Israel's Ambassador to India, Reuven Azar.
20240925 'Iran and Russia Have Co-opted Israel-Gaza War to Sow Chaos in Western Democracies' Israeli infowar Diplomats and intelligence officials tell Haaretz that Iran, Russia and China have been conducting anti-Israeli influence campaigns and spreading lies about the Gaza war – with the aim of disrupting democratic elections
20240925 IDF soldiers kill 40 terrorists across Gaza, destroy Hamas infrastructure Israeli infowar UNVERIFIABLE CLAIM -- The terrorists killed were members of the rocket division, the weapons division, and the intelligence division.
20240925 Israel said to return 88 bodies to Gaza, Hamas health officials refuse to bury them Israeli infowar Israel on Wednesday reportedly returned the bodies of 88 Palestinians killed in its military offensive in the Gaza Strip, which the territory’s Hamas-run health ministry refused to bury unless Israel discloses details about who they are and where they were killed.
      Comment: the Israeli report is like "If you are accused blame the victim."
20240925 Israel has landed heavy blows on Hezbollah. The victory it seeks could prove elusive Israeli infowar Bombs hidden in the group’s pagers and walkie-talkies killed dozens of people and wounded thousands — many of them Hezbollah members. Israeli strikes on Beirut killed two of Hezbollah’s top commanders. And Israel has bombed what it said were 1,600 militant sites across large parts of Lebanon, killing hundreds of people and displacing thousands.
20240924 António Guterres at UNGA: 'World cannot let Lebanon become another Gaza' Israeli infowar Guterres did not mention Hezbollah's constant harassment towards Israel
20240923 Israel Uncovers Hamas HQ In Gaza School Israeli infowar Israel carries out precise strikes at a school in central Gaza aimed at demolishing a Hamas Commander centre
      Comment: video does not show any evidence supporting the reported claim.
20240923 IAF strikes Hamas command center in Gaza's Khaled ibn al-Walid school Israeli infowar UNVERIFIABLE CLAIM -- Prior to the strike, numerous steps were taken to minimize the risk of harming civilians.
20240922 Opposing Israel’s war in Gaza effects Israeli infowar Examining the sources of the critic’s misguided viewpoints.
20240922 EXPOSED: Foreign Media Journalists in Gaza Participated in Hamas’ “Loyalty” Day Israeli infowar Journalists working for foreign media in Gaza have participated in Hamas’ “Day of Loyalty to the Palestinian Journalist,” an annual event hosted by the terror group’s Government Media Office with the stated aim of aligning the media with Hamas’ agenda, an HonestReporting investigation revealed.
      Comment: false report as the Day of Loyalty to the Palestinian Journalist is every year on December 31st
20240922 Press groups condemn Israel closing Al Jazeera office in Ramallah Israeli infowar / Al Jazeera The Committee to Protect Journalists says it is ‘deeply alarmed’ by the raid and calls for protection of freedom of the press.
20240922 ‘Criminal act’: Al Jazeera denounces Israeli raid on Ramallah office Israeli infowar / Al Jazeera The network vows to continue its coverage of the Israeli attacks on the Palestinians in Gaza and the occupied West Bank.
20240922 Israel’s attempted silencing of Al Jazeera’s coverage of the occupation Israeli infowar / Al Jazeera ‘All we’ve been doing is reporting on what the Israeli military does to Palestinians’. Al Jazeera’s Zein Basravi recorded this message in case Israel shut down Al Jazeera’s bureau in Ramallah, from where our journalists have reported on the realities for people living under Israeli occupation for decades.
20240922 In Pictures: Israeli forces raid and shut down Al Jazeera bureau in occupied West Bank Israeli infowar / Al Jazeera Israeli troops confiscate documents and equipment and order Al Jazeera’s shutdown aimed at silencing network’s coverage of Gaza war.
20240922 Israel closes Al Jazeera bureau in Ramallah: All you need to know Israeli infowar / Al Jazeera At 3am, heavily armed Israeli soldiers raided the office of Al Jazeera in Ramallah, throwing the team out.
20240922 Israeli soldiers raid, order closure of Al Jazeera office in Ramallah Israeli infowar / Al Jazeera Heavily armed and masked Israeli soldiers raid Al Jazeera bureau in the occupied West Bank and deliver 45-day closure order.
20240922 Israeli soldiers raid and order closure of Al Jazeera’s Ramallah offices Israeli infowar / Al Jazeera Israel’s military has raided and ordered the closure of Al Jazeera’s office in Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank, the network said.
20240922 Israeli forces raid Al Jazeera’s office in Ramallah Israeli infowar / Al Jazeera Israeli soldiers carrying guns have entered Al Jazeera’s offices in Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, ordering staff to vacate and imposing a 45-day closure.
20240922 Heavily armed Israeli troops raid and close down Al Jazeera's West Bank office Israeli infowar / Al Jazeera Soldiers say a military order was issued to close the network's Ramallah bureau for 45 days
20240922 Israeli forces raid and shut down Al Jazeera's bureau in West Bank Israeli infowar / Al Jazeera The Israeli military on Sunday raided the office of Qatar-based news network Al Jazeera in the occupied West Bank and issued a 45-day closure order, claiming that the Ramallah office was "used to incite terror".
20240922 Israel raids and shuts down Al Jazeera’s bureau in Ramallah in the West Bank Israeli infowar / Al Jazeera Israeli troops raided the offices of the satellite news network Al Jazeera in the Israeli-occupied West Bank early Sunday, ordering the bureau to shut down amid a widening campaign by Israel targeting the Qatar-funded broadcaster as it covers the Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip.
20240922 Israel orders closure of Al Jazeera office in Ramallah Israeli infowar / Al Jazeera This is how armed and masked Israeli soldiers raided Al Jazeera’s bureau in the occupied West Bank and imposed a 45-day closure order. The network has condemned the action as ‘criminal’ and an affront to press freedom.
20240921 WATCH: IDF thwarts attempt by Gaza terrorists to loot aid truck Israeli infowar UNVERIFIABLE CLAIM -- IDF troops identified a vehicle that pulled to the front of a line of aid trucks and an armed individual exiting the vehicle.
      Comment: the embedded video could not be dowloaded. Frames were taken from the video, and a screenshot taken from the article for documentation. The video is not taken in Gaza but in the West Bank.
20240920 Bibi, Gallant vow to defend North, IDF official: We're in new phase of Hezbollah war Israeli infowar IDF kills Radwan force chief in Beirut strike • Hezbollah rockets cause fire in playground and across North • 1000 ready-to-launch rockets destroyed by Israel
20240919 UN votes 124-14 to strip Israel of right to self-defense in Gaza, West Bank Israeli infowar The resolution also calls on member states not to sell arms or military equipment to Israel that would be used in Gaza, the West Bank, and east Jerusalem.
      Comment: False report. It was about UN General Assembly overwhelmingly calls for end of Israeli occupation
20240919 Double Standards and Media Bias in Israel’s War on Gaza effects of Israeli infowar opinion -- Semantic battles carried out in the press are as critical as the physical wars fought on the battlefield.
20240917 Investigating Gaza: How the Associated Press Documented the Families Devastated by War effects of Israeli infowar As the death toll climbed, Palestinian civilians would report losing scores of family members in Israeli strikes. The early months of the conflict were so deadly that doctors had to coin a new term for some young patients: Wounded Child, No Surviving Family (WCNSF).
20240917 Letter to Israel and Egypt: German media demand unhindered access to Gaza effects of Israeli infowar "Almost a year of war, and your governments are still preventing us from gaining an unaccompanied and independent picture of the situation in Gaza," the joint appeal states. "The almost complete exclusion of international media in a crisis of this enormous global scope is unprecedented in recent history."
      Comment: report is in the German language
20240917 German news media demand access to war-torn Gaza effects of Israeli infowar “After almost a year of war, we call on the Israeli government: allow us to enter the Gaza Strip,” a group of newspapers, agencies and broadcasters wrote in an open letter.
20240916 Four columnists quit Jewish Chronicle over Gaza coverage based on ‘wild fabrications’ effects of Israeli infowar One of the articles claimed the discovery of a document from Gaza allegedly detailing Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar’s plans to escape with Israeli captives, using the Philadelphi Corridor as a route to Iran.
20240916 UN experts censure Western support for Israel since Gaza war effects of Israeli infowar Experts accuse Western countries of hypocrisy, citing different responses to Russia
Albanese queries Israel's right to UN seat, says it lacks respect for the institution
Israel denies genocide allegations, says it tries to minimize civilian harm
Israel's UN mission says Albanese not fit to hold any post with world body
20240915 Four Prominent Columnists Quit Jewish Chronicle Over Gaza Stories Based On “Fabrications” effects of Israeli infowar Haaretz Israel News reports that columnists Jonathan Freedland and Hadley Freeman.
20240915 ‘Jewish Chronicle’ cuts ties with writer for fake Gaza reports effects of Israeli infowar The UK newspaper removed all content by Elon Perry, aka Eli Yifrah.
20240915 UAE vows it won’t take part in Gaza’s ‘day after’ without Palestinian state Israeli infowar The United Arab Emirates will not play any role in the “day after” the ongoing war in the Gaza Strip unless a Palestinian state is established, its Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed said Saturday.
      Comment: UAE's FM says country will not support day-after Gaza plan without creating Palestinian state
20240915 Hamas' Gaza starvation claims debunked as meat enters Strip Israeli infowar Local Gazans celebrate on social media after large quantities of animals products including meat and eggs begin being distributed across the Strip by the UN
20240915 Israeli Air Force claims attack on Hezbollah infrastructure in southern Lebanon Israeli infowar The Israeli Air Force says it has attacked 20 launch pads that it claims belonged to Hezbollah in the Jarmaq area of southern Lebanon.
20240915 Israeli army says ‘high probability’ its strike killed three Gaza captives Israeli infowar Army says conclusions of its probe into the deaths of the captives suggest an Israeli air strike likely killed them in November.
20240915 Israeli military says 3 hostages were ‘most likely’ killed in November strike Israeli infowar The Israeli military says that three Israeli hostages whose bodies were recovered from Gaza in December were “most likely” killed as a result of an Israeli airstrike.
      Comment: Hannibal directive
20240914 Israeli military take media on supervised tour of southern Gaza Strip Israeli infowar An Associated Press reporter was one of a few journalists brought by the Israeli military Friday into southern Gaza, to view two tunnels they claim were used by Hamas militants, including one where they say six hostages were killed.
20240914 Sky News enters Gaza witnessing tunnels under kids' bedrooms & silent streets Israeli infowar Sky News was granted permission by the Israeli military to enter Gaza - though our team's movements were restricted and the material we gathered had to be authorised by the IDF.
20240914 Israeli army takes reporters on tour of tunnels in southern Gaza Israeli infowar The Israeli army took reporters on Friday to tunnels uncovered by troops in southern Gaza, including the entrance to the underground chamber where the bodies of six Israeli hostages killed by Hamas were recovered on Sept. 1.
20240911 Gallant reveals document from top Hamas commander warning Sinwar of dire losses Israeli infowar UNVERIFIABLE CLAIM -- headline only
20240910 IDF confirms it mistakenly killed three hostages in Gaza city bombing Israeli infowar UNVERIFIABLE CONFIRMATION -- The IDF confirmed publicly on Tuesday that it mistakenly killed three Israeli hostages along with Hamas Gaza City Brigade Chief Admed An-Dur in December, which, until now, officials had only hinted to.
      Comment: The occupation forces have the Hannibal Directive, which  is a controversial order used to prevent the capture of anyone of its troops, even at the cost of harming or killing them. It was introduced in 1986, revoked in 2016. It has been (re-)used in sense of the order given on October 7, 2023: "stop everyone from going into Gaza."
20240910 Israel releases video of a Gaza tunnel where it says Hamas militants killed 6 hostages Israeli infowar UNVERIFIABLE CLAIM -- The Israeli military on Tuesday released video footage of a Gaza tunnel where it says six hostages were recently killed by Hamas. The video shows a low, narrow passageway deep underground that had no bathroom and poor ventilation.
20240910 Israel releases video of Gaza tunnel where it says bodies of six hostages were found Israeli infowar UNVERIFIABLE CLAIM -- The Israeli military has released video footage of a Gaza tunnel where it says six hostages were recently killed by Hamas. The discovery of the hostages’ bodies last month sparked a mass outpouring of anger in Israel.
      Comment: It took the Israelis 10 days to come up with a video to claim that it is evidence. This fact reminds us to the evidence we found (blurred laptop screen still showed Hebrew text) which proofs  that the Israeli claim about a Hamas command center in the Al-Shifa Hospital was staged. So, it is more likely that the "evidence" is staged.
       
20240910 Ex-hostage’s mother denies IDF told her he was killed in Gaza airstrike effects of Israeli infowar Military denies report alleging army chief hid details of deaths of hostages whose bodies were recovered in December; Ron Sherman’s mother says her family had no official word
       
20240910 Gallant: Hamas as ‘military formation’ in Gaza is gone, IDF focus shifting to north Israeli infowar UNVERIFIABLE CLAIM -- Defense minister tells foreign press IDF could withdraw from Philadelphi Corridor for 6 weeks in a deal to free hostages without endangering security
20240909 Defense Wounds Found on Murdered Gaza Hostages, Israeli Army Tells Families Israeli infowar UNVERIFIABLE pay walled content -- The IDF retrieved the hostages' bodies last week, stating that they were executed shortly before the soldiers arrived. According to one of the hostages' relatives, the families were told that the scene in the tunnel was chaotic and that defense wounds were found on the hostages
      Comment: no words about 'have seen'
       
20240908 Israel knows 'nothing' about tunnels in Gaza, says released captive Israeli infowar Adina Moshe, an Israeli woman formerly held captive by Palestinian resistance factions in Gaza, stated that the Israeli military knows nothing about Hamas' underground tunnel network, Channel 12 reported on 8 September.
       
20240908 Former Israeli Captive – Shin Bet Clueless about Gaza’s Underground Tunnel Network Israeli infowar Former Israeli captive Adina Moshe revealed that Israel’s internal security service, the Shin Bet had asked her to sketch a map of the tunnels in Gaza, admitting they had little knowledge about them, Israeli media reported.
       
20240908 IDF probing leaks of Hamas papers seemingly aimed at stoking opposition to hostage deal Israeli infowar IDF refutes Bild claim that document on Hamas pressure tactics was written by Sinwar, while material cited by UK Jewish paper on ostensible Sinwar escape plan not known to IDF
20240907 IAF kills Islamic Jihad commanders, Hamas terrorists embedded in civilian areas Israeli infowar UNVERIFIABLE CLAIM -- The “Amr Ibn al-As” School, located in northern Gaza, was reportedly used by Hamas to plan and launch attacks both on Israeli forces in the Gaza Strip and on Israeli territory.
20240906 IDF says airstrike targets Hamas command center in Gaza school Israeli infowar UNVERIFIABLE CLAIM -- According to the military, Hamas was using the Halima al-Sadia School in Gaza City’s Sheikh Radwan neighborhood to plan and carry out attacks against troops and Israel.
20240903 Hamas says hostage guards in Gaza are operating under new instructions Israeli infowar The new instructions were given to guards of hostages after a rescue operation by Israel in June, a spokesman said. He did not specify what they were.
20240903 Hamas’ brutal new tactics signal new phase in war and hostage crisis effects of Israeli infowar With its announcement that militants guarding Israeli hostages in the buildings and tunnels of Gaza had “new instructions” to kill them if Israeli troops closed in, Hamas signaled the opening of a chilling new chapter in an already brutal war.
      Comment: It is not Hamas but Al Qassam Brigades whom statement only mentions that "they" would be brought back in coffins." CNN resorts to fear mongering by spreading interpretative information.
20240901 Israel finds bodies of 6 hostages in Gaza, including Israeli-American man Israeli infowar "According to our initial estimation, they were brutally murdered by Hamas terrorists a short time before we reached them," military spokesperson Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari told reporters in a briefing.
20240901 "Israel recovers bodies of six captives held in Gaza" Israeli infowar UNVERIFIABLE as the claim comes amid more protests and continued calls by families of the Israeli captives on the government to sign a deal with Hamas to free about 100 people still in Gaza.
20240901 Israel’s military says six hostages ‘brutally murdered’ in Gaza, including Israeli-American Goldberg-Polin Israeli infowar UNVERIFIABLE --  Israel’s military said it has recovered the bodies of six hostages killed by Hamas militants in Gaza – including an Israeli-American captive – dealing fresh heartbreak to relatives who fear time is running out for loved ones seized by the militants more than 10 months ago.
       

AUGUST 2024
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Bedouin man
20240827 Israel rescues Bedouin (!) hostage held by Hamas in Gaza Israeli infowar The Israeli military says commandos have rescued from an underground tunnel in Gaza a Bedouin Arab hostage who was kidnapped by Hamas during the 7 October attack on Israel. Kaid Farhan Elkadi, 52, was rescued in a "complex operation* in the southern Gaza Strip" by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and Shin Bet domestic security service, according to a statement.
20240827 Israeli military says captive rescued from Gaza tunnel Israeli infowar Kaid Farhan al-Kadi has been rescued in a ‘complex operation’ in the southern Gaza Strip, says the army.
      Comment: The Bedouins are a nomand tribe who are native across the entire Northern African coastal area and in Palestine, where they mainly lived in the Negev Desert. Lived, because the Israelis want to deport the Bedouins to Area C in the West Bank. However, that area is declared a military zone. The "rescued" man was send back to his village where the Israelis destroyed 50 homes in May 2024
end of Bedouin man
       
20240827 ‘Complex operation’ by Israeli forces to free a hostage in Gaza Israeli infowar Israeli forces conducted a “complex operation*” to free a hostage in Gaza, the military said Tuesday.
      *) "complex operation" is a exaggerated military hasbara term that was also used
20240824 Israeli military video appears to show soldiers fighting in Gaza Israeli infowar Israel's military released footage on Saturday it claimed showed troop operations in the Gaza Strip. In a statement, the military said it targeted infrastructure of the militant group Hamas in different areas of the Gaza Strip, killing a number of militants. Early Saturday, an Israeli airstrike killed at least 11 people, including two children, in Gaza’s southern city of Khan Younis, the Palestinian civil defense service said.
      Comment: the video does not show "fighting in Gaza" but shooting in Gaza without seeing and hearing any Hamas fighter shooting back. The bulldozer isn't fighting either but destroying.
20240822 Gallant in Gaza: 'We defeated the Rafah Brigade and now we look to the north' Israeli infowar Gallant visits the Philadelphi Corridor, bordering Gaza and Egypt, and sent the prime minister a message: 'The most important thing is to remember the war's objectives, regarding Hamas and the hostages'
20240817 Israeli army says it killed dozens of fighters across Gaza Israeli infowar UNVERIFIABLE CLAIM: A military statement says Israeli forces have expanded their activity in the southern city of Khan Younis in the past 24 hou
       
20240815 Israel Claims 17,000 Palestinian Militants 'Eliminated' in Gaza Israeli infowar UNVERIFIABLE CLAIM: On August 15, Israeli military spokesperson Daniel Hagari made a significant statement regarding the ongoing conflict in Gaza. Hagari revealed that the Israeli military has "eliminated" over 17,000 Palestinian -resistance fighters not militants) since the war began.
      Comment: Statement by the Foreign Press Association regarding non access for foreign press to Gaza) 
       
20240812 IDF names another 12 Hamas, Islamic Jihad terrorists killed in Gaza school strike Israeli infowar UNVERIFIABLE CLAIM: Statement brings number of confirmed terror operatives killed to 31; Hamas officials say 75 bodies out of at least 93 have been identified in Gaza following the airstrike.

UNVERIFIABLE CLAIM: Amid global criticism, Israel names 19 it says it killed in terror HQ at Gaza school
       
20240812 IDF spokesman says Al Jazeera covering up Hamas activity in targeted Gaza school Israeli infowar MISINFORMATION: The Israeli military’s Arabic-language spokesman Avichay Adraee traded barbs online Sunday with the Qatar-based Al Jazeera network, accusing the outlet of covering up activities by the Hamas and Islamic Jihad terror groups from within a former school in Gaza City that was targeted by the Israeli military over the weekend.  (Comment: no hard conclusive evidence has been provided that shows the presence of Hamas fighters in the school. The attack took place at dawn, so in the darkness.)
       
20240810 Amid global criticism, Israel names 19 it says it killed in terror HQ at Gaza school Israeli infowar UNVERIFIABLE CLAIM: The IDF and Shin Bet security agency on Saturday night named 19 Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad terror operatives that it said it killed in an airstrike Saturday morning on a Hamas and Islamic Jihad command room at the Taba’een school in Gaza City.
       
20240806 Israel says dozens of Palestinian fighters killed in Gaza over past 24 hours Israeli infowar "Israeli forces killed 45 Palestinian fighters" in Gaza over the past day, the military said on Tuesday, after heavy fighting in which militant group Hamas said it destroyed two armoured personnel carriers during an ambush near the city of Rafah.
       

Gaza tunnels
20240806 'A political manoeuvre to save face': Egypt denies Israeli claims of 'operational tunnels' under Philadelphi Corridor Israeli infowar A senior Egyptian government official denied recent allegations made by the Israeli army of the existence of "operational tunnels" under the Philadelphi Corridor bordering Egypt with the besieged Palestinian Gaza Strip.
       
20240805 Egypt denies Israeli claims about Gaza tunnel Israeli infowar Egypt on Monday dismissed Israeli claims about the existence of operational tunnels beneath the border area with the Gaza Strip. On Sunday, the Israeli military claimed that its forces had discovered numerous underground tunnel routes in the Philadelphi Corridor
       
20240805 Egypt denies Israel claims about Gaza tunnels Israeli infowar Egypt, on Monday, dismissed Israeli claims about the existence of operational tunnels beneath the border area with the Gaza Strip, Anadolu Agency reports.
      Comment: IDF finds tunnel large enough for vehicles to drive through in Gaza-Egypt border area.
end of Gaza tunnels
       
20240805 CNN: Hamas central Gaza battalions still effective, may hold hostages; IDF denies claims Israeli infowar The Israeli military has not adequately “dealt” with Hamas battalions in the central Gaza strip, due to concerns that the terror group is holding many Israeli hostages there, according to Israeli sources quoted in a CNN report Monday, which the Israeli military rejected. The IDF denied its conclusions and said it misrepresented the true situation.
20240804 IDF finds tunnel large enough for vehicles to drive through in Gaza-Egypt border area. Israeli infowar UNVERIFIABLE CLAIM: The army has uncovered an unusually large tunnel on the Gaza-Egypt border area, big enough for vehicles to pass through, the Israel Defense Force said Sunday.
20240803 Israeli strikes kill nine West Bank militants Israeli infowar UNVERIFIABLE CLAIM: The Israeli military said the first of two West Bank airstrikes hit a vehicle in a town near the city of Tulkarm, targeting a militant cell it said was on its way to carry out an attack.
       
20240803 IDF releases file seized in Gaza to show Al Jazeera reporter was Hamas member. Israeli infowar The IDF on Saturday published a 2021 Hamas document obtained during its operations in the Gaza Strip that it says proves that Al Jazeera reporter Ismail al-Ghoul was a member of the terror group.(Comment: the IDF has an Arab unit who could have fabricated the file)
       
20240803 Chairman Says "Israel Acted Responsibly in Gaza Operation" effects of Israeli infowar Israel went to "extraordinary lengths" to limit civilian casualties during the conflict in Gaza earlier this year, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said yesterday.
       
20240802 Al-Jazeera ‘Journalist’ Was Hamas Nukhba Terrorist effects of Israeli infowar The IDF and Shin Bet said al-Ghoul had been a Nukhba terrorist who took part in the October 7 massacre that sparked the Gaza war. He instructed Hamas operatives on how to record attacks on IDF forces and published the resulting videos, which the IDF’s statement said was “a vital part of Hamas’s military activity.” There was no immediate Israeli comment on al-Rifi’s death. The IDF previously arrested al-Ghoul during a firefight at Shifa Hospital on March 18 but released him 12 hours later.
       
20240802 Al Jazeera rejects Israeli allegation that slain journalist was ... (pay walled) Israeli infowar Ismail al-Ghoul, the channel's Gaza correspondent, was killed in an Israeli airstrike this week. Al Jazeera said allegations that he was a member of Hamas's ...
       

JULY 2024
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20240718 Gaza: IPI renews call to protect journalists, allow access by international reporters journalists The IPI global network is appalled and outraged over the killing of at least five journalists by Israeli air strikes in the span of 24 hours.
      Comment: Such calls have been made by 60 news organizations. The Israelis never responded to these calls. Therefore, we have and we will continue to label all claims made by the Israelis as unverifiable dissemination.
       
20240716 IDF gearing up for end of Gaza war, says remaining Hamas fighters in ‘survival mode’ Israeli infowar The war against Hamas in Gaza is not going to last indefinitely, according to the IDF. The military says it is “taking advantage of every minute” until a potential hostage deal is reached, and is prepared to deal with the consequences of a truce with Hamas, which may include the IDF being forced to withdraw entirely from the Strip.
      Comment: the military wing of Hamas not PIJ never communicate with their enemy except by fire power.
20240714 Israel says Hamas brigade commander killed in Gaza strike Israeli infowar The Israeli military said it killed Rafa Salama in the airstrike on the al-Mawasi safe zone, which killed scores of Palestinians. Hamas' armed wing chief Mohammed Deif was also a target, but his fate remains unclear.
20240712 "Found Inside the UNRWA HQ in Gaza City" Israeli infowar UNVERIFIABLE CLAIM: "Found Inside the UNRWA HQ in Gaza City: UAVs, a Hamas Combat Compound and War Room."
       
20240711 Media organizations urge Israel to open access to Gaza Israeli infowar More than 70 media and civil society organizations have signed an open letter urging Israel to give journalists independent access to Gaza. (Comment: Most of the listed Western signatories are not independent.)
       
20240711 Dozens of int'l news groups urge Israel to allow Gaza access Israeli infowar CNN, the BBC, Agence France-Presse and the Associated Press were among 64 media groups demanding greater access to the enclave that has faced a withering assault by Israel since Hamas's deadly October 7 assault.
       
20240711 Dozens of major news organisations urge Israel to allow open access to Gaza Israeli infowar Letter slams Israel's use of 'rare and escorted trips' which place an unreasonable burden on local reporters to document war
       
20240709 IDF demolishes 6 Gaza City tunnels, including Islamic Jihad’s ‘flagship’ passageway Israeli infowar UNVERIFIABLE CLAIM: At least two tunnels neared Israeli border, just across from Nahal Oz; military says 150 gunmen killed in Shejaiya, dozens more in other areas of Gaza City. (Comment: foreign journalists are banned from reporting in Gaza)
20240707 CNN allowed into Rafah for the first time since Israel launched its offensive Israeli infowar Jeremy Diamond reports on the network's first look into Rafah since fighting began in the city three months
20240707 International media re-enters Gaza, eyes Rafah for first time since IDF took over Israeli infowar International media was invited by Israel to visit Rafah for the first time since the city was taken over by the IDF two months ago, AP News reported on Sunday.
       
20240707 Statement by the Foreign Press Association regarding non access for foreign press to Gaza Israeli infowar The Foreign Press Association expresses its shock and profound disappointment that nine months into a devastating war, Israel continues to bar independent access for the international media from Gaza.
       
20240707 Israeli army takes journalists on Rafah visit; destruction, tunnel shaft captured on cam Israeli infowar The Israeli army took journalists on a visit to Gaza on Wednesday (July 3), driving along the southern border area with Egypt and showing a tunnel shaft uncovered in Rafah.
20240701 Israel destroys Islamic Jihad’s largest rocket production site in Gaza Israeli infowar UNVERIFIABLE CLAIM: -- Israeli forces have located and destroyed the largest long-range rocket manufacturing site utilized by the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) terrorist organization in the Gaza Strip, officials told Fox News Digital Monday.
       

JUNE 2024
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20240614 Israel court extends Al Jazeera ban, ministry says Israeli infowar An Israeli court has confirmed and extended for 35 days the government's shutdown of Qatar-based television news channel Al Jazeera, the justice ministry said Friday.
20240613 Court approves extension of ban on Al Jazeera operations in Israel Israeli infowar Ruling finds direct and causal connection between terrorist activities inside Israel and consumption of Al Jazeera content; law being challenged in High Court of Justice
20240609 Israel extends Al Jazeera ban by 45 days, citing security threat Israeli infowar A ban on Al Jazeera's operations in Israel was extended for another 45 days by Israel's telecoms regulator on Sunday after the cabinet agreed its broadcasts posed a threat to security.
20240609 Israeli government seeks to extend controversial Al Jazeera ban as high court hears arguments against media law Israeli infowar The Israeli government is seeking to extend its controversial ban on the Al Jazeera news network in the country, after a court upheld the ban but shortened it by 10 days.
20240605 Israel court approves temporary ban on Al Jazeera, citing national security Israeli infowar An Israeli court on Wednesday upheld a 35-day ban on Al Jazeera operations in Israel imposed by the government on national security grounds and a minister said he hoped to extend the ban for another 45 days when it runs out on Saturday.
       

MAY 2024
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20240515 Opinion | Netanyahu Banned Al Jazeera Because He Wants Only His Voice to Be Heard Israeli infowar The Netanyahu government's decision to ban Al Jazeera and its disregard for press freedom are not surprising. It is futile, dangerous and anti-democratic. But the shutdown won't stop our coverage of both sides of the Gaza war
20240511 Israel bans Al Jazeera ahead of Rafah invasion Israeli infowar Israel bans and blocks Al Jazeera as Rafah – Gaza’s ‘last safe space’ – is invaded. Israel rejects a ceasefire agreement, invades Rafah, and orders the closure of Al Jazeera – all in a week’s work for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the Middle East’s so-called “only democracy”.
20240508 Israel: Al Jazeera ban is an attack on media freedom and war reporting Israeli infowar ARTICLE 19 strongly condemns Israel’s move to close the Al Jazeera news channel and block its websites in Israel. Prior to its closure on 5 May, Al Jazeera was one of very few international media outlets still operating out of Gaza.
20240506 Israel's ban on Al Jazeera leaves US State Department ‘Quite concerned’ | Quotable Israeli infowar Israel's shut down and banning of Al Jazeera broadcasting in its territory has left the US Department of State "Quite concerned". Matt Miller said that the US "supports media freedom all around the world, including in Israel" and that Al Jazeera "Ought to be able to operate in Israel".
20240506 Israel bans Al Jazeera: What does it mean and what happens next? Israeli infowar Al Jazeera said it will pursue available legal channels to protect its journalists from Israel’s ‘slanderous’ shutdown.
20240506 What are the implications of Israel’s ban on Al Jazeera? Israeli infowar Qatar-based network says action by Israel’s government is illegal. Al Jazeera has condemned the Israeli government’s decision to shut down the media network’s operations in the country as a criminal act against international and humanitarian law. What’s behind this ban? And how effective will it be?
20240505 Al Jazeera vows to continue coverage of Gaza war despite Israeli ban Israeli infowar Al Jazeera has condemned Israel’s closure of the network that has seen its offices raided and the channel go dark. The Qatar-based media outlet ‘affirms its right to continue to provide news and information to its global audiences’.
20240505 Al Jazeera’s pre-recorded ‘final report’ from Israel as ban enacted Israeli infowar ‘If you’re watching this… then Al Jazeera has been banned in Israel’. Correspondent Imran Khan recorded his last report from occupied East Jerusalem pre-empting the Netanyahu government’s unanimous decision to close Al Jazeera in Israel.
20240505 Al Jazeera condemns Israeli government decision to shut down local offices Israeli infowar Israeli cabinet votes unanimously to close the network’s operations in Israel with immediate effect.
20240505 Israel shuts down local Al Jazeera offices in ‘dark day for the media’ Israeli infowar Foreign Press Association decries move under new law based on claim network is a threat to national security
20240505 Al Jazeera office raided as Israel takes channel off air Israeli infowar Police raided the Qatari broadcaster's office at the Ambassador hotel in occupied East Jerusalem on Sunday.
20240505 Netanyahu’s government votes to close Al Jazeera in Israel Israeli infowar Benjamin Netanyahu’s cabinet has unanimously voted to shut down Al Jazeera’s operations in Israel. Earlier the Knesset passed a law allowing the temporary closure of foreign broadcasters considered a threat to national security.
       

APRIL 2024
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20240402 Al Jazeera faces ‘security threat’ ban as Israel passes new law Israeli infowar Benjamin Netanyahu says after approval of bill he will ‘act immediately … to stop channel’s activities’
20240402 Israel moves to shut down Al Jazeera after new law allows for ‘security threat’ bans on international media Israeli infowar Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to shut down news network Al Jazeera following the passage Monday of a sweeping law allowing the government to ban foreign networks perceived as posing a threat to national security.
20240401 Israeli government says it will block Al Jazeera from broadcasting Israeli infowar The Israeli parliament has approved a law giving the government the power to ban broadcasts of TV channels including Al Jazeera, the Qatari-owned network.
       

MARCH 2024
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20240321 October 7: Forensic analysis shows Hamas abuses, many false Israeli claims Israeli infowar Al Jazeera’s Investigative Unit (I-Unit) has carried out a forensic analysis of the events of October 7, when Hamas fighters launched an incursion into Israel that has transformed the politics of the Middle East.
       

FEBRUARY 2024
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 20240227 American Media Keep Citing Zaka — Though Its October 7 Atrocity Stories Are Discredited in Israel effects of Israeli infowar  Israeli media has debunked the ultra-Orthodox group’s stories, but the New York Times won’t say so.
       

JANUARY 2024
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20240110 Palestinian 'Gazans are being starved' campaign gains traction online Israeli infowar Jerusalem forcefully rejects accusation it is causing starvation in Strip amid war and emphasizes it has never used hunger as a tool of war
       
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