Over the weekend the Israeli Defense Forces issued a precision strike on two Hamas leaders in the southern Gaza city of Rafah. After a fire broke out, which moved into a refugee tent, the global media and "international community" rushed to claim the IDF purposely bombed a humanitarian safe zone - killing dozens of women and children.
For days this claim continued after a botched translation of remarks made by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
It appears that many journalists misinterpreted Netanyahu's words as "Unfortunately, we have made a tragic mistake," whereas what he actually said was "Unfortunately, there was a tragic fault or incident," referring to the loss of innocent lives, which is indeed tragic, but not… https://t.co/LHvtEXlRBL pic.twitter.com/8GGf60xiNR
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