Khodor sent me this: "
This is from the main article on Gaza:
Firstly look at the title,"Gaza rocket fire kills three Israelis, violence
escalates". There was title yesterday saying 11 Palestinians (not sure about the
number) were killed. They dont seem to count. They lead with the headline of the
Hamas assassination but you are never told how this started.
From the article:
"Three people have been killed as rockets fired from Gaza struck southern
Israel, amid escalating violence.
They died when a four-storey building in the town of Kiryat Malachi was
hit.
It marks the first Israeli fatalities since Israel killed Hamas' military
chief in Gaza on Wednesday.
Eleven Palestinians - mainly militants but also children - have been
killed in the ensuing Israeli operation."
"mainly militants but also children" What the hell does that mean? Perhaps
they find it hard to have an exact count. Also there is no timeline of the
events which I feel is made unclear on purpose.
Moving on: "The three Israelis - two women and a man - died when a rocket
hit the top floor of the building in Kiryat Malachi, about 25km (15 miles) north
of Gaza." Ah wait they can actually count and pick up gender and probably the
names of the Isnotraelis. I would not be surprised if they can tell us what they
had for breakfast.
There is more though just after: "Three other people - a four-year-old boy
and two babies - were injured, Israel's foreign ministry said." So we know the
age of the Isnotraeli childern who were injured. But God forbid not the
Palestinian killed ones, they are refered to as also children.
Moving on: "So far the violence does not appear on the same scale as the
last Gaza war almost four years ago when hundreds of Palestinians were killed
on the first day of Israel's operation, our correspondent adds. Thirteen
Israelis also died in that conflict."
So here we get the exact number of Isnotraelis who died in the whole
conflict last time but are told hundreds of Palestinians died on the first day.
Finding out how many exactly died on first day and in the whole conflict(
including exact number of men, women and children) seems to be too much work to
do if it refers to the Palestinians.
Finally this: "Among those killed in the Israeli air strikes in the last
two days was the 11-month-old son of a BBC Arabic Service cameraman in Gaza
City. The child, Omar, died in hospital of severe burns, while his brother and
uncle remain critically injured."
This is buried right at the bottom in the article. One wonders how this
would be reported if it was an Isnotraeli 11 month son of a BBC camera man. At
least now we know Isnotreal has been striking Gaza in the last two days."
