Israeli strike on a school in Gaza kills at least 27 people, Palestinian health officials say (apnews.com)
from HellsBelle@sh.itjust.works to world@lemmy.world on 03 Apr 18:40
https://sh.itjust.works/post/35507057

The bodies of 14 children and five women were recovered from the school in the Tuffah neighborhood of Gaza City, and the death toll could still rise because some of the 70 wounded had critical injuries, said Health Ministry spokesman Zaher al-Wahidi. More than 30 other Gaza residents were killed in strikes on homes in a nearby neighborhood of Shijaiyah, he said, citing records at Ahli Hospital.

The Israeli military said it struck a “Hamas command and control center” in the Gaza City area, and said it took steps to lessen harm to civilians. Israel gave the same reason — striking Hamas militants in a “command and control center” — for attacking a United Nations building used as a shelter a day earlier, killing at least 17 people.

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deadkennedy@lemm.ee on 03 Apr 18:42 next collapse

can’t have a proper genocide without killing kids! great work Israel! 🤮

Xanza@lemm.ee on 03 Apr 18:57 collapse

Strike on school

17 people killed

lol ok. Anything not to paint Israel as child murderers, I guess. Careful not to consume the boot.

KoboldCoterie@pawb.social on 03 Apr 20:08 next collapse

The bodies of 14 children and five women were recovered from the school in the Tuffah neighborhood of Gaza City

It’s literally the first sentence of the second paragraph.

urandom@lemmy.world on 03 Apr 20:12 next collapse

first sentence of the second paragraph.

So, literally, after the lede

KoboldCoterie@pawb.social on 03 Apr 20:22 collapse

What would you have had them call it?

Israeli strike on a school in Gaza kills at least 14 children, 5 women, and (presumably) 8 men, Palestinian health officials say"?

As it happens, children, women, and men are all ‘people’, and using the collective term makes for a more concise title. It’s not like they’re sugarcoating what actually happened.

urandom@lemmy.world on 03 Apr 20:24 collapse

You misunderstand. I’m merely pointing out that what you wrote is after the lede

KoboldCoterie@pawb.social on 03 Apr 20:28 collapse

That’s correct, it is, but that has nothing to do with the post I was replying to, which claimed

Anything not to paint Israel as child murderers, I guess.

Either way, I’d say that the the lede they did use - ‘Israeli airstrikes killed at least 100 Palestinians across the Gaza Strip on Thursday[…]’ - is just fine.

Xanza@lemm.ee on 03 Apr 20:41 collapse

Sure, but look at the title. You don’t call, after blowing up a school, child casualties “people.” That’s what we call trying to soften the blow.

itslilith@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 04 Apr 15:13 collapse

Given the track record of western reporting denying genocide and doing everything they can to whitewash Israel I get your response, but how would you have titled it?

PyroNeurosis@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 04 Apr 18:39 collapse

Our Ukrainian editors seem to get the memo:

lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/24085254

itslilith@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 04 Apr 18:44 collapse

Yeah, you’re right. The “Palastinian health authorities say” could have been dropped instead.