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2023-10-18 04:28:22 UTC - MISINFORMED_OR_POTENTIALLY_MISLEADING

The journalist correctly says that this death toll is not "typical", but Hinkle's tweet incorrectly claims that Palestinians don't have rockets that can do this amount of damage. IPJ and Hamas have shown off rockets with warheads with hundreds of kilos of explosive yield: https://english.iswnews.com/18831/video-saraya-al-quds-unveiles-qassim-rocket/ https://www.wilsoncenter.org/article/irans-rockets-palestinian-groups

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• The journalist correctly says that this death toll is not "typical", but Hinkle's tweet incorrectly claims that Palestinians don't have rockets that can do this amount of damage. IPJ and Hamas have shown off rockets with warheads with hundreds of kilos of explosive yield: https://english.iswnews.com/18831/video-saraya-al-quds-unveiles-qassim-rocket/ https://www.wilsoncenter.org/article/irans-rockets-palestinian-groups