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2024-08-13 23:36:21 UTC - MISINFORMED_OR_POTENTIALLY_MISLEADING

The BBC is using passive voice to obfuscate attribution to Israel from its headline. The strike was carried out by IDF and utilised US supplied weapons (GBU-39). E 1: https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2024/08/10/middleeast/israeli-school-strike-gaza-intl-hnk 2: https://truthout.org/articles/israel-used-us-supplied-bomb-in-massacre-of-93-palestinians-at-prayer-in-school/ (quoting CNN) 3: https://euromedmonitor.org/en/article/6432/Initial-Euro-Med-Monitor-investigation-finds-no-evidence-of-military-presence-at-site-of-Tab%E2%80%99een-School-massacre-in-Gaza

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• The BBC is using passive voice to obfuscate attribution to Israel from its headline. The strike was carried out by IDF and utilised US supplied weapons (GBU-39). E 1: https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2024/08/10/middleeast/israeli-school-strike-gaza-intl-hnk 2: https://truthout.org/articles/israel-used-us-supplied-bomb-in-massacre-of-93-palestinians-at-prayer-in-school/ (quoting CNN) 3: https://euromedmonitor.org/en/article/6432/Initial-Euro-Med-Monitor-investigation-finds-no-evidence-of-military-presence-at-site-of-Tab%E2%80%99een-School-massacre-in-Gaza