Devastation in Rafah is startling and all too familiar. City looks unrecognizable.
Israeli military brought international reporters into Rafah for first time since launching ground assault.
Rafah, a city in southern Gaza, has undergone significant destruction in the last two months.
In the last two months, Rafah, a city in southern Gaza, has undergone significant destruction. The Israeli military has brought international reporters into the area for the first time since launching its ground assault on this city. The scale of devastation is startling and all too familiar. Rafah, which became the last refuge for over a million Palestinians earlier in the war, now looks unrecognizable.
Israeli military officials have described their operation in Rafah as
Israeli military has brought international reporters to Rafah, a city in Gaza that has been unrecognizable since the Israeli ground assault two months ago.
>90 feet (28 meters) long tunnel was shown by Israeli military spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari.
900 Hamas fighters were reportedly killed in Rafah by Israeli forces, and they are close to defeating Hamas's Rafah brigade.
Accuracy
Israeli military describes its operation in Rafah as 'limited'.
900 Hamas fighters were reportedly killed in Rafah by Israeli forces.
More than a million people have fled to avoid an Israeli onslaught in Rafah.
Deception
(30%)
The author uses the phrase 'repeatedly described' to describe Israel's operation as 'limited', but does not provide any evidence or context as to what constitutes a 'limited' operation. This is an example of selective reporting and editorializing. The author also quotes Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari explaining why certain areas have been destroyed, but does not challenge or question his statements, which could be examples of unquestioning acceptance and lack of critical analysis.
Israel has repeatedly described its ground operation in Rafah as ‘Limited.’
But in this neighborhood in southern Rafah, the destruction looks almost identical to what I’ve seen in northern Gaza, in central Gaza and in Khan Younis through the limited prism of trips into Gaza with the Israeli military.
The Israeli military has brought us here not to see the destruction, but to talk about why they launched an offensive here in the first place
Fallacies
(80%)
The author uses the phrase 'repeatedly described' to describe Israel's operation in Rafah as 'limited', implying that there is an inconsistency or dishonesty in Israel's description. However, this is not a fallacy as it does not necessarily mean that Israel is lying, but rather that they have used the term 'limited' multiple times to describe the operation. Additionally, the author uses loaded language when describing Rafah as 'unrecognizable', which could be seen as an appeal to emotion and inflammatory rhetoric. However, this is also not a fallacy as it is a description of what the author observed and experienced during his visit to Rafah.
The Israeli military has brought us here not to see the destruction, but to talk about why they launched an offensive here in the first place
This part of Rafah, Gaza's southernmost city which became the last refuge for more than a million Palestinians earlier in the war, is now unrecognizable.
Bias
(95%)
The author uses the phrase 'limited operation' multiple times to describe Israel's ground assault on Rafah, but the destruction seen in the area is extensive and identical to what has been reported in other parts of Gaza. The author also quotes Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari explaining that the destruction is due to booby traps or Hamas firing from those houses, implying that Israel had no choice but to destroy them for safety reasons. However, the author does not provide any evidence or context suggesting that these justifications are true in every case, and it is unclear why Israel would only bring journalists to see this devastated section of Rafah if it was representative of the entire operation. The author also quotes Hagari stating that Israeli forces killed over 900 Hamas fighters in Rafah and are close to defeating Hamas's Rafah brigade, but does not provide any evidence or context for these claims.
But the destruction looks almost identical to what I’ve seen in northern Gaza, in central Gaza and in Khan Younis through the limited prism of trips into Gaza with the Israeli military.
Hagari says some of the tunnels stretch toward Egypt, but he cannot yet definitively say whether those tunnels were functional and were used to smuggle weapons into Gaza.
Israel has repeatedly described its ground operation in Rafah as 'Limited.'
Israeli forces killed more than 900 Hamas fighters in Rafah and are close to defeating Hamas’s Rafah brigade.
Israeli military escorted journalists into parts of Rafah, in southern Gaza, which have been devastated
Many buildings have been leveled by Israeli armored bulldozers
More than a million people have fled to avoid an Israeli onslaught in Rafah
Accuracy
Israeli military says it has fought with precision and restraint against Hamas fighters embedded in civilian areas, but mass displacement of civilians has left Israel increasingly isolated diplomatically
