Anatomy of the Israeli infowar

GAZA WAR 2023-2024

ANATOMY EFFECTS ISRAELI INFORMATION WAR

In Wikipedia, hasbara is described as diplomacy communication with citizens of other countries to inform and influence them so that they support or tolerate the Israeli strategic objectives.

If we look at all listed information about their war in Gaza and the incursions in the West Bank they distribute, we found these information strongly characterizing like this: "Don't tell what you have done to the Palestinians. Tell about what you have achieved."

Claims are cited by pro-Israeli media and claims are made by the Israelis. When it comes to claims about Hamas, no one can verify as the Israelis simply don't want any investigation done by outsiders such as the United Nations. They even don't want foreign journalists in Gaza as the Israelis fear that the truth may come out.

On September 12, 2024, UN-OCHA said "The truth was the first victim of the war."

	= may be war crime
bold date	= may possible related to war crime
bold date	= related to call for or inciting ethnic cleansing, genocide
bold date	= reported quotation or citation

This page is since September 15, 2024 and is still under construction

Please, take note that the list is exemplary and it is created as part of our research on how media coverage influences views and opinion often with (extreme) serious consequences.

The views as expressed in the content of the linked article are solely those of the source(s). They may not or they do not reflect the real nature of the issued development.

All added comments are ours and may not or do not reflect the views of others.

Sources are Western, Palestinian, Arabic, Israeli and Asian media.

Timelines go from most recent to oldest

Sept., Aug. 2024 and Nov. 2023, Dec. 2023 are online

WIKIPEDIA

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2024

Misinformation in the Israel–Hamas war (= title in WIkipedia)

Israeli infowar / online aleration

GLOSM/PARES is researching the question of Palestine since the Gaza War from 2008-2009. It has collected a enormous amount of information, consisting thousands of videos, photos, publications, documents.

In 2010, it came acros this video posted on YouTube by the Israeli ultra-orthodox outlet Arutz-Sheva, that was taken duing a seminar held in the Israeli entity. The seminar was about how to use hasbara in editable online encyclopedia. The website of Wikipedia was screened on the wall.

The group behind the online forgery on Wikipedia names itself "Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting and Analysis or CAMERA." It is based in the Israeli entity but also operated from the US. The man who was seen in the video being interviewed, is the financer and illegal settler billionaire Naftali Bennett.

In the same year, we found our discovery supported by a British report: "Wikipedia editing courses launched by Zionist groups."

SEPTEMBER 2024
DATE	DEVELOPMENT	CONTEXT	DESCRIPTION

20240917	Investigating Gaza: How the Associated Press Documented the Families Devastated by War	effects of Israeli infowar	As the death toll climbed, Palestinian civilians would report losing scores of family members in Israeli strikes. The early months of the conflict were so deadly that doctors had to coin a new term for some young patients: Wounded Child, No Surviving Family (WCNSF).
20240917	Letter to Israel and Egypt: German media demand unhindered access to Gaza	effects of Israeli infowar	"Almost a year of war, and your governments are still preventing us from gaining an unaccompanied and independent picture of the situation in Gaza," the joint appeal states. "The almost complete exclusion of international media in a crisis of this enormous global scope is unprecedented in recent history."
			Comment: report is in the German language
20240917	German news media demand access to war-torn Gaza	effects of Israeli infowar	“After almost a year of war, we call on the Israeli government: allow us to enter the Gaza Strip,” a group of newspapers, agencies and broadcasters wrote in an open letter.
20240916	Four columnists quit Jewish Chronicle over Gaza coverage based on ‘wild fabrications’	effects of Israeli infowar	One of the articles claimed the discovery of a document from Gaza allegedly detailing Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar’s plans to escape with Israeli captives, using the Philadelphi Corridor as a route to Iran.
20240916	UN experts censure Western support for Israel since Gaza war	effects of Israeli infowar	Experts accuse Western countries of hypocrisy, citing different responses to Russia Albanese queries Israel's right to UN seat, says it lacks respect for the institution Israel denies genocide allegations, says it tries to minimize civilian harm Israel's UN mission says Albanese not fit to hold any post with world body
20240915	Four Prominent Columnists Quit Jewish Chronicle Over Gaza Stories Based On “Fabrications”	effects of Israeli infowar	Haaretz Israel News reports that columnists Jonathan Freedland and Hadley Freeman.
20240915	‘Jewish Chronicle’ cuts ties with writer for fake Gaza reports	effects of Israeli infowar	The UK newspaper removed all content by Elon Perry, aka Eli Yifrah.
20240915	UAE vows it won’t take part in Gaza’s ‘day after’ without Palestinian state	Israeli infowar	The United Arab Emirates will not play any role in the “day after” the ongoing war in the Gaza Strip unless a Palestinian state is established, its Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed said Saturday.
			Comment: UAE's FM says country will not support day-after Gaza plan without creating Palestinian state
20240915	Hamas' Gaza starvation claims debunked as meat enters Strip	Israeli infowar	Local Gazans celebrate on social media after large quantities of animals products including meat and eggs begin being distributed across the Strip by the UN
20240915	Israeli Air Force claims attack on Hezbollah infrastructure in southern Lebanon	Israeli infowar	The Israeli Air Force says it has attacked 20 launch pads that it claims belonged to Hezbollah in the Jarmaq area of southern Lebanon.


20240915	Israeli army says ‘high probability’ its strike killed three Gaza captives	Israeli infowar	Army says conclusions of its probe into the deaths of the captives suggest an Israeli air strike likely killed them in November.
20240915	Israeli military says 3 hostages were ‘most likely’ killed in November strike	Israeli infowar	The Israeli military says that three Israeli hostages whose bodies were recovered from Gaza in December were “most likely” killed as a result of an Israeli airstrike.
			Comment: Hannibal directive

20240914	Israeli military take media on supervised tour of southern Gaza Strip	Israeli infowar	An Associated Press reporter was one of a few journalists brought by the Israeli military Friday into southern Gaza, to view two tunnels they claim were used by Hamas militants, including one where they say six hostages were killed.
20240914	Sky News enters Gaza witnessing tunnels under kids' bedrooms & silent streets	Israeli infowar	Sky News was granted permission by the Israeli military to enter Gaza - though our team's movements were restricted and the material we gathered had to be authorised by the IDF.
20240914	Israeli army takes reporters on tour of tunnels in southern Gaza	Israeli infowar	The Israeli army took reporters on Friday to tunnels uncovered by troops in southern Gaza, including the entrance to the underground chamber where the bodies of six Israeli hostages killed by Hamas were recovered on Sept. 1.
20240911	Gallant reveals document from top Hamas commander warning Sinwar of dire losses	Israeli infowar	UNVERIFIABLE CLAIM -- headline only
20240910	IDF confirms it mistakenly killed three hostages in Gaza city bombing	Israeli infowar	UNVERIFIABLE CONFIRMATION -- The IDF confirmed publicly on Tuesday that it mistakenly killed three Israeli hostages along with Hamas Gaza City Brigade Chief Admed An-Dur in December, which, until now, officials had only hinted to.
			Comment: The occupation forces have the Hannibal Directive, which is a controversial order used to prevent the capture of anyone of its troops, even at the cost of harming or killing them. It was introduced in 1986, revoked in 2016. It has been (re-)used in sense of the order given on October 7, 2023: "stop everyone from going into Gaza."
20240910	Israel releases video of a Gaza tunnel where it says Hamas militants killed 6 hostages	Israeli infowar	UNVERIFIABLE CLAIM -- The Israeli military on Tuesday released video footage of a Gaza tunnel where it says six hostages were recently killed by Hamas. The video shows a low, narrow passageway deep underground that had no bathroom and poor ventilation.
20240910	Israel releases video of Gaza tunnel where it says bodies of six hostages were found	Israeli infowar	UNVERIFIABLE CLAIM -- The Israeli military has released video footage of a Gaza tunnel where it says six hostages were recently killed by Hamas. The discovery of the hostages’ bodies last month sparked a mass outpouring of anger in Israel.
			Comment: It took the Israelis 10 days to come up with a video to claim that it is evidence. This fact reminds us to the evidence we found (blurred laptop screen still showed Hebrew text) which proofs that the Israeli claim about a Hamas command center in the Al-Shifa Hospital was staged. So, it is more likely that the "evidence" is staged.


20240910	Ex-hostage’s mother denies IDF told her he was killed in Gaza airstrike	effects of Israeli infowar	Military denies report alleging army chief hid details of deaths of hostages whose bodies were recovered in December; Ron Sherman’s mother says her family had no official word

20240910	Gallant: Hamas as ‘military formation’ in Gaza is gone, IDF focus shifting to north	Israeli infowar	UNVERIFIABLE CLAIM -- Defense minister tells foreign press IDF could withdraw from Philadelphi Corridor for 6 weeks in a deal to free hostages without endangering security
20240909	Defense Wounds Found on Murdered Gaza Hostages, Israeli Army Tells Families	Israeli infowar	UNVERIFIABLE pay walled content -- The IDF retrieved the hostages' bodies last week, stating that they were executed shortly before the soldiers arrived. According to one of the hostages' relatives, the families were told that the scene in the tunnel was chaotic and that defense wounds were found on the hostages
			Comment: no words about 'have seen'

20240908	Israel knows 'nothing' about tunnels in Gaza, says released captive	Israeli infowar	Adina Moshe, an Israeli woman formerly held captive by Palestinian resistance factions in Gaza, stated that the Israeli military knows nothing about Hamas' underground tunnel network, Channel 12 reported on 8 September.

20240908	Former Israeli Captive – Shin Bet Clueless about Gaza’s Underground Tunnel Network	Israeli infowar	Former Israeli captive Adina Moshe revealed that Israel’s internal security service, the Shin Bet had asked her to sketch a map of the tunnels in Gaza, admitting they had little knowledge about them, Israeli media reported.

20240908	IDF probing leaks of Hamas papers seemingly aimed at stoking opposition to hostage deal	Israeli infowar	IDF refutes Bild claim that document on Hamas pressure tactics was written by Sinwar, while material cited by UK Jewish paper on ostensible Sinwar escape plan not known to IDF
20240907	IAF kills Islamic Jihad commanders, Hamas terrorists embedded in civilian areas	Israeli infowar	UNVERIFIABLE CLAIM -- The “Amr Ibn al-As” School, located in northern Gaza, was reportedly used by Hamas to plan and launch attacks both on Israeli forces in the Gaza Strip and on Israeli territory.
20240906	IDF says airstrike targets Hamas command center in Gaza school	Israeli infowar	UNVERIFIABLE CLAIM -- According to the military, Hamas was using the Halima al-Sadia School in Gaza City’s Sheikh Radwan neighborhood to plan and carry out attacks against troops and Israel.
20240903	Hamas says hostage guards in Gaza are operating under new instructions	Israeli infowar	The new instructions were given to guards of hostages after a rescue operation by Israel in June, a spokesman said. He did not specify what they were.
20240903	Hamas’ brutal new tactics signal new phase in war and hostage crisis	effects of Israeli infowar	With its announcement that militants guarding Israeli hostages in the buildings and tunnels of Gaza had “new instructions” to kill them if Israeli troops closed in, Hamas signaled the opening of a chilling new chapter in an already brutal war.
			Comment: It is not Hamas but Al Qassam Brigades whom statement only mentions that "they" would be brought back in coffins." CNN resorts to fear mongering by spreading interpretative information.
20240901	Israel finds bodies of 6 hostages in Gaza, including Israeli-American man	Israeli infowar	"According to our initial estimation, they were brutally murdered by Hamas terrorists a short time before we reached them," military spokesperson Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari told reporters in a briefing.
20240901	"Israel recovers bodies of six captives held in Gaza"	Israeli infowar	UNVERIFIABLE as the claim comes amid more protests and continued calls by families of the Israeli captives on the government to sign a deal with Hamas to free about 100 people still in Gaza.
20240901	Israel’s military says six hostages ‘brutally murdered’ in Gaza, including Israeli-American Goldberg-Polin	Israeli infowar	UNVERIFIABLE -- Israel’s military said it has recovered the bodies of six hostages killed by Hamas militants in Gaza – including an Israeli-American captive – dealing fresh heartbreak to relatives who fear time is running out for loved ones seized by the militants more than 10 months ago.

AUGUST 2024
DATE	DEVELOPMENT	CONTEXT	DESCRIPTION

Bedouin man
20240827	Israel rescues Bedouin (!) hostage held by Hamas in Gaza	Israeli infowar	The Israeli military says commandos have rescued from an underground tunnel in Gaza a Bedouin Arab hostage who was kidnapped by Hamas during the 7 October attack on Israel. Kaid Farhan Elkadi, 52, was rescued in a "complex operation* in the southern Gaza Strip" by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and Shin Bet domestic security service, according to a statement.
20240827	Israeli military says captive rescued from Gaza tunnel	Israeli infowar	Kaid Farhan al-Kadi has been rescued in a ‘complex operation’ in the southern Gaza Strip, says the army.
			Comment: The Bedouins are a nomand tribe who are native across the entire Northern African coastal area and in Palestine, where they mainly lived in the Negev Desert. Lived, because the Israelis want to deport the Bedouins to Area C in the West Bank. However, that area is declared a military zone. The "rescued" man was send back to his village where the Israelis destroyed 50 homes in May 2024
end of Bedouin man

20240827	‘Complex operation’ by Israeli forces to free a hostage in Gaza	Israeli infowar	Israeli forces conducted a “complex operation*” to free a hostage in Gaza, the military said Tuesday.
			) "complex operation*" is a exaggerated military hasbara term that was also used
20240824	Israeli military video appears to show soldiers fighting in Gaza	Israeli infowar	Israel's military released footage on Saturday it claimed showed troop operations in the Gaza Strip. In a statement, the military said it targeted infrastructure of the militant group Hamas in different areas of the Gaza Strip, killing a number of militants. Early Saturday, an Israeli airstrike killed at least 11 people, including two children, in Gaza’s southern city of Khan Younis, the Palestinian civil defense service said.
			Comment: the video does not show "fighting in Gaza" but shooting in Gaza without seeing and hearing any Hamas fighter shooting back. The bulldozer isn't fighting either but destroying.
20240822	Gallant in Gaza: 'We defeated the Rafah Brigade and now we look to the north'	Israeli infowar	Gallant visits the Philadelphi Corridor, bordering Gaza and Egypt, and sent the prime minister a message: 'The most important thing is to remember the war's objectives, regarding Hamas and the hostages'
20240817	Israeli army says it killed dozens of fighters across Gaza	Israeli infowar	UNVERIFIABLE CLAIM: A military statement says Israeli forces have expanded their activity in the southern city of Khan Younis in the past 24 hou

20240815	Israel Claims 17,000 Palestinian Militants 'Eliminated' in Gaza	Israeli infowar	UNVERIFIABLE CLAIM: On August 15, Israeli military spokesperson Daniel Hagari made a significant statement regarding the ongoing conflict in Gaza. Hagari revealed that the Israeli military has "eliminated" over 17,000 Palestinian -resistance fighters not militants) since the war began.
			Comment: Statement by the Foreign Press Association regarding non access for foreign press to Gaza)

20240812	IDF names another 12 Hamas, Islamic Jihad terrorists killed in Gaza school strike	Israeli infowar	UNVERIFIABLE CLAIM: Statement brings number of confirmed terror operatives killed to 31; Hamas officials say 75 bodies out of at least 93 have been identified in Gaza following the airstrike. UNVERIFIABLE CLAIM: Amid global criticism, Israel names 19 it says it killed in terror HQ at Gaza school

20240812	IDF spokesman says Al Jazeera covering up Hamas activity in targeted Gaza school	Israeli infowar	MISINFORMATION: The Israeli military’s Arabic-language spokesman Avichay Adraee traded barbs online Sunday with the Qatar-based Al Jazeera network, accusing the outlet of covering up activities by the Hamas and Islamic Jihad terror groups from within a former school in Gaza City that was targeted by the Israeli military over the weekend. (Comment: no hard conclusive evidence has been provided that shows the presence of Hamas fighters in the school. The attack took place at dawn, so in the darkness.)

20240810	Amid global criticism, Israel names 19 it says it killed in terror HQ at Gaza school	Israeli infowar	UNVERIFIABLE CLAIM: The IDF and Shin Bet security agency on Saturday night named 19 Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad terror operatives that it said it killed in an airstrike Saturday morning on a Hamas and Islamic Jihad command room at the Taba’een school in Gaza City.

20240806	Israel says dozens of Palestinian fighters killed in Gaza over past 24 hours	Israeli infowar	"Israeli forces killed 45 Palestinian fighters" in Gaza over the past day, the military said on Tuesday, after heavy fighting in which militant group Hamas said it destroyed two armoured personnel carriers during an ambush near the city of Rafah.

Gaza tunnels
20240806	'A political manoeuvre to save face': Egypt denies Israeli claims of 'operational tunnels' under Philadelphi Corridor	Israeli infowar	A senior Egyptian government official denied recent allegations made by the Israeli army of the existence of "operational tunnels" under the Philadelphi Corridor bordering Egypt with the besieged Palestinian Gaza Strip.

20240805	Egypt denies Israeli claims about Gaza tunnel	Israeli infowar	Egypt on Monday dismissed Israeli claims about the existence of operational tunnels beneath the border area with the Gaza Strip. On Sunday, the Israeli military claimed that its forces had discovered numerous underground tunnel routes in the Philadelphi Corridor

20240805	Egypt denies Israel claims about Gaza tunnels	Israeli infowar	Egypt, on Monday, dismissed Israeli claims about the existence of operational tunnels beneath the border area with the Gaza Strip, Anadolu Agency reports.
			Comment: IDF finds tunnel large enough for vehicles to drive through in Gaza-Egypt border area.
end of Gaza tunnels

20240805	CNN: Hamas central Gaza battalions still effective, may hold hostages; IDF denies claims	Israeli infowar	The Israeli military has not adequately “dealt” with Hamas battalions in the central Gaza strip, due to concerns that the terror group is holding many Israeli hostages there, according to Israeli sources quoted in a CNN report Monday, which the Israeli military rejected. The IDF denied its conclusions and said it misrepresented the true situation.
20240804	IDF finds tunnel large enough for vehicles to drive through in Gaza-Egypt border area.	Israeli infowar	UNVERIFIABLE CLAIM: The army has uncovered an unusually large tunnel on the Gaza-Egypt border area, big enough for vehicles to pass through, the Israel Defense Force said Sunday.
20240803	Israeli strikes kill nine West Bank militants	Israeli infowar	UNVERIFIABLE CLAIM: The Israeli military said the first of two West Bank airstrikes hit a vehicle in a town near the city of Tulkarm, targeting a militant cell it said was on its way to carry out an attack.

20240803	IDF releases file seized in Gaza to show Al Jazeera reporter was Hamas member.	Israeli infowar	The IDF on Saturday published a 2021 Hamas document obtained during its operations in the Gaza Strip that it says proves that Al Jazeera reporter Ismail al-Ghoul was a member of the terror group.(Comment: the IDF has an Arab unit who could have fabricated the file)

20240803	Chairman Says "Israel Acted Responsibly in Gaza Operation"	effects of Israeli infowar	Israel went to "extraordinary lengths" to limit civilian casualties during the conflict in Gaza earlier this year, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said yesterday.

20240802	Al-Jazeera ‘Journalist’ Was Hamas Nukhba Terrorist	effects of Israeli infowar	The IDF and Shin Bet said al-Ghoul had been a Nukhba terrorist who took part in the October 7 massacre that sparked the Gaza war. He instructed Hamas operatives on how to record attacks on IDF forces and published the resulting videos, which the IDF’s statement said was “a vital part of Hamas’s military activity.” There was no immediate Israeli comment on al-Rifi’s death. The IDF previously arrested al-Ghoul during a firefight at Shifa Hospital on March 18 but released him 12 hours later.

20240802	Al Jazeera rejects Israeli allegation that slain journalist was ... (pay walled)	Israeli infowar	Ismail al-Ghoul, the channel's Gaza correspondent, was killed in an Israeli airstrike this week. Al Jazeera said allegations that he was a member of Hamas's ...

JULY 2024
DATE	DEVELOPMENT	CONTEXT	DESCRIPTION

20240718	Gaza: IPI renews call to protect journalists, allow access by international reporters	journalists	The IPI global network is appalled and outraged over the killing of at least five journalists by Israeli air strikes in the span of 24 hours.
			Comment: Such calls have been made by 60 news organizations. The Israelis never responded to these calls. Therefore, we have and we will continue to label all claims made by the Israelis as unverifiable dissemination.

20240716	IDF gearing up for end of Gaza war, says remaining Hamas fighters in ‘survival mode’	Israeli infowar	The war against Hamas in Gaza is not going to last indefinitely, according to the IDF. The military says it is “taking advantage of every minute” until a potential hostage deal is reached, and is prepared to deal with the consequences of a truce with Hamas, which may include the IDF being forced to withdraw entirely from the Strip.
			Comment: the military wing of Hamas not PIJ never communicate with their enemy except by fire power.
20240714	Israel says Hamas brigade commander killed in Gaza strike	Israeli infowar	The Israeli military said it killed Rafa Salama in the airstrike on the al-Mawasi safe zone, which killed scores of Palestinians. Hamas' armed wing chief Mohammed Deif was also a target, but his fate remains unclear.
20240712	"Found Inside the UNRWA HQ in Gaza City"	Israeli infowar	UNVERIFIABLE CLAIM: "Found Inside the UNRWA HQ in Gaza City: UAVs, a Hamas Combat Compound and War Room."

20240711	Media organizations urge Israel to open access to Gaza	Israeli infowar	More than 70 media and civil society organizations have signed an open letter urging Israel to give journalists independent access to Gaza. (Comment: Most of the listed Western signatories are not independent.)

20240711	Dozens of int'l news groups urge Israel to allow Gaza access	Israeli infowar	CNN, the BBC, Agence France-Presse and the Associated Press were among 64 media groups demanding greater access to the enclave that has faced a withering assault by Israel since Hamas's deadly October 7 assault.

20240711	Dozens of major news organisations urge Israel to allow open access to Gaza	Israeli infowar	Letter slams Israel's use of 'rare and escorted trips' which place an unreasonable burden on local reporters to document war

20240709	IDF demolishes 6 Gaza City tunnels, including Islamic Jihad’s ‘flagship’ passageway	Israeli infowar	UNVERIFIABLE CLAIM: At least two tunnels neared Israeli border, just across from Nahal Oz; military says 150 gunmen killed in Shejaiya, dozens more in other areas of Gaza City. (Comment: foreign journalists are banned from reporting in Gaza)
20240707	CNN allowed into Rafah for the first time since Israel launched its offensive	Israeli infowar	Jeremy Diamond reports on the network's first look into Rafah since fighting began in the city three months
20240707	International media re-enters Gaza, eyes Rafah for first time since IDF took over	Israeli infowar	International media was invited by Israel to visit Rafah for the first time since the city was taken over by the IDF two months ago, AP News reported on Sunday.

20240707	Statement by the Foreign Press Association regarding non access for foreign press to Gaza	Israeli infowar	The Foreign Press Association expresses its shock and profound disappointment that nine months into a devastating war, Israel continues to bar independent access for the international media from Gaza.

20240707	Israeli army takes journalists on Rafah visit; destruction, tunnel shaft captured on cam	Israeli infowar	The Israeli army took journalists on a visit to Gaza on Wednesday (July 3), driving along the southern border area with Egypt and showing a tunnel shaft uncovered in Rafah.
20240701	Israel destroys Islamic Jihad’s largest rocket production site in Gaza	Israeli infowar	UNVERIFIABLE CLAIM: -- Israeli forces have located and destroyed the largest long-range rocket manufacturing site utilized by the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) terrorist organization in the Gaza Strip, officials told Fox News Digital Monday.

JUNE 2024
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MAY 2024
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APRIL 2024
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MARCH 2024
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20240321	October 7: Forensic analysis shows Hamas abuses, many false Israeli claims	Israeli infowar	Al Jazeera’s Investigative Unit (I-Unit) has carried out a forensic analysis of the events of October 7, when Hamas fighters launched an incursion into Israel that has transformed the politics of the Middle East.

FEBRUARY 2024
DATE	DEVELOPMENT	CONTEXT	DESCRIPTION
20240227	American Media Keep Citing Zaka — Though Its October 7 Atrocity Stories Are Discredited in Israel	effects of Israeli infowar	Israeli media has debunked the ultra-Orthodox group’s stories, but the New York Times won’t say so.

JANUARY 2024
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20240110	Palestinian 'Gazans are being starved' campaign gains traction online	Israeli infowar	Jerusalem forcefully rejects accusation it is causing starvation in Strip amid war and emphasizes it has never used hunger as a tool of war

DECEMBER 2023
DATE	DEVELOPMENT	CONTEXT	DESCRIPTION

20231226	Israel to stop automatically granting visas to UN workers: ‘Complicit partners’ in Hamas tactics	Israeli infowar	Israel says it will no longer grant automatic visas to UN employees, accusing the United Nations of being “complicit partners” in Hamas’s tactics.
			Comment: The measure is a response to the call by the UN to have war crimes in Gaza investigated, to allow the Israelis themselves to erase evidence by mass bombardments.

20231205	Hamas raped and mutilated women on 7 October, BBC hears	effects of Israeli infowar	The BBC has seen and heard evidence of rape, sexual violence and mutilation of women during the 7 October Hamas attacks.

20231205	Biden says Hamas raped, mutilated women during Israel assault	effects of Israeli infowar	U.S. President Joe Biden said on Tuesday that Hamas had repeatedly raped women and mutilated their bodies during its Oct.7 assault on southern Israel, citing survivors and witnesses of the attacks.

20231205	Biden decries Hamas sexual assaults and says they must be forcefully condemned	effects of Israeli infowar	President Joe Biden on Tuesday decried sexual assaults committed by Hamas during its October 7 terror attack on Israel and called on “all of us” to condemn the acts.

20231205	Israeli army says engaged in 'intense' ground combat in southern Gaza's Khan Younis	Israeli infowar	The Israeli army said Tuesday that its troops were engaged in ground combat "in the heart of Khan Younis", the Gaza Strip's second-largest city, as it expands operations in its war on Hamas.
20231205	Israel Commander says forces in most intense day of fighting	Israeli infowar	Israeli forces, backed by warplanes that have dropped hundreds of bombs and other munitions, have been engaged in the heaviest day of fighting since the start of their invasion of Gaza, a senior commander said on Tuesday.
20231205	Israel expects difficult new stage in Gaza, sticks to war aims - spokesperson	Israeli infowar	Israel expects difficult fighting in the new phase of its war in Gaza but is open to "constructive feedback" on reducing harm to civilians as long as the advice is consistent with its aim of destroying Hamas, a government spokesperson said on Tuesday.
20231205	Israel says fighting in Gaza is most intense since start of ground offensive	Israeli infowar	IDF steps up attacks in north and south and says it has raided Hamas HQ, as increase in civilian deaths reported
20231204	Hamas planned sexual violence as weapon of war - Israeli campaigner	Israeli infowar	Hamas had a premeditated plan to use sexual violence as a weapon of war, an Israeli women's rights campaigner and lawyer has said.
			Comment: Watch this on our Facebook page

20231204	Israeli officials provided inaccurate details on 7 October attack, report says	Israeli infowar	A leading Israeli newspaper has detailed how unverified and inaccurate accounts of the 7 October Hamas attack led to the publication of stories that appear to be false.
			Comment: the reported newspaper is Haaretz

20231204	Fact-check: Did Hamas create a website boasting about massacring Israeli civilians?	Israeli infowar	According to multiple Israeli officials and social media users, the shocking website shows the true face of the military organisation governing Gaza.

20231203	AI fakes in Israel's war against Hamas	effects of Israeli infowar	Images generated by artificial intelligence have become a disinformation tool in the Middle East conflict.

20231203	Israeli personnel gave false information about 7 October attack crimes - report	Israeli infowar	Haaretz report claims stories of many alleged crimes committed by Palestinians, which were published around the world, were based on unverified and inaccurate accounts

20231201	New York Times report says Israel knew about Hamas attack over a year in advance	Israeli infowar / hiding information	Israel’s military was aware of Hamas ' plan to launch an attack on Israeli soil over a year before the devastating Oct. 7 operation that killed hundreds of people, The New York Times reported Friday.
20231201	Report: Israel had blueprint of Hamas attack more than a year ago	Israeli infowar / hiding information	Israeli officials obtained Hamas’s battle plan for 7 October more than a year before it happened, the New York Times has revealed in an explosive report citing documents, emails and interviews. But Israeli military and intelligence officials dismissed the plan as aspirational, considering it too difficult for Hamas to carry out.

NOVEMBER 2023
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20231130	Musk says he regrets controversial post but lashes out over fleeing advertisers' 'blackmail'	effects of Israeli infowar	Elon Musk apologized Wednesday for endorsing a social media post widely seen as anti-Semitic, but accused advertisers who are turning away from his social media platform X of "blackmail" and said anyone who does so can "go fuck yourself."
20231130	Palestine advocates decry MSNBC’s cancellation of Mehdi Hasan news show	effects of Israeli infowar	Channel president says change aims to put network in ‘better position’ for the 2024 US elections, The Hill reports.
20231130	West ‘encourages’ killing of civilians in Gaza, says father of activist shot dead by IDF	effects of Israeli infowar	Anthony Hurndall, whose son was shot by the IDF in 2003, has called on governments to challenge Israeli claims about deaths of women and children

20231130	Israel Knew Hamas’s Attack Plan More Than a Year Ago	Israeli infowar/ withholding crucial information	Israeli officials obtained Hamas’s battle plan for the Oct. 7 terrorist attack more than a year before it happened, documents, emails and interviews show. But Israeli military and intelligence officials dismissed the plan as aspirational, considering it too difficult for Hamas to carry out.

20231129	Muslims in Europe feel vulnerable to rising hostility over Israel-Gaza	effects of Israeli infowar	Jian Omar, a Berlin lawmaker of Kurdish-Syrian background, feels unprotected by police after suffering hate-filled flyers mixed with glass and faeces, a broken window and a hammer-wielding assailant since the deadly Oct. 7 Hamas attack in Israel.
20231129	Hamas senior official invites Elon Musk to visit Gaza	effects of Israeli infowar	A Hamas senior official invited U.S. billionaire Elon Musk on Tuesday to visit the Palestinian Gaza strip to see the extent of destruction caused by the Israeli bombardment.
20231129	Musk responds to Hamas invitation to visit Gaza Strip	effects of Israeli infowar	Elon Musk has refused to visit the Gaza Strip because of the dangerous situation there following an invitation by Hamas for him to go to the enclave.
20231129	Pro-Palestine Facebook post sparks CIA warning	effects of Israeli infowar	The CIA has stressed to its officers that they should refrain from political statements on social media after one of its top officers shared a pro-Palestinian photo on Facebook.
20231129	Fact-check: Have rare anti-Hamas protests really broken out in Gaza?	effects of Israeli infowar	Numerous social media users and Israeli government accounts have claimed that anti-Hamas demonstrations had been organised in the south of Gaza - a rare and unprecedented event.
20231129	Humanitarian aid workers falsely accused of taking sides in Israel-Hamas conflict	effects of Israeli infowar	Humanitarian aid workers from Doctors Without Borders, the Red Cross and the IFRC (International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies) are the latest victims of the Israel-Hamas disinformation war; their organisations have been accused of supporting either Hamas or Israel in viral videos shared online.

20231129	Israeli journalist slams army for feeding him false line about Hamas atrocity	Israeli infowar	Ishay Coen says he did not know why an officer he interviewed 'made up such a horrific' story about babies and children being hung out on washing lines

20231128	Pro-Israel demonstrator chants Nazi-era slur at protest	effects of Israeli infowar	A pro-Israel demonstrator has been filmed chanting a Nazi-era slur at Jewish people taking part in a pro-Palestine protest in London.
20231128	Watching the watchdogs: American TV, Gaza and two sides of a ceasefire	effects of Israeli infowar	American television coverage of the Gaza ceasefire and the detainee exchange between Israel and Hamas has failed to provide American audiences with the full story.
20231128	Elon Musk’s Israel trip: What was the purpose, what did he tell Netanyahu?	effects of Israeli infowar	X CEO Elon Musk, who has been accused of platforming anti-Semitic posts, visits kibbutzim attacked by Hamas.
20231128	Scaremongering on anti-Semitism	effects of Israeli infowar	The accusation of anti-Semitism made to silence any criticism of Israel constitutes a dangerous reintroduction of religion into politics.

20231127	BBC under fire for mistranslating ex-Palestinian prisoner as praising Hamas	effects of Israeli infowar	This is an X-post

20231126	Student wearing 'Allah' necklace attacked in school in Germany	effects of Israeli infowar	A 15-year-old student was attacked in a school in Germany for wearing a necklace which said “Allah,” authorities said Saturday.
20231126	Three Palestinian students shot in US in critical condition	effects of Israeli infowar	Arab civil rights group says the students were wearing keffiyehs when they were abused and shot by unidentified gunmen in Burlington, Vermont
20231126	Francesca Albanese: Western media is living in an alternate reality	effects of Israeli infowar	In recent weeks, there has been an alarmingly small number of official voices calling for a ceasefire in Gaza. One exception has been Francesca Albanese - the United Nation’s Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian territories.

20231126	Biden claims Hamas launched operation due to US diplomacy, to prevent Saudi-Israel normalization deal	effects of Israeli infowar	The United States’ president Joe Biden has claimed that the 7 October operation into Israel carried out by Palestinian resistance group Hamas was a direct result of his administration’s diplomacy in the region and with Saudi Arabia, in the latest of such speculations on the cause of the attacks.

20231125	Israel vs Hamas: Battle for narrative supremacy	effects of Israeli infowar	A propaganda battle between Israel and Hamas – different messages, different audiences. Plus, Francesca Albanese on media missteps in this war.
20231124	Why Hamas and Samidoun were banned in Germany	effects of Israeli infowar	In the wake of a ban on all activities related to Hamas and the group Samidoun, German authorities have searched numerous properties connected to suspected supporters.
			Comment: German explanation doesn't reflect the country's history with the Israelis, and with its position as a strong supporter for the Israeli Zionist cause.
20231124	Facebook permitted ads calling for ‘Holocaust’ against Palestinians	effects of Israeli infowar	A series of inflammatory advertisements submitted to Facebook calling for violence and genocide against Palestinians were approved by the platform, the Intercept has revealed.
20231123	BBC journalists accuse broadcaster of bias	effects of Israeli infowar	In the latest newsroom fallout over the war, BBC journalists say the corporation is failing to humanise Palestinians.
20231123	BBC accused of censoring acts of Gaza solidarity in BAFTA awards coverage	effects of Israeli infowar	Ceasefire calls by artists during a ceremony in Scotland did not make the final cut on the BBC’s streaming service.

20231118	Genocidal incitement': Anti-Palestinian rhetoric and hate speech	effects of Israeli infowar	UN human rights experts have called on the international community to prevent genocide against the Palestinian people in Gaza. 36 Special Rapporteurs released a joint statement, saying there is increasing evidence of QUOTE 'genocidal incitement to destroy the Palestinian people.'

20231121	‘Pallywood propaganda’: Pro-Israeli accounts online accuse Palestinians of staging their suffering	effects of Israeli infowar	Since Hamas carried out its deadly attack on October 7 and Israel began retaliatory military operations in Gaza, a parallel war is being fought online. A barrage of disinformation, fake news and misinformation has swarmed social media feeds. Pro-Israeli accounts on social media are using the term "Pallywood" to accuse Palestinians of faking their suffering.

20231121	EU says no Palestinian aid going to Hamas, programmes to continue	effects of Israeli infowar	UNVERIFIABLE CLAIM -- The European Union said on Tuesday a review of its development aid to Palestinians, ordered after the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel, found no evidence of funds going to the militant group and that its assistance would continue.

20231121	Urgent review of EU development aid to Palestine finds no inadvertent financing of terrorism	effects of Israeli infowar	The European Commission said on Tuesday it will proceed with payments of development aid to the Palestinian territories this month after its internal screening identified no diversion of funds to terrorist groups.

20231121	Israeli state TV video shows children singing about Gaza	Israeli infowar	“Within a year we will eliminate them all.” A video by Israel’s public broadcaster of children singing about Gaza has caused a backlash online, including among many Israelis.

20231120	Israelis claim foreign hostages held at Gaza's Shifa hospital	Israeli infowar	Israel stepped up accusations of Hamas abuses at the Gaza Strip's biggest hospital on Sunday, saying a captive soldier had been executed and two foreign hostages held at a site that has been a focus of its devastating six-week-old offensive.
20231120	Hamas: Israel 'fabricating lies' to justify its genocide	Israeli infowar	Israel “deliberately fabricated lies and false narratives” about what took place on 7 October in order to justify the genocide it is committing in Gaza “with the aim of displacing Palestinians from their land”, Hamas said in response to Israeli media reports which reveal many revellers were killed by Israeli helicopter fire.
20231118	X ad boycott gathers pace amid antisemitism storm	effects of Israeli infowar	Firms including Apple, Disney and IBM have paused advertising on X amid an antisemitism storm on the site.

20231117	Israel says it found a Hamas tunnel at al-Shifa hospital	Israeli infowar	Israel's military has said its soldiers have discovered a tunnel shaft used by Hamas militants at al-Shifa hospital in northern Gaza. The Israeli military released a video of the tunnel entrance, which could not be verified, after they took control of the complex

20231117	Israel’s claims of providing incubators ‘false’, says al-Shifa director	Israeli infowar	The director of al-Shifa Hospital tells Al Jazeera that newborn babies require immediate attention, but they are running out of medical supplies. “On some occasions, we are forced to leave patients to die because we are helpless, we cannot perform any surgical operations on them, the least we can do is give them some painkillers to let those victims die in peace,” Muhammed Abu Salmiya said. He added that many newborn premature babies died as the incubators ran out of oxygen. The Israeli army said earlier this week that it would be providing incubators to al-Shifa Hospital, but Salmiya says this is a lie. “The Israeli occupation forces claim to have provided incubators to the hospital, but this is not true; this is false. In addition, we are not in need of incubators; we have already incubators in the hospital, yet we are out of fuel to generate electricity [for the incubators],” he cried.
			Comment: We have evidence that a few incubators were brought into the hospital but found it propaganda as incubators need electricity to operate. But, the Israelis have cut the electricity. They also have cut the fuel supply needed to run the power generators.

20231117	The dangers of weaponising anti-Semitism	effects of Israeli infowar	Scholars and experts unpack the meaning and use of anti-Semitism during the Israel-Gaza war
20231117	The dangers of weaponising anti-Semitism (video version)	effects of Israeli infowar	As the death toll continues to rise in Gaza, some experts warn of a potential genocide. Israeli leaders have at times justified their attacks on the besieged strip by invoking the history of persecution of Jewish people, with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu calling Hamas’s attack on October 7 “the worst act of anti-Semitic violence since the Holocaust”. How is Jewish history influencing Israel’s response in the war on Gaza?
20231117	White House condemns Musk for spreading 'hideous' antisemitic lie	effects of Israeli infowar	The White House on Friday accused Elon Musk of repeating a "hideous" antisemitic lie on his social media site X this week, calling it an "abhorrent promotion of antisemitic and racist hate" that "runs against our core values as Americans."
			Comment: The X-post concerns this article

20231116	Information provided by Israeli military as evidence proven false	Israeli infowar	Since October 7, Israel's military has routinely made claims about the conflict - and later retracted them. Information provided as evidence has been proved false or wrong multiple times.

20231116	IDF says Hamas hiding evidence of use of Shifa hospital as command centre	Israeli infowar	Medical administrators in Gaza reject claim by Israeli military as ‘outlandish excuse’

20231116	Critics reject Israeli claim al-Shifa Hospital used as Hamas command centre	Israeli infowar	Israel has long accused Hamas of using the al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza as a cover for its military operations. Israeli forces have raided the al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City for the second consecutive day, following days of encircling the largest medical facility in Gaza. They claim to have found what they call “grab bags” containing weapons and uniforms belonging to Hamas fighters.

20231115	X is failing to moderate antisemitic and islamophobic hate speech, according to a new report	effects of Israeli infowar	The non-profit organization analyzed 200 examples of reported hate speech on the platform and found that 96 per cent of the posts remained online a week later.
20231114	Israel shows alleged Hamas ‘armory’ under children’s hospital in Gaza. Local health officials dismiss the claims	Israeli infowar	The IDF invited news media to visit a medical center for children on Monday, where a spokesperson alleged parts of the basement had been a Hamas “command and control center” and may have been used to hold hostages.

20231114	"See what CNN reporter saw inside hospital basement in Gaza"	effects of Israeli infowar	CNN goes into Gaza on an embed with the Israeli army. Nic Robertson describes the destruction he witnessed, as well as the basement of a children's hospital. Israel says Hamas uses hospitals as a base, something Gaza doctors say is not true.
			Comment: First: this is an compiled footage. Second: he says that he entered the building five days ago. So, CNN came five days later. Third: at 5:45, you suddenly have to watch a scene showing weapons on the floor. But, you don't see the moment that they all arrived at the building, which building and where that building is. Fourth: no one is seen going into the building and being in the basement. Then, the Israeli lies. No single Israeli soldier assisted in any evacuation of hospitals.

20231113	Israeli army deletes post claiming ambulances, hospitals ‘legitimate targets’	Israeli infowar	Israel’s military deleted a post on X suggesting ambulances and hospitals are “terrorist infrastructure” and “legitimate military targets”. It claimed ambulances and hospitals were used by Hamas for its fighters and its military operations. “This is against international law and turns them into legitimate military targets,” the army wrote. Diana Buttu, lawyer and former legal adviser for the Palestine Liberation Organisation, said Israel has in the past made similar allegations but never proved them. “But even if it tries to do that, we have to bear in mind what Israel is trying to do is commit genocide against Palestinians and it has to be stopped now,” she said.

20231112	Isaac Herzog challenged on air strikes and says Mein Kampf found on Hamas fighter	Israeli infowar	Israel's president Isaac Herzog says a copy of Hitler's book Mein Kampf was found on the body of a Hamas operative at a base they were using in northern Gaza.

20231111	HonestReporting accepts news groups had no prior warning of Oct. 7 Hamas attack	media / Israeli	The executive director of Israeli media advocacy group HonestReporting said on Friday he accepted as "adequate" statements by four media organisations that they had no previous knowledge of the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel, adding he was "so relieved".
			Comment: Reuters denies any suggestion it had prior knowledge of Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel
20231111	Israelis in fear and denial as society slides towards fascism	effect of own infowar	Palestinian students, academics, doctors, and dissenting Jewish Israelis are among those caught up in an escalating wave of repression

20231110	Netanyahu says not seeking to ‘occupy’ Gaza but ‘demilitarise’ it	Israeli infowar	Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said his country does not intend to “occupy” or govern Gaza after the end of its war with Hamas, but the enclave must be “demilitarised, deradicalised and rebuilt”.

20231109	Israel berates New York Times, CNN, Reuters, AP over Hamas attack photographers	Israeli infowar	Israel accuses foreign media of having forewarning of Hamas’ attacks through freelance photographers in Gaza.
20231109	Reuters denies any suggestion it had prior knowledge of Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel	Israeli infowar	Reuters denied on Thursday suggestions by media advocacy group HonestReporting that it and other international news organisations had prior knowledge of the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas on Israeli civilians and soldiers.
20231108	Israel's military spokesperson says Hamas has lost control in northern Gaza	Israeli infowar	UNVERIFIABLE CLAIM: Hamas has lost control of northern Gaza as thousands of residents have moved south, Israel's military spokesperson Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari said in a televised briefing on Wednesday.

20231108	Investigation disproves Israel claim of Hamas tunnel under Gaza hospital	Israeli infowar	Sanad, Al Jazeera’s digital investigation agency, has disproved the latest claim by Israeli authorities that there is a tunnel for Hamas fighters under the Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Hospital for Rehabilitation and Prosthetic Hospital, commonly known as the Qatari Hospital.

20231105	Netanyahu suspends Israeli minister over Gaza nuclear comment	Israeli infowar	Netanyahu on Sunday disciplined a junior member of his cabinet who appeared to voice openness to the idea of Israel carrying out a nuclear strike on Gaza, where the war with Hamas is inflicting a spiralling Palestinian civilian toll.
20231105	Netanyahu reprimands Israeli minister over Gaza ‘nuclear option’ comment	Israeli infowar	The Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has disciplined a junior member of his cabinet who appeared to voice openness to the idea of Israel carrying out a nuclear strike on Gaza.
20231104	Israel admits airstrike on ambulance near hospital that witnesses say killed and wounded dozens	effects of Israeli infowar	Israel has claimed responsibility for an attack on an ambulance outside Gaza City’s Al-Shifa Hospital, the largest medical facility in the enclave, which witnesses say killed and wounded dozens of people.
20231104	‘An existential threat’: Antisemitic attacks soar across Europe amid Israel-Hamas war	Zionism / EU	“This takes us back to the darkest times,” Chief Rabbi Jaron Engelmayer told CNN, as he surveyed piles of destroyed holy books in a blackened and burnt out ceremonial hall.
20231104	French police hunt suspect in stabbing of Jewish woman	effects of Israeli infowar	Police were hunting for a man who stabbed and wounded a Jewish woman in the French city of Lyon on Saturday, while a swastika was found graffitied at her home, police and the city's mayor said.
20231104	French Jewish woman stabbed in her home in France’s Lyon, police hunts suspect	effects of Israeli infowar	Police were hunting for a man who stabbed and wounded a Jewish woman in the French city of Lyon on Saturday, while a swastika was found graffitied at her home, police and the city's mayor said.

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