Infowar in 2024

(Israeli) Infowar 2024

Israeli infowars are similar to Russia's infowars as both are using troll farms. However, those of the Israelis are army units. It's actually like China

The IOF Spokesperson's Unit (Hebrew: דובר צה"ל, Dover Tzahal, abbr. Dotz) is a unit in the IOF Operations Directorate, responsible for information policy and media relations. The unit is led by the IOF spokesperson, a brigadier general and member of the General Staff, and by a deputy spokesperson, a colonel. Since August 2024 the spokesperson is Brig. Gen. Daniel Hagari.

The unit is also a key player in the public diplomacy efforts (hasbara) of the Israelis The 2015 IDF military doctrine highlights the strategic importance of using the power of the media; economic, legal, media, and political aspects are considered as part of the military approach as much as military combat.

It is this unit that refuses journalists to report from Gaza as allowing would undermine the practice of hasbara.

The occupying war belligerent portrays itself as the only democracy in the Middle East but no single real democracy uses its military for political propaganda.

What is hasbara? The most known explanation is the following:

From Wikipedia: "Israel uses public diplomacy to communicate directly with citizens of other countries to inform and influence them so that they support or tolerate the Israeli government's strategic objectives."

Hasbara is exaggeration and dissemination, whereby exaggeration refers to intentionally making something more extreme or more dramatic than it is, while dissemination is spreading widely.

Example: They claim that the October 7th was a massacre as it have cost 1.139 colonists their lives while the Israelis have massacred, costing more than 41.000 Palestinians in Gaza their lives (Sept. 27, 2024)

Hasbara is just a political language to mislead and indoctrinate, which is the character of Zionism.

On social media, we have found a lot of users describing Israelis as liars without knowing why Israelis are so notorious. It's because of two phrases. The first one is Zionist, the second is brought into British Mandatory Palestine by German Ashkenazis.:

"You may lie if it is to defend yourself"

"If you are accused, blame the victim."

Please, take note that this page contains a selection from our archives

OCTOBER 2024
DATE	DEVELOPMENT	CONTEXT	DESCRIPTION

20241003	Israel Says Hamas Government Chief, 2 Top Leaders Eliminated In Gaza	Israeli infowar	UNVERIFIABLE CLAIM -- The Israeli military on Thursday said a strike three months ago killed three senior Hamas leaders in Gaza, where the army has been battling the Palestinian operatives for nearly a year.
20241003	Israel claims it killed Hamas government head in Gaza	Israeli infowar	UNVERIFIABLE CLAIM -- The IOF said it had also killed senior security officials Sameh al-Siraj and Sami Oudeh in strikes three months ago.
20241003	IDF confirms death of Hamas de facto PM, other officials in Gaza airstrike several months ago	Israeli infowar	UNVERIFIABLE CLAIM -- Senior Hamas official Rawhi Mushtaha, the de facto prime minister of the Gaza Strip, was killed in an Israeli strike several months ago, the IDF and Shin Bet say they have confirmed.
			Comment: source changed the headline. Original headline"IDF announces* death of Hamas de-facto PM in Gaza airstrike several months ago."*
20241003	Israel says damage from Iranian missile attack minimal thanks to 'high-quality defence'	Israeli infowar	Israel has been assessing the damage caused by Iran's massive 180-rocket missile attack on Tuesday night after its air defence intercepted most of the projectiles.
			Comment: found videos show missile barrage pounded an airbase in the Negev desert. No air defense was active.
20241003	Israeli strike on Gaza school that killed 22 targeted one Hamas figure, BBC told	effects Israeli infowar	UNVERIFIABLE CLAIM -- The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) said a Hamas "command and control centre" had been embedded inside the compound in Gaza City, which it targeted in a "precise strike" on 21 September.
20241002	IDF says it struck Hamas command centers embedded in disused Gaza schools	Israeli infowar	UNVERIFIABLE CLAIM -- Israeli Air Force fighter jets struck Hamas command centers embedded in disused schools in the Gaza Strip in the early hours of Wednesday morning, the IDF said, as Palestinian media reported that some 20 people were killed and dozens more were injured in the strikes.

SEPTEMBER 2024
DATE	DEVELOPMENT	CONTEXT	DESCRIPTION

20240927	IOF assesses Hamas defeated military in all of Gaza, is now a guerrilla terror group	Israeli infowar	The IOF is assessing that Hamas has been defeated militarily in the entire Gaza Strip, and it is UNVERIFIABLE CLAIM -- now a guerrilla terror group that will take some more time to dismantle.
20240926	Official: Gaza war to focus on taking away Hamas’s control of humanitarian aid deliveries	Israeli infowar	An official in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s entourage traveling to New York says a focus of the war in Gaza is the attempt to harm Hamas’s civil rule of the Strip by taking away its control over the distribution of humanitarian aid.
			Comment: the Israelis are taking away control over the distribution of humanitarian aid since November 2023. See tab "Eliminating UNWRA" on our 'November-in-details-timeline'
20240926	Hamas to cede civilian control of Gaza to Palestinian Authority, source says	Israeli infowar	A day after PA prime minister said that the PA would manage Gaza after the war with the participation of 'everyone,' a Hamas official said that the terrorist organization had reached an agreement with Fatah; They are expected to meet next week, in Cairo
			Comment: no such development exist.
20240926	Israeli strike on Gaza school kills at least 11, health ministry says		UNVERIFIABLE CLAIM -- The Israeli military said a “precise" strike targeted a “command-and-control centre” used by Hamas fighters - something the armed group has previously denied.
20240926	Israeli attacks against journalists, media freedom decried at UNSC	Israeli infowar	Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu says attacks are meant to prevent the world from knowing what is happening in Gaza.
20240925	"Civilians in Gaza have been hijacked by Hamas," says Reuven Azar	Israeli infowar	UNVERIFIABLE CLAIM -- "Civilians in Gaza have been hijacked by Hamas, that's the sad reality," says Israel's Ambassador to India, Reuven Azar.
20240925	'Iran and Russia Have Co-opted Israel-Gaza War to Sow Chaos in Western Democracies'	Israeli infowar	Diplomats and intelligence officials tell Haaretz that Iran, Russia and China have been conducting anti-Israeli influence campaigns and spreading lies about the Gaza war – with the aim of disrupting democratic elections
20240925	IDF soldiers kill 40 terrorists across Gaza, destroy Hamas infrastructure	Israeli infowar	UNVERIFIABLE CLAIM -- The terrorists killed were members of the rocket division, the weapons division, and the intelligence division.
20240925	Israel said to return 88 bodies to Gaza, Hamas health officials refuse to bury them	Israeli infowar	Israel on Wednesday reportedly returned the bodies of 88 Palestinians killed in its military offensive in the Gaza Strip, which the territory’s Hamas-run health ministry refused to bury unless Israel discloses details about who they are and where they were killed.
			Comment: the Israeli report is like "If you are accused blame the victim."
20240925	Israel has landed heavy blows on Hezbollah. The victory it seeks could prove elusive	Israeli infowar	Bombs hidden in the group’s pagers and walkie-talkies killed dozens of people and wounded thousands — many of them Hezbollah members. Israeli strikes on Beirut killed two of Hezbollah’s top commanders. And Israel has bombed what it said were 1,600 militant sites across large parts of Lebanon, killing hundreds of people and displacing thousands.
20240924	António Guterres at UNGA: 'World cannot let Lebanon become another Gaza'	Israeli infowar	Guterres did not mention Hezbollah's constant harassment towards Israel
20240923	Israel Uncovers Hamas HQ In Gaza School	Israeli infowar	Israel carries out precise strikes at a school in central Gaza aimed at demolishing a Hamas Commander centre
			Comment: video does not show any evidence supporting the reported claim.
20240923	IAF strikes Hamas command center in Gaza's Khaled ibn al-Walid school	Israeli infowar	UNVERIFIABLE CLAIM -- Prior to the strike, numerous steps were taken to minimize the risk of harming civilians.
20240922	Opposing Israel’s war in Gaza	effects Israeli infowar	Examining the sources of the critic’s misguided viewpoints.
20240922	EXPOSED: Foreign Media Journalists in Gaza Participated in Hamas’ “Loyalty” Day	Israeli infowar	Journalists working for foreign media in Gaza have participated in Hamas’ “Day of Loyalty to the Palestinian Journalist,” an annual event hosted by the terror group’s Government Media Office with the stated aim of aligning the media with Hamas’ agenda, an HonestReporting investigation revealed.
			Comment: false report as the Day of Loyalty to the Palestinian Journalist is every year on December 31st
20240922	Press groups condemn Israel closing Al Jazeera office in Ramallah	Israeli infowar / Al Jazeera	The Committee to Protect Journalists says it is ‘deeply alarmed’ by the raid and calls for protection of freedom of the press.
20240922	‘Criminal act’: Al Jazeera denounces Israeli raid on Ramallah office	Israeli infowar / Al Jazeera	The network vows to continue its coverage of the Israeli attacks on the Palestinians in Gaza and the occupied West Bank.
20240922	Israel’s attempted silencing of Al Jazeera’s coverage of the occupation	Israeli infowar / Al Jazeera	‘All we’ve been doing is reporting on what the Israeli military does to Palestinians’. Al Jazeera’s Zein Basravi recorded this message in case Israel shut down Al Jazeera’s bureau in Ramallah, from where our journalists have reported on the realities for people living under Israeli occupation for decades.
20240922	In Pictures: Israeli forces raid and shut down Al Jazeera bureau in occupied West Bank	Israeli infowar / Al Jazeera	Israeli troops confiscate documents and equipment and order Al Jazeera’s shutdown aimed at silencing network’s coverage of Gaza war.
20240922	Israel closes Al Jazeera bureau in Ramallah: All you need to know	Israeli infowar / Al Jazeera	At 3am, heavily armed Israeli soldiers raided the office of Al Jazeera in Ramallah, throwing the team out.
20240922	Israeli soldiers raid, order closure of Al Jazeera office in Ramallah	Israeli infowar / Al Jazeera	Heavily armed and masked Israeli soldiers raid Al Jazeera bureau in the occupied West Bank and deliver 45-day closure order.
20240922	Israeli soldiers raid and order closure of Al Jazeera’s Ramallah offices	Israeli infowar / Al Jazeera	Israel’s military has raided and ordered the closure of Al Jazeera’s office in Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank, the network said.
20240922	Israeli forces raid Al Jazeera’s office in Ramallah	Israeli infowar / Al Jazeera	Israeli soldiers carrying guns have entered Al Jazeera’s offices in Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, ordering staff to vacate and imposing a 45-day closure.
20240922	Heavily armed Israeli troops raid and close down Al Jazeera's West Bank office	Israeli infowar / Al Jazeera	Soldiers say a military order was issued to close the network's Ramallah bureau for 45 days
20240922	Israeli forces raid and shut down Al Jazeera's bureau in West Bank	Israeli infowar / Al Jazeera	The Israeli military on Sunday raided the office of Qatar-based news network Al Jazeera in the occupied West Bank and issued a 45-day closure order, claiming that the Ramallah office was "used to incite terror".
20240922	Israel raids and shuts down Al Jazeera’s bureau in Ramallah in the West Bank	Israeli infowar / Al Jazeera	Israeli troops raided the offices of the satellite news network Al Jazeera in the Israeli-occupied West Bank early Sunday, ordering the bureau to shut down amid a widening campaign by Israel targeting the Qatar-funded broadcaster as it covers the Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip.
20240922	Israel orders closure of Al Jazeera office in Ramallah	Israeli infowar / Al Jazeera	This is how armed and masked Israeli soldiers raided Al Jazeera’s bureau in the occupied West Bank and imposed a 45-day closure order. The network has condemned the action as ‘criminal’ and an affront to press freedom.
20240921	WATCH: IDF thwarts attempt by Gaza terrorists to loot aid truck	Israeli infowar	UNVERIFIABLE CLAIM -- IDF troops identified a vehicle that pulled to the front of a line of aid trucks and an armed individual exiting the vehicle.
			Comment: the embedded video could not be dowloaded. Frames were taken from the video, and a screenshot taken from the article for documentation. The video is not taken in Gaza but in the West Bank.
20240920	Bibi, Gallant vow to defend North, IDF official: We're in new phase of Hezbollah war	Israeli infowar	IDF kills Radwan force chief in Beirut strike • Hezbollah rockets cause fire in playground and across North • 1000 ready-to-launch rockets destroyed by Israel
20240919	UN votes 124-14 to strip Israel of right to self-defense in Gaza, West Bank	Israeli infowar	The resolution also calls on member states not to sell arms or military equipment to Israel that would be used in Gaza, the West Bank, and east Jerusalem.
			Comment: False report. It was about UN General Assembly overwhelmingly calls for end of Israeli occupation
20240919	Double Standards and Media Bias in Israel’s War on Gaza	effects of Israeli infowar	opinion -- Semantic battles carried out in the press are as critical as the physical wars fought on the battlefield.
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
DATE	DEVELOPMENT	CONTEXT	DESCRIPTION

20240614	Israel court extends Al Jazeera ban, ministry says	Israeli infowar	An Israeli court has confirmed and extended for 35 days the government's shutdown of Qatar-based television news channel Al Jazeera, the justice ministry said Friday.
20240613	Court approves extension of ban on Al Jazeera operations in Israel	Israeli infowar	Ruling finds direct and causal connection between terrorist activities inside Israel and consumption of Al Jazeera content; law being challenged in High Court of Justice
20240609	Israel extends Al Jazeera ban by 45 days, citing security threat	Israeli infowar	A ban on Al Jazeera's operations in Israel was extended for another 45 days by Israel's telecoms regulator on Sunday after the cabinet agreed its broadcasts posed a threat to security.
20240609	Israeli government seeks to extend controversial Al Jazeera ban as high court hears arguments against media law	Israeli infowar	The Israeli government is seeking to extend its controversial ban on the Al Jazeera news network in the country, after a court upheld the ban but shortened it by 10 days.
20240605	Israel court approves temporary ban on Al Jazeera, citing national security	Israeli infowar	An Israeli court on Wednesday upheld a 35-day ban on Al Jazeera operations in Israel imposed by the government on national security grounds and a minister said he hoped to extend the ban for another 45 days when it runs out on Saturday.

MAY 2024
DATE	DEVELOPMENT	CONTEXT	DESCRIPTION

20240515	Opinion \| Netanyahu Banned Al Jazeera Because He Wants Only His Voice to Be Heard	Israeli infowar	The Netanyahu government's decision to ban Al Jazeera and its disregard for press freedom are not surprising. It is futile, dangerous and anti-democratic. But the shutdown won't stop our coverage of both sides of the Gaza war
20240511	Israel bans Al Jazeera ahead of Rafah invasion	Israeli infowar	Israel bans and blocks Al Jazeera as Rafah – Gaza’s ‘last safe space’ – is invaded. Israel rejects a ceasefire agreement, invades Rafah, and orders the closure of Al Jazeera – all in a week’s work for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the Middle East’s so-called “only democracy”.
20240508	Israel: Al Jazeera ban is an attack on media freedom and war reporting	Israeli infowar	ARTICLE 19 strongly condemns Israel’s move to close the Al Jazeera news channel and block its websites in Israel. Prior to its closure on 5 May, Al Jazeera was one of very few international media outlets still operating out of Gaza.
20240506	Israel's ban on Al Jazeera leaves US State Department ‘Quite concerned’ \| Quotable	Israeli infowar	Israel's shut down and banning of Al Jazeera broadcasting in its territory has left the US Department of State "Quite concerned". Matt Miller said that the US "supports media freedom all around the world, including in Israel" and that Al Jazeera "Ought to be able to operate in Israel".
20240506	Israel bans Al Jazeera: What does it mean and what happens next?	Israeli infowar	Al Jazeera said it will pursue available legal channels to protect its journalists from Israel’s ‘slanderous’ shutdown.
20240506	What are the implications of Israel’s ban on Al Jazeera?	Israeli infowar	Qatar-based network says action by Israel’s government is illegal. Al Jazeera has condemned the Israeli government’s decision to shut down the media network’s operations in the country as a criminal act against international and humanitarian law. What’s behind this ban? And how effective will it be?
20240505	Al Jazeera vows to continue coverage of Gaza war despite Israeli ban	Israeli infowar	Al Jazeera has condemned Israel’s closure of the network that has seen its offices raided and the channel go dark. The Qatar-based media outlet ‘affirms its right to continue to provide news and information to its global audiences’.
20240505	Al Jazeera’s pre-recorded ‘final report’ from Israel as ban enacted	Israeli infowar	‘If you’re watching this… then Al Jazeera has been banned in Israel’. Correspondent Imran Khan recorded his last report from occupied East Jerusalem pre-empting the Netanyahu government’s unanimous decision to close Al Jazeera in Israel.
20240505	Al Jazeera condemns Israeli government decision to shut down local offices	Israeli infowar	Israeli cabinet votes unanimously to close the network’s operations in Israel with immediate effect.
20240505	Israel shuts down local Al Jazeera offices in ‘dark day for the media’	Israeli infowar	Foreign Press Association decries move under new law based on claim network is a threat to national security
20240505	Al Jazeera office raided as Israel takes channel off air	Israeli infowar	Police raided the Qatari broadcaster's office at the Ambassador hotel in occupied East Jerusalem on Sunday.
20240505	Netanyahu’s government votes to close Al Jazeera in Israel	Israeli infowar	Benjamin Netanyahu’s cabinet has unanimously voted to shut down Al Jazeera’s operations in Israel. Earlier the Knesset passed a law allowing the temporary closure of foreign broadcasters considered a threat to national security.

APRIL 2024
DATE	DEVELOPMENT	CONTEXT	DESCRIPTION

20240402	Al Jazeera faces ‘security threat’ ban as Israel passes new law	Israeli infowar	Benjamin Netanyahu says after approval of bill he will ‘act immediately … to stop channel’s activities’
20240402	Israel moves to shut down Al Jazeera after new law allows for ‘security threat’ bans on international media	Israeli infowar	Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to shut down news network Al Jazeera following the passage Monday of a sweeping law allowing the government to ban foreign networks perceived as posing a threat to national security.
20240401	Israeli government says it will block Al Jazeera from broadcasting	Israeli infowar	The Israeli parliament has approved a law giving the government the power to ban broadcasts of TV channels including Al Jazeera, the Qatari-owned network.

MARCH 2024
DATE	DEVELOPMENT	CONTEXT	DESCRIPTION

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
DATE	DEVELOPMENT	CONTEXT	DESCRIPTION

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

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