The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) slammed the Washington Post on Monday for running a headline that suggested the Israeli victims of a Hezbollah rocket attack were Lebanese victims of an Israeli attack.
The Post ran photograph of mourners attending a funeral for children killed in a Hezbollah rocket attack with a headline declaring “Israel hits targets in Lebanon” illustrated by the families grieving lost ones in an attack by terrorists on the Golan Heights.
Using social media outlet X – formerly known as Twitter – the IDF pointed to a basic inconsistency with the newspaper’s report.
It said, “This is the front page of the @washingtonpost today. You can see grieving family members burying children murdered by Hezbollah in the Madjal Shams massacre.
“If by chance you understood anything else from their headline, you might not be the problem.”
This is the front page of the @washingtonpost today.
You can see grieving family members burying children murdered by Hezbollah in the Madjal Shams massacre.
If by chance you understood anything else from their headline, you might not be the problem. pic.twitter.com/cXuM2kNE54
— Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) July 29, 2024
Quite clearly the image used for the piece was not consistent with the story. So too the headline was entirely misleading, conflating the two.
As Breitbart News reported, a rocket fired by Hezbollah at the Israeli Druze Arab village of Majdal Shams killed at least 12 people, including children, on Saturday evening.
Mourners attend a funeral held for 10 of the victims of the Hezbollah rocket attack on July 28, 2024 in Majdal Shams, Golan Heights. (Photo by Amir Levy/Getty Images)
A view of the damage to the soccer field after a Hezbollah missile attack on the town of Majdal Shams in the northern Golan Heights, Israel on July 27, 2024.(Samir Abdalhade/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Children from ages ten to 12 were playing a soccer game when the rocket hit the field.
According to an eyewitness interviewed by Israel’s Channel 13, a warning siren only sounded as the deadly impact happened.
