The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) freed four hostages over the weekend in a daring rescue mission wherein special units ventured deep into the heart of Hamas territory.
The four former hostages were kidnapped from the Nova music festival on Oct. 7, when Palestinian terrorists violated an existing ceasefire with Israel to kill more than 1,160 people. The rescue mission carried out in central Gaza was a triumph for the Israeli military, which was forced to enter civilian areas to free the hostages. The Israeli military placed the casualty count from Saturday’s rescue mission at below 100 after it initiated a bombardment to kill off the Hamas terrorists shooting at the rescuers.
Several outlets, however, responded by regurgitating casualty figures provided by Hamas, echoing the fiasco last fall when outlets blamed the bombing of a civilian hospital on the IDF.
The Associated Press spent 25 paragraphs until the paper offered proper nuance for the numbers cited from the Gaza Health Ministry under the headline, “How an Israeli raid freed 4 hostages and killed at least 274 Palestinians in Gaza.”
“The Gaza Health Ministry said 274 Palestinians were killed and around 700 were wounded,” the AP reported. “The ministry does not distinguish between civilians and combatants in its tallies, but said the dead included 64 children and 57 women.”
On Saturday, Time Magazine Editor Ian Bremmer admonished CNN for characterizing the hostage rescue as a “release” in a cable chyron as Bremmer spoke on air.
“Disappointed to see [CNN]
