The Washington Post admitted on Tuesday that in its recent report that Israeli soldiers killed dozens of civilians in Gaza could not be verified.
The departure shared a publication in X stating that he had updated his Sunday article to reflect that he could not verify that Israeli troops killed around 30 civilians near a U.S. help site in Gaza. The previous version of the piece reported that the Israeli army had committed the murders.
“The article and the title were updated on Sunday evening, making it clear that there was no consensus on who was responsible for the shootings and that there was a dispute on this question,” he read the publication of the starting social networks.
At least 26 Palestinians were killed and about 175 were injured during the weekend, as they went to receive food in the Gaza Strip, according to Hamas’ Ministry of Health officials.
Witnesses said that the Israeli forces fired at a crowd about 1,000 meters away from a aid place led by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), supported by Israel (GHF). A Palestinian journalist told the BBC that thousands of Palestinians had gathered near the help site near the southern city of Rafah de Gaza when the Israeli tanks approached and opened fire to the crowd.
However, the IDF has disputed these complaints, saying that “the injuries caused by the fire with IDF within the humanitarian aid distribution site are currently unaware”, adding that “the question is still in review.”
“It’s false and manufactured. All help has been distributed today without incident,” said the GHF. “There are no injuries or fatalities, as indicated in our daily update sent above. We have heard that these fake reports have been actively encouraged by Hamas. They are false and manufactured.”
However, as the publisher’s note said in the updated Washington Post piece, the publication had reported on Sunday that “Israeli troops had killed more than 30 people near a U.S. help site, with the headline, attributing the action to” health officials. “
“The article did not make it clear whether to attribute death to Israel was the position of the Gaza Ministry of Health or a fact verified by the publication,” the note read.
The updated piece body denounced the victims, but this time it did not blame the IDFs. He said: “At least 31 people died and 170 other injuries, most with shooting wounds in the limbs and upper body, according to local health officials and doctors who treated the victims.”
“Although three witnesses said that the fire fire came from Israeli military positions, Israel’s defense forces denied allegations, saying in a statement that an initial investigation stated that their soldiers did not shoot civilians while they were near or inside the distribution site,” the new piece added.
The publisher’s note confirmed that “the article and the title were updated on Sunday evening and for the printed edition on Monday, which made it clear that there was no consensus on who was responsible for the shoot and that there was a dispute on this question.”
He added: “The publication did not give an adequate weight to the denial of Israel and gave an improper certainty on what was known on any Israeli role in the shootings. Early versions fell into Washington’s equity rules and should not have been published in this form.”
Washington Post representatives did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital Fox News Request.
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