CNN claims "new evidence" shows Shireen Abu Aqleh was killed by Israel – intentionally!
Yet @CNN, who just misreported the death of an armed terrorist as a "teen shot", base their conclusion on
*recycled @Bellingcat analysis* &
*terror-supporting Fatah official*.
Thread:
Background:
On May 21 @CNN reported the death of Amjad al-Fayed as a "teen shot".
CNN ignored that he was an Islamic Jihad member killed attacking Israel's soldiers.
CNN mentions Islamic Jihad mourned him, but not that PIJ call him a "resistance" member.
On May 24 @CNN published an investigation which made 2 key claims:
1. Israel's troops shot Shireen Abu Aqleh 2. They did so intentionally
What is their "new evidence"?
CNN quotes Fatah lawmaker & fmr PNA Jenin Sec Jamal Huweil who "believed the shots were coming from one of the Israeli vehicles".
Huweil, who didn't see any of Israel's soldiers take aim at Shireen, seems to be the basis of @CNN's key claim of "targeting".
What else did he say?
Same Jamal Huweil, "witness" for @CNN's key claim that Israel's soldiers shot Shireen, praised multiple terror attacks on multiple televised appearances...just weeks before CNN based their investigation on him.
The @WashingtonPost's Dec. 23 piece on Israeli military action in Gaza after Oct. 7 makes 2 claims:
1) It's the most destructive war of the century 2) Israel attacks hospitals despite their protections.
WaPo is dishonest throughout. Receipts: (1/n)
Even per the Hamas numbers of ~20k that WaPo uses (more on this below), the fighting in Gaza isn't even the same order of magnitude as other conflicts:
At least 200k died in Ukraine war.
At least 350k died in Yemen war.
So which wars did WaPo mean? (2/n)
WaPo is wildly off even if zooming in to the region:
More died in 5 yrs in Syria (>400k) than 100 yrs on *all sides* of Arab-Israel conflict (<150k).
The 20k alleged, however tragic, do not come close.
Didn't WaPo know that? Their intentions become clear... (3/n)