Further to my previous post, the BBC have updated their report as below:
My two favourite parts of that report, favourite as in typical of the BBC's anti-Israel agenda? First the wording 'There has been an increase in cross-border rocket fire by Palestinian militants in recent days, though without causing casualties.' As though the rocket firing can be discounted as nobody has been injured. The fact that the Jewish residents of Sderot have 15 seconds to flee into bomb shelters when the sirens sound, that Israel has built shelters and the iron-dome protection system to try and ensure that Israelis are not killed or injured by Hamas terrorist rockets is not deemed worthy of comment.
The second interesting aspect of that report is the map which looks rather similar to the one I complained about and got an apology from the BBC for (see here). This time the BBC have managed to show Egypt in a different colour from Israel and Gaza but not to identify Egypt by name. Also rather oddly Gaza and Israel are shown in the same colour, are the BBC incapable of having the usual three colours on their maps? This time the map does stray below the border between Israel & Gaza which is an improvement but again Egypt is not named. The intent is clearly to portray Gaza as dominated by Israel and to hide the fact that Egypt has a border with Gaza and thus any Israeli blockade can only be maintained with the cooperation (or even support) of Egypt.
I detest the BBC.
'Gaza Strip: Israeli strikes 'kill six militants'
At least six Palestinians have been killed in two Israeli strikes in Gaza against what Israel says were militants preparing rocket and bomb attacks.
Palestinians said three were killed by Israeli fire in the north of the strip on Thursday morning. Israel said they were planting a bomb near its fence.
Hours earlier, an air strike in central Gaza killed three militants who Israel said were set to fire rockets.
There has been a spate of rocket attacks and air strikes in recent days.
In the latest incident, Israel said it had fired at a "terrorist squad that was planting an explosive device". A Gaza health ministry official, Ashraf al-Qudra, said those killed were civilians, the AFP news agency reports.
It came hours after another strike which Israel said "targeted a terrorist squad... involved in previous rocket launches at communities located in southern Israel".
Witnesses said the air strike hit a car in which four people were travelling near the Bureij refugee camp.
Palestinian medical officials and witnesses confirmed that three militants had been killed in that attack.
A fourth man was critically injured, a health ministry spokesman told the BBC.
There has been an increase in cross-border rocket fire by Palestinian militants in recent days, though without causing casualties.
Israel says it holds the Hamas movement which runs Gaza responsible for all attacks emanating from Gaza, even if it is other militant groups carrying them out.'
My two favourite parts of that report, favourite as in typical of the BBC's anti-Israel agenda? First the wording 'There has been an increase in cross-border rocket fire by Palestinian militants in recent days, though without causing casualties.' As though the rocket firing can be discounted as nobody has been injured. The fact that the Jewish residents of Sderot have 15 seconds to flee into bomb shelters when the sirens sound, that Israel has built shelters and the iron-dome protection system to try and ensure that Israelis are not killed or injured by Hamas terrorist rockets is not deemed worthy of comment.
The second interesting aspect of that report is the map which looks rather similar to the one I complained about and got an apology from the BBC for (see here). This time the BBC have managed to show Egypt in a different colour from Israel and Gaza but not to identify Egypt by name. Also rather oddly Gaza and Israel are shown in the same colour, are the BBC incapable of having the usual three colours on their maps? This time the map does stray below the border between Israel & Gaza which is an improvement but again Egypt is not named. The intent is clearly to portray Gaza as dominated by Israel and to hide the fact that Egypt has a border with Gaza and thus any Israeli blockade can only be maintained with the cooperation (or even support) of Egypt.
I detest the BBC.
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