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| | According to IDF data, during the operation about 200 rockets launched from the Gaza Strip by the Jihad with the aim of hitting Israeli civilians landed in the Gaza Strip. This is more than 20% of the launches, the number of which was about 1100 during the days of fighting.</blockquote></ref> | | According to IDF data, during the operation about 200 rockets launched from the Gaza Strip by the Jihad with the aim of hitting Israeli civilians landed in the Gaza Strip. This is more than 20% of the launches, the number of which was about 1100 during the days of fighting.</blockquote></ref> |
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| | + | ===Hamass "orders" to media=== |
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| | + | Experiencing first hand being exposed of tactics of human shields as well as failed launching that have both caused casualties among their people, Hamas first issued sweeping restrictions on foreign journalists working in the Gaza Strip, a ban on coverage about PIJ rockets falling short in Gaza and causing injuries and deaths, as well as a general rule requiring that Jerusalem be blamed for the latest escalation. Then it withdrew it.<ref>[https://www.jns.org/hamas-issues-rescinds-sweeping-regulations-on-journalists-in-gaza/ Hamas issues, rescinds sweeping regulations on journalists in Gaza], ''JNS'', August 10, 2022.<blockquote> |
| | + | Hamas issued and then withdrew sweeping restrictions on foreign journalists working in the Gaza Strip in the aftermath of this week’s conflict between Israel and Palestinian Islamic Jihad, according to the ''Associated Press''. |
| | + | The restrictions included a ban on coverage about PIJ rockets falling short in Gaza and causing injuries and deaths, as well as a general rule requiring that Jerusalem be blamed for the latest escalation, according to the report. |
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| | + | The Foreign Press Association, which represents international media in Israel, announced that the regulations were scrapped following discussions with the terrorist group… |
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| | + | Sponsors would have also been required to inform Hamas of “any suspicious behavior or illogical questions” by foreign journalists, and to submit a full report of what journalists did in Gaza, in addition to links to all published works… |
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| | + | In one instance, a PIJ rocket misfired and caused an explosion in a residential area of Jabalya that killed numerous people, including four children. While Palestinian media initially reported that the deaths were caused by an Israeli airstrike, the IDF refuted the claim by releasing footage of the incident. |
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| | + | Meanwhile, during a live broadcast on Aug. 7, Lebanon’s Mayadeen TV caught a PIJ rocket malfunctioning and coming down in a Gaza neighborhood. A few moments later, a voice is heard instructing the cameraman, who followed the missile’s course, to "please, turn the camera away, turn the camera upwards."…</blockquote></ref> |
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| | ===Islamic Republic of Iran's elaborated bloody strategy/game=== | | ===Islamic Republic of Iran's elaborated bloody strategy/game=== |
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