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Israeli operation in Hebron displaces thousands after soldiers killed at checkpoint

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Israeli forces launched an operation in the West Bank city of Hebron after two Palestinian gunmen killed two Israeli soldiers at a checkpoint on Friday; the gunmen were also killed. Coverage reports that thousands of Palestinians have been forced from their homes. The Hebron municipality said 3,189 people had been displaced, while an earlier Al Jazeera report said more than 2,000. UN rights chief Volker Türk said the operation must end and raised concerns of ethnic cleansing, calling collective punishment a grave violation of international law. The operation came days before Israel’s general election on Tuesday.

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What happened

Key points

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  1. An Israeli military operation in Hebron followed a Friday attack in which two Palestinian gunmen killed two Israeli soldiers at a checkpoint; the gunmen were also killed.

    Reported byFar Left1Center2See the outletsHide the outlets
    Far Left
    Truthout
    Center
    France 24, Deutsche Welle

  2. Thousands of Palestinians have been forced from their homes in Hebron during the operation.

    Across the spectrumReported byFar Left1Left1Center2See the outletsHide the outlets
    Far Left
    Truthout
    Left
    Al Jazeera English
    Center
    France 24, Deutsche Welle

  3. The Hebron municipality said 3,189 people had been forced from their homes.

    One outletFrance 24· Center

  4. UN rights chief Volker Türk said the operation must end and raised concerns of ethnic cleansing.

    One side only: the centerReported byCenter2See the outletsHide the outlets
    Center
    France 24, Deutsche Welle

  5. The operation came days before Israel’s general election on Tuesday.

    Across the spectrumReported byFar Left1Left1Center2See the outletsHide the outlets
    Far Left
    Truthout
    Left
    Al Jazeera English
    Center
    France 24, Deutsche Welle

What is contested

Where accounts differ

Points the coverage does not agree on, and who says what.

  • Whether the displacement amounts to ethnic cleansing or collective punishment.

    The UN rights chief and Secretary General Guterres warn of ethnic cleansing and call the operation aggressive (France 24, Deutsche Welle). Truthout describes the operation as collective punishment. The supplied coverage has no Israeli government response to these characterizations.

  • The number of Palestinians displaced in Hebron.

    Al Jazeera reports more than 2,000, Truthout says over 3,000, and France 24 cites a Hebron municipality statement of 3,189. The figures come from different dates and sources.

How each side tells it

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All present sides report that an Israeli operation in Hebron displaced thousands after two soldiers were killed at a checkpoint. Left outlets stress Palestinian displacement and call it an assault or collective punishment, while center outlets lead with the UN’s ethnic cleansing warning.

  • the left

    2 outlets

    Headlines center Israel’s actions and the displacement of Palestinians, with Far Left Truthout going further by calling the operation an assault by Netanyahu tied to the election.

    Jerusalem Daily: Israel Loaded verb“expels”The verb presents forced displacement as a deliberate removal by the state, which goes beyond the reported fact that people were forced from their homes.More neutral: displacesDisagree with this highlight? thousands from Hebron
    Al Jazeera EnglishLeftAll left-leaning headlines

  • the center

    2 outlets

    Headlines lead with the UN’s warnings of ethnic cleansing and the operation’s scale rather than with the attack that preceded it.

    UN cites 'ethnic cleansing' concerns around Israel's Palestinian displacement operation in Hebron
    France 24CenterAll center headlines

  • the right

    No coverage yet

    No right-leaning outlet that Mantle follows has covered this story yet. That absence is part of the picture.

The words they chose

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  • Left3

    expelscarries out collective punishmentAssault

  • Center0

    No loaded words in its own voice.

  • Right

    Has not covered this story.

In the outlets’ own words

  • Loaded verb

    expelsMore neutral: displaces

    The verb presents forced displacement as a deliberate removal by the state, which goes beyond the reported fact that people were forced from their homes.

    Jerusalem Daily: Israel expels thousands from Hebron

    Used byAl Jazeera English (Left)

  • Absolutist framing

    carries out collective punishmentMore neutral: conducts an operation that the UN has called collective punishment

    The phrase presents a contested characterization of the operation as settled fact in the outlet’s own voice.

    …(Al-Khalil) since Friday, as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu carries out collective punishment in a bid to shore up support ahead of Israel’s elections on Tuesday.

    Used byTruthout (Far Left)

  • Sensational language

    AssaultMore neutral: operation

    The noun casts a military operation as an attack on the city’s population, a judgement the headline states without attribution.

    Netanyahu Extends Assault on Hebron Ahead of Israel’s Elections

    Used byTruthout (Far Left)

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Side by side

What each side leads with and what it leaves out. Open a side to read its headlines.

From the left

2 outlets

Leads with

  • forced displacement of Palestinians
  • Netanyahu and the election timing
  • collective punishment

Leaves out

  • the two Israeli soldiers killed at the checkpoint, not in Al Jazeera’s supplied text

Reported by other sides, not found in this side’s coverage.

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  • TruthoutFar Left

    Netanyahu Extends Sensational language“Assault”The noun casts a military operation as an attack on the city’s population, a judgement the headline states without attribution.More neutral: operationDisagree with this highlight? on Hebron Ahead of Israel’s Elections

    Israeli forces have displaced over 3,000 Palestinians from their homes in the West Bank city of Hebron since Friday.

    Read at Truthout (opens in a new tab)
  • Al Jazeera EnglishLeft

    Jerusalem Daily: Israel Loaded verb“expels”The verb presents forced displacement as a deliberate removal by the state, which goes beyond the reported fact that people were forced from their homes.More neutral: displacesDisagree with this highlight? thousands from Hebron

    More than 2,000 Palestinians have been forced from their homes in Hebron as Israel’s lockdown of the occupied West Bank stretches beyond 50 hours, with the sweeping military operation unfolding just days before Israel’s elections. Al Jazeera’s Nour Hegazy has the latest.

    Read at Al Jazeera English (opens in a new tab)

From the center

2 outlets

Leads with

  • UN rights chief’s statements
  • ethnic cleansing concerns
  • scale of displacement

Leaves out

  • Finance Minister Smotrich’s role in ordering the Farsh al-Hawa destruction

Reported by other sides, not found in this side’s coverage.

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  • Deutsche WelleCenter

    UN sounds the alarm over Israel's West Bank military operation

    The UN has sounded the alarm on Israeli action in the West Bank city of Hebron after hundreds of families were displaced at the weekend. Israel has ordered the military to demolish homes after soldiers were killed there.

    Read at Deutsche Welle (opens in a new tab)
  • France 24Center

    UN cites 'ethnic cleansing' concerns around Israel's Palestinian displacement operation in Hebron

    The United Nations on Monday raised "ethnic cleansing" concerns following Israel's operation to displace by force more than 3,000 Palestinians from their homes in Hebron in the West Bank after two Palestinian gunmen killed two Israeli soldiers at a checkpoint near the city on …

    Read at France 24 (opens in a new tab)

From the right

0 outlets

No right-leaning outlet that Mantle follows has covered this story yet. That absence is part of the picture.

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Who reported it when

How the coverage built up

  • Left

    First to report

    Al Jazeera English, Oct 25, 1:12 PM EDT

  • Center

    1 day later

    Its first report, Oct 26, 1:59 PM EDT

  • Right

    No report yet

    From the outlets Mantle follows

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  1. Al Jazeera EnglishLeftOct 25, 1:12 PM EDT
  2. France 24CenterOct 26, 1:59 PM EDT
  3. Deutsche WelleCenterOct 26, 4:56 PM EDT
  4. TruthoutFar LeftOct 26, 5:04 PM EDT

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