Just checking my news today and I found this from the AP in a story that was titled “Israeli troops kill 10 Palestinians“;
Israeli fire struck a Gaza City house, killing four people, including two militants and a 12-year-old boy, medics said. Five militants were killed in fighting with the Israelis in another outlying part of the city, Palestinians said.
In southern Gaza, an Islamic Jihad militant was killed in a clash with troops in the town of Khan Younis. Hospital officials said a total of 40 people were wounded by Israeli shells in Gaza City.
Two more Palestinians died in other violence. In Khan Younis, a Hamas militant was killed while mishandling explosives, and a senior Islamic Jihad member was killed in what Palestinians said was an airstrike. Israel, which usually acknowledges airstrikes, denied involvement.
Another Palestinian militant died from wounds sustained in an Israeli airstrike on Sunday, medical officials said.
So doesn’t anyone at AP have a Thesaurus? 5 uses of the same word in 4 paragraphs and seven sentences.
Oh and the story was misleading – the Israelis didn’t kill Palestinians – they killed those rabid dogs that travel in that pack called “Hamas’. And since the 12-year-old boy was killed along with two “militants”, what’s to say that 12-year-old boy didn’t have his militant days, too?
