Here is a Tweet sent by the BBC’s correspondent in the Gaza Strip, Rushdi Abualouf, on January 13th.
As can be seen from the wording of the Tweet, that version of the story came from Hamas sources and was obviously not verified before it was disseminated.
“One man was killed in the strike and three more were injured, according to Hamas, which claimed the attack came not from an aircraft, but from an Israel Navy ship.”
The incident received no further coverage from the BBC.
“The Israel Air Force attacked a terror cell in the northern Gaza Strip on Wednesday morning, in a joint operation with the Shin Bet.
Members of the terror cell were planting explosives on the border fence, which they were planning on setting off near an IDF patrol.
The Palestinians reported one killed, 31-year-old Musa Za’aytar, and three others wounded in the attack, their condition currently unknown. The Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, a militant group affiliated with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah group, later identified the deceased as a member, saying he was targeted while planting explosives.”
Whilst the terror cell’s affiliations are not clear, as far as the BBC is concerned this Palestinian fatality will join the many others which are opaquely described as having come about “in clashes with Israeli forces”.
