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Originally Posted by Flames Fan, Ph.D.
All government sources are full of it. For me, anything the US says militarily, I discount as propaganda until there is independent verification. I have the same default stance for Israel's government claims, and ditto for any ruling party in Gaza / West Bank. This is why I have to chuckle when people cite government or military statements as proof.
Taken in that light, much of the claims in these wars have similar patterns. The intelligence behind the action is always "justified" and the action itself is always "surgical." The reality is usually far from both, and it is debatable whether collateral damage really and truly enters the calculation. We know that with US actions in the Middle East and Afghanistan, collateral damage has not been a hindrance.
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There is no freedom of press in Hamas' Gaza. Much of the "independent" news from the Gaza Strip is filtered through Hamas. Hamas gives the independent media stringers to supply them with photos.
I think it's fair of you to take any pro-government news source with a grain of salt, but that same discretion should be applied to all news sources in this conflict. Journalists aren't allowed to walk around freely in Gaza. The Israeli government will obviously always present facts in ways which best suits its own agenda.