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A 'partial tactical flaw', says a Hezbollah MP; a 'catastrophe', say the party's Lebanese rivals

Hezbollah's leader and one of its MPs have defended the party's record in the war, and three rival politicians answered them on the same day. In the reports we hold, Hezbollah's words reach readers only through outlets that argue against it.

جعجع لقاسم: مقاومتكم أدت إلى عكس ما تدّعون
جعجع لقاسم: مقاومتكم أدت إلى عكس ما تدّعون as published by LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) · seen at LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International)
Levant & Iran Lebanon Israel Iran

The dispute. Hezbollah has reviewed its war with Israel. Its opponents reject what the review concludes. Both sides are arguing about one question: was the damage a small mistake, or the result of the choices the party made?

Who What they said Carried by
Mohammad Raad, head of Hezbollah's bloc in parliament The losses and breaches were "no more than a partial tactical flaw" An-Nahar (opinion column)
Naim Qassem, Hezbollah secretary-general When holding a place gets too costly, fighters "withdraw to other places" An-Nahar
Samir Geagea, Lebanese Forces "Your resistance led to the opposite of what you claim" LBCI
Geagea and Sami Gemayel, Kataeb A "catastrophe", and weapons serving "Iranian aims" Al-Modon (headline)
Fouad Makhzoumi, MP Hezbollah took the state's decision and "mortgaged it to Iran" LBCI

The toll. An-Nahar's column says the war caused "more than 10,000" deaths. It does not say who counted them or what the figure includes. No other report we hold gives a figure.

Whose voice. Four of the six reports we hold lead with a rival's rebuttal, and LBCI ran its Geagea story twice. Only one report quotes Qassem directly, and it then argues against him. An-Nahar says people in the south were angered by Raad's words, but it names and quotes none of them. We hold no report from Al-Manar, Hezbollah's own channel.

Not settled. No second report carries Raad's exact words. An-Nahar suggests there may have been "an implicit indirect agreement" with Israel over the loss of Ali al-Taher hill. That is the column's own suggestion, and nothing we hold confirms it. We also cannot say why An-Nahar expects "hot weeks" in October.

What this is about. This is a fight among Lebanon's politicians over whether Hezbollah should keep its weapons, now that the party has reviewed a war that went badly for it.

How it got here. Hezbollah is a Shia Islamist party and armed movement. It was founded in the 1980s with backing from Iran. It sits in Lebanon's parliament and keeps a force outside the control of the Lebanese army. On 8 October 2023, the day after the Hamas-led attacks on Israel, Hezbollah began firing into Israel. It said it was acting in support of Gaza. The cross-border fighting grew into a full war in autumn 2024. Israel killed Hassan Nasrallah, Hezbollah's leader, in Beirut's southern suburbs in late September 2024. Weeks later it killed his expected successor, Hashem Safieddine. Naim Qassem became secretary-general. A ceasefire in November 2024 required Hezbollah to pull back from the border. The Lebanese army was to deploy in its place. In 2025 Lebanon elected a new president, Joseph Aoun, the former army chief. His government set the goal of bringing all weapons under the state. An-Nahar's reports describe fighting since then: villages occupied, positions lost, and talks with Israel under pressure.

The actors. Hezbollah and its MPs defend the decision to open the front in 2023. The Lebanese Forces, led by Samir Geagea, and the Kataeb, led by Sami Gemayel, are mainly Christian parties that have long opposed Hezbollah's weapons. Fouad Makhzoumi is a Beirut MP who takes the same position. Iran is Hezbollah's main backer. Israel is the party on the other side of the war.

What is at stake. The question is whether Lebanon's state will hold the only army in the country. It is also whether Lebanon's fate stays tied to Iran's confrontation with the United States and Israel. The UN peacekeeping force in the south, UNIFIL, is due to end its mission, so who controls the border will matter more.

Where it stands. Qassem has called for talks. According to An-Nahar, he has set conditions the government would have to meet first, including reversing its decisions.

What is being argued about

  • Whether Hezbollah's losses were a small tactical error or the result of its strategy
  • Whether Hezbollah's weapons serve Lebanon or Iran
  • A death toll that one report gives with no source
  • The terms Qassem has set for talks with the government
One war, two descriptionsSide by side
WhoTheir word for the lossesCarried byQuoted directly?
Mohammad Raad (Hezbollah)'a partial tactical flaw'An-NaharParaphrased in an opinion column
Naim Qassem (Hezbollah)fighters 'withdraw to other places' when costs riseAn-NaharYes
Samir Geagea (Lebanese Forces)'the opposite of what you claim'LBCIYes, in the headline
Geagea and Sami Gemayel (Kataeb)'catastrophe'; weapons for 'Iranian aims'Al-Modon'catastrophe' in quotation marks; the Iran charge without them
Fouad Makhzoumi (MP)decision 'mortgaged to Iran'LBCIYes, in the headline
Hezbollah's words here come only from An-Nahar, which argues against them. We hold no report from Hezbollah's own outlets.
Sources An-Nahar
Centre estimate · not a score
An-Nahar 🇱🇧LB · newspaper · independent ماذا لو كان "الخلل التكتيكي" أكبر من الجزء؟ Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at An-Nahar → What we have measured Accused named the accused is named and his age is given ×1Accused named names the accused and gives his age ×1A contested finding relayed with the case still the prime minister's claim carried, with the court proceedings noted in the same sentence ×1Active voice and a toll in the background paragraph, the July strikes get named actors and counted dead — the only counted dead in this story ×1 from 10777 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International)
Centre estimate · not a score
LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) 🇱🇧LB · TV/radio · independent جعجع لقاسم: مقاومتكم أدت إلى عكس ما تدّعون Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) → What we have measured Active voice, actor named the Israeli army carried out the detonation ×1Actor framing Tehran calls the meeting. Iraq is the only other state named. ×1Actor left unnamed the strike in Iraqi waters has no one named as firing it — the source is "unknown" ×1Actor named names Israel as the one striking ×1 from 8159 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International)
Centre estimate · not a score
LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) 🇱🇧LB · TV/radio · independent مخزومي لنعيم قاسم: لن نقبل بأن تنصّبوا أنفسكم أوصياء على الجمهورية وأنتم من صادر قرارها ورهنه لإيران Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) → What we have measured Active voice, actor named the Israeli army carried out the detonation ×1Actor framing Tehran calls the meeting. Iraq is the only other state named. ×1Actor left unnamed the strike in Iraqi waters has no one named as firing it — the source is "unknown" ×1Actor named names Israel as the one striking ×1 from 8159 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → A Al-Modon
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Al-Modon 🇱🇧LB · digital · جعجع والجميّل يهاجمان قاسم: "فاجعة" وسلاحكم لأهداف إيرانية Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Al-Modon → What we have measured Actor left unnamed a man is killed by an air strike in the headline with nobody named as striking; shelling and demolitions simply "continue" ×1Actor named The Israeli army is named as the shooter. ×1Actor named, action nominalised Israeli escalation is named but arrives as a wave, not as a doer ×1Affected people The only report that looks at people in the south: the explosions, the fear and the displacement. ×1 from 3381 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
How the replies came in on 28 SeptemberTimeline
  1. 2026-09-2810:26 published time of the report Al-Modon Geagea and Gemayel attack Qassem: 'catastrophe'President Aoun receives Gemayel
  2. 2026-09-2812:45 published time of the report LBCI Makhzoumi: Hezbollah 'mortgaged' the state's decision to IranNone
  3. 2026-09-2812:50 published time of the report An-Nahar Warns of hot weeks in October after Qassem's 'wooden' speechNone
  4. 2026-09-2813:37 published time of the report An-Nahar Column quotes Raad's 'partial tactical flaw' and Qassem on the withdrawal more than 10,000 dead, no source givenNone
  5. 2026-09-2813:44 published time of the report LBCI Geagea: 'your resistance led to the opposite of what you claim'LBCI ran it twice
Times are publication times in UTC.
Sources A Al-Modon
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Al-Modon 🇱🇧LB · digital · جعجع والجميّل يهاجمان قاسم: "فاجعة" وسلاحكم لأهداف إيرانية Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Al-Modon → What we have measured Actor left unnamed a man is killed by an air strike in the headline with nobody named as striking; shelling and demolitions simply "continue" ×1Actor named The Israeli army is named as the shooter. ×1Actor named, action nominalised Israeli escalation is named but arrives as a wave, not as a doer ×1Affected people The only report that looks at people in the south: the explosions, the fear and the displacement. ×1 from 3381 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International)
Centre estimate · not a score
LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) 🇱🇧LB · TV/radio · independent مخزومي لنعيم قاسم: لن نقبل بأن تنصّبوا أنفسكم أوصياء على الجمهورية وأنتم من صادر قرارها ورهنه لإيران Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) → What we have measured Active voice, actor named the Israeli army carried out the detonation ×1Actor framing Tehran calls the meeting. Iraq is the only other state named. ×1Actor left unnamed the strike in Iraqi waters has no one named as firing it — the source is "unknown" ×1Actor named names Israel as the one striking ×1 from 8159 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → An-Nahar
Centre estimate · not a score
An-Nahar 🇱🇧LB · newspaper · independent لهذه الأسباب... إحذروا الأسابيع الآتية! Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at An-Nahar → What we have measured Accused named the accused is named and his age is given ×1Accused named names the accused and gives his age ×1A contested finding relayed with the case still the prime minister's claim carried, with the court proceedings noted in the same sentence ×1Active voice and a toll in the background paragraph, the July strikes get named actors and counted dead — the only counted dead in this story ×1 from 10777 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → An-Nahar
Centre estimate · not a score
An-Nahar 🇱🇧LB · newspaper · independent ماذا لو كان "الخلل التكتيكي" أكبر من الجزء؟ Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at An-Nahar → What we have measured Accused named the accused is named and his age is given ×1Accused named names the accused and gives his age ×1A contested finding relayed with the case still the prime minister's claim carried, with the court proceedings noted in the same sentence ×1Active voice and a toll in the background paragraph, the July strikes get named actors and counted dead — the only counted dead in this story ×1 from 10777 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International)
Centre estimate · not a score
LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) 🇱🇧LB · TV/radio · independent جعجع لقاسم: مقاومتكم أدت إلى عكس ما تدّعون Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) → What we have measured Active voice, actor named the Israeli army carried out the detonation ×1Actor framing Tehran calls the meeting. Iraq is the only other state named. ×1Actor left unnamed the strike in Iraqi waters has no one named as firing it — the source is "unknown" ×1Actor named names Israel as the one striking ×1 from 8159 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International)
Centre estimate · not a score
LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) 🇱🇧LB · TV/radio · independent جعجع لقاسم: مقاومتكم أدت إلى عكس ما تدّعون Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) → What we have measured Active voice, actor named the Israeli army carried out the detonation ×1Actor framing Tehran calls the meeting. Iraq is the only other state named. ×1Actor left unnamed the strike in Iraqi waters has no one named as firing it — the source is "unknown" ×1Actor named names Israel as the one striking ×1 from 8159 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
The bias in this coverageBias

Hezbollah heard mostly through its rivals

Four of six reports lead with a rival's rebuttal. Only one quotes Qassem's own words on the withdrawal. The one death toll given, more than 10,000, has no source.

6 reports on the event 4 reports leading with a rival's rebuttal 1 reports quoting Hezbollah's leader directly 0 death tolls given with a source
Scored without the mastheads. Where the two passes differ, both are kept.
Sources An-Nahar
Centre estimate · not a score
An-Nahar 🇱🇧LB · newspaper · independent ماذا لو كان "الخلل التكتيكي" أكبر من الجزء؟ Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at An-Nahar → What we have measured Accused named the accused is named and his age is given ×1Accused named names the accused and gives his age ×1A contested finding relayed with the case still the prime minister's claim carried, with the court proceedings noted in the same sentence ×1Active voice and a toll in the background paragraph, the July strikes get named actors and counted dead — the only counted dead in this story ×1 from 10777 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International)
Centre estimate · not a score
LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) 🇱🇧LB · TV/radio · independent جعجع لقاسم: مقاومتكم أدت إلى عكس ما تدّعون Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) → What we have measured Active voice, actor named the Israeli army carried out the detonation ×1Actor framing Tehran calls the meeting. Iraq is the only other state named. ×1Actor left unnamed the strike in Iraqi waters has no one named as firing it — the source is "unknown" ×1Actor named names Israel as the one striking ×1 from 8159 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International)
Centre estimate · not a score
LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) 🇱🇧LB · TV/radio · independent جعجع لقاسم: مقاومتكم أدت إلى عكس ما تدّعون Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) → What we have measured Active voice, actor named the Israeli army carried out the detonation ×1Actor framing Tehran calls the meeting. Iraq is the only other state named. ×1Actor left unnamed the strike in Iraqi waters has no one named as firing it — the source is "unknown" ×1Actor named names Israel as the one striking ×1 from 8159 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International)
Centre estimate · not a score
LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) 🇱🇧LB · TV/radio · independent مخزومي لنعيم قاسم: لن نقبل بأن تنصّبوا أنفسكم أوصياء على الجمهورية وأنتم من صادر قرارها ورهنه لإيران Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) → What we have measured Active voice, actor named the Israeli army carried out the detonation ×1Actor framing Tehran calls the meeting. Iraq is the only other state named. ×1Actor left unnamed the strike in Iraqi waters has no one named as firing it — the source is "unknown" ×1Actor named names Israel as the one striking ×1 from 8159 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → A Al-Modon
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Al-Modon 🇱🇧LB · digital · جعجع والجميّل يهاجمان قاسم: "فاجعة" وسلاحكم لأهداف إيرانية Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Al-Modon → What we have measured Actor left unnamed a man is killed by an air strike in the headline with nobody named as striking; shelling and demolitions simply "continue" ×1Actor named The Israeli army is named as the shooter. ×1Actor named, action nominalised Israeli escalation is named but arrives as a wave, not as a doer ×1Affected people The only report that looks at people in the south: the explosions, the fear and the displacement. ×1 from 3381 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → An-Nahar
Centre estimate · not a score
An-Nahar 🇱🇧LB · newspaper · independent لهذه الأسباب... إحذروا الأسابيع الآتية! Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at An-Nahar → What we have measured Accused named the accused is named and his age is given ×1Accused named names the accused and gives his age ×1A contested finding relayed with the case still the prime minister's claim carried, with the court proceedings noted in the same sentence ×1Active voice and a toll in the background paragraph, the July strikes get named actors and counted dead — the only counted dead in this story ×1 from 10777 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →

Claims and verdicts

unverified The war cost Lebanon more than 10,000 dead.
An-Nahar's column gives the figure without saying who counted it or what it counts. No other report we hold gives a toll.
Checked against 1 source:
An-Nahar
Centre estimate · not a score
An-Nahar 🇱🇧LB · newspaper · independent ماذا لو كان "الخلل التكتيكي" أكبر من الجزء؟ Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at An-Nahar → What we have measured Accused named the accused is named and his age is given ×1Accused named names the accused and gives his age ×1A contested finding relayed with the case still the prime minister's claim carried, with the court proceedings noted in the same sentence ×1Active voice and a toll in the background paragraph, the July strikes get named actors and counted dead — the only counted dead in this story ×1 from 10777 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
unverified Hezbollah MP Mohammad Raad described the party's losses and breaches as no more than 'a partial tactical flaw'.
Only An-Nahar quotes Raad's words, in an opinion column. None of the other reports we hold carries the quote.
Checked against 1 source:
An-Nahar
Centre estimate · not a score
An-Nahar 🇱🇧LB · newspaper · independent ماذا لو كان "الخلل التكتيكي" أكبر من الجزء؟ Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at An-Nahar → What we have measured Accused named the accused is named and his age is given ×1Accused named names the accused and gives his age ×1A contested finding relayed with the case still the prime minister's claim carried, with the court proceedings noted in the same sentence ×1Active voice and a toll in the background paragraph, the July strikes get named actors and counted dead — the only counted dead in this story ×1 from 10777 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
true Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea publicly rebutted Naim Qassem, saying Hezbollah's resistance achieved the opposite of what it claims.
LBCI carries Geagea's statement in reply to Qassem, and Al-Modon's headline separately reports Geagea and Sami Gemayel attacking Qassem. No report we hold contradicts it.
Checked against 3 sources:
LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International)
Centre estimate · not a score
LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) 🇱🇧LB · TV/radio · independent جعجع لقاسم: مقاومتكم أدت إلى عكس ما تدّعون Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) → What we have measured Active voice, actor named the Israeli army carried out the detonation ×1Actor framing Tehran calls the meeting. Iraq is the only other state named. ×1Actor left unnamed the strike in Iraqi waters has no one named as firing it — the source is "unknown" ×1Actor named names Israel as the one striking ×1 from 8159 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International)
Centre estimate · not a score
LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) 🇱🇧LB · TV/radio · independent جعجع لقاسم: مقاومتكم أدت إلى عكس ما تدّعون Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) → What we have measured Active voice, actor named the Israeli army carried out the detonation ×1Actor framing Tehran calls the meeting. Iraq is the only other state named. ×1Actor left unnamed the strike in Iraqi waters has no one named as firing it — the source is "unknown" ×1Actor named names Israel as the one striking ×1 from 8159 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → A Al-Modon
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Al-Modon 🇱🇧LB · digital · جعجع والجميّل يهاجمان قاسم: "فاجعة" وسلاحكم لأهداف إيرانية Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Al-Modon → What we have measured Actor left unnamed a man is killed by an air strike in the headline with nobody named as striking; shelling and demolitions simply "continue" ×1Actor named The Israeli army is named as the shooter. ×1Actor named, action nominalised Israeli escalation is named but arrives as a wave, not as a doer ×1Affected people The only report that looks at people in the south: the explosions, the fear and the displacement. ×1 from 3381 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →

Who wrote it

غ غسان حجار An-Nahar
What the bias passes found in their reporting
Affected unnamed People in the south are cited as a group. None is named or quoted.×1
Opponent quoted in own words Qassem's reason for the retreat is quoted directly before the piece argues against it.×1
Unsourced figure Gives a death toll of more than 10,000 in its own voice, with no source for the count.×1
Unsourced figure Gives a toll of more than 10,000 dead with no source.×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
2 unverified
From 19 reports we hold under this byline, at An-Nahar. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating. Their full record →
ا المدن - سياسة Al-Modon
What the bias passes found in their reporting
Actor left unnamed a man is killed by an air strike in the headline with nobody named as striking; shelling and demolitions simply "continue"×1
Actor named, action nominalised Israeli escalation is named but arrives as a wave, not as a doer×1
Asserted vs attributed The rivals' word 'catastrophe' is quoted, and so attributed. The weapons-for-Iran charge stands in the same headline without quotation marks.×1
Critic leads The headline carries the charge that Hezbollah's weapons serve Iranian aims.×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
1 false6 unverified2 true
From 489 reports we hold under this byline, at Al-Modon. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating. Their full record →
The bylines on the reports this story is built from. Hover one for what our passes have measured on their reporting. · 4 reports we hold carry no byline — we do not invent one.

Coverage, outlet by outlet

LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International)
Centre estimate · not a score
LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) 🇱🇧LB · TV/radio · independent جعجع لقاسم: مقاومتكم أدت إلى عكس ما تدّعون Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) → What we have measured Active voice, actor named the Israeli army carried out the detonation ×1Actor framing Tehran calls the meeting. Iraq is the only other state named. ×1Actor left unnamed the strike in Iraqi waters has no one named as firing it — the source is "unknown" ×1Actor named names Israel as the one striking ×1 from 8159 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
ردّ رئيس حزب "القوات اللبنانية" سمير جعجع في بيان، على كلام الأمين العام لحزب الله الشيخ...
Read it at LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) → https://www.lbcgroup.tv/news/lebanon/960158/title/ar?src=rss&utm_source…
LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International)
Centre estimate · not a score
LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) 🇱🇧LB · TV/radio · independent جعجع لقاسم: مقاومتكم أدت إلى عكس ما تدّعون Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) → What we have measured Active voice, actor named the Israeli army carried out the detonation ×1Actor framing Tehran calls the meeting. Iraq is the only other state named. ×1Actor left unnamed the strike in Iraqi waters has no one named as firing it — the source is "unknown" ×1Actor named names Israel as the one striking ×1 from 8159 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
Geagea replies to Qassem in a statement: 'your resistance led to the opposite of what you claim'.
ردّ رئيس حزب "القوات اللبنانية" سمير جعجع في بيان، على كلام الأمين العام لحزب الله الشيخ...
Read it at LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) → https://www.lbcgroup.tv/news/lebanon/960158/%d8%ac%d8%b9%d8%ac%d8%b9-%d…
An-Nahar
Centre estimate · not a score
An-Nahar 🇱🇧LB · newspaper · independent ماذا لو كان "الخلل التكتيكي" أكبر من الجزء؟ Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at An-Nahar → What we have measured Accused named the accused is named and his age is given ×1Accused named names the accused and gives his age ×1A contested finding relayed with the case still the prime minister's claim carried, with the court proceedings noted in the same sentence ×1Active voice and a toll in the background paragraph, the July strikes get named actors and counted dead — the only counted dead in this story ×1 from 10777 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
The only report that quotes Qassem and Raad directly. It is an opinion column, and it argues against both men. It gives the only toll we hold, 'more than 10,000' dead, with no source, and it raises the possibility of an
برر الأمين العام لـحزب الله الشيخ نعيم قاسم خسارة حزبه مرتفع علي الطاهر ومواقع أخرى، سواء بالتقهقر أو باتفاق ضمني غير مباشر بين الحزب وإسرائيل، إذ لم تنشر الأخيرة صوراً لمقاتلين سقطوا في المعركة، ولا لأنفاق حقيقية بالغة الأهمية العسكرية، ما يدفع إلى شكوك في الانتصارات والخسائر الوهمية.وقال قاسم: عندما تصعب المحافظة على المكان وترتفع التكاليف يتراجع المقاومون إلى أماكن أخرى. التبرير منطقي، وإلا يتحوّل الصمود انتحاراً. ولكن حتى الانسحاب يثير التساؤلات عن الطريق التي سلكها المقاتلون سالمين.وفيما يقرّ قاسم بنوع مخفّف من الهزيمة، أو التحرك التكتيكي، كان رئيس كتلة الوفاء للمقاومة (نواب الحزب) النائب
Unsourced figure: Gives a death toll of more than 10,000 in its own voice, with no source for the count. — “وهذا الجزء أدى إلى وقوع أكثر من 10 آلاف ضحية”
Voice claimed not quoted: Invokes southern residents' anger but quotes no resident. — “صحيح أن كلام رعد قوبل بسخط واسع بين العديد من اللبنانيين”
Whose voice: The only report that quotes Hezbollah's leader directly on the withdrawal, and then rebuts him. — “عندما تصعب المحافظة على المكان وترتفع التكاليف يتراجع المقاومون إلى أماكن أخرى”
Unsourced figure: Gives a toll of more than 10,000 dead with no source. — “وهذا الجزء أدى إلى وقوع أكثر من 10 آلاف ضحية”
Opponent quoted in own words: Qassem's reason for the retreat is quoted directly before the piece argues against it. — “عندما تصعب المحافظة على المكان وترتفع التكاليف يتراجع المقاومون إلى أماكن أخرى”
Affected unnamed: People in the south are cited as a group. None is named or quoted. — “استنكر ناشطون ومواطنون اختزال الدمار الهائل”
Read it at An-Nahar → https://www.annahar.com/articles/annahar-writers/352190/ماذا-لو-كان-الخ…
An-Nahar
Centre estimate · not a score
An-Nahar 🇱🇧LB · newspaper · independent لهذه الأسباب... إحذروا الأسابيع الآتية! Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at An-Nahar → What we have measured Accused named the accused is named and his age is given ×1Accused named names the accused and gives his age ×1A contested finding relayed with the case still the prime minister's claim carried, with the court proceedings noted in the same sentence ×1Active voice and a toll in the background paragraph, the July strikes get named actors and counted dead — the only counted dead in this story ×1 from 10777 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
Warns of hot weeks ahead in October and calls Qassem's speech 'wooden' in the paper's own voice.
Evaluative label: Calls Qassem's speech 'wooden' in its own voice, with no attribution. — “بعد الخطاب الخشبي لنعيم قاسم”
Outlet voice judgement: Calls Qassem's address a 'wooden speech' in the report's own voice. — “الخطاب الخشبي لنعيم قاسم”
Read it at An-Nahar → https://www.annahar.com/lebanon/352180/لهذه-الأسباب-إحذروا-الأسابيع-الت…
LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International)
Centre estimate · not a score
LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) 🇱🇧LB · TV/radio · independent مخزومي لنعيم قاسم: لن نقبل بأن تنصّبوا أنفسكم أوصياء على الجمهورية وأنتم من صادر قرارها ورهنه لإيران Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) → What we have measured Active voice, actor named the Israeli army carried out the detonation ×1Actor framing Tehran calls the meeting. Iraq is the only other state named. ×1Actor left unnamed the strike in Iraqi waters has no one named as firing it — the source is "unknown" ×1Actor named names Israel as the one striking ×1 from 8159 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
Makhzoumi tells Qassem that Hezbollah will not be allowed to act as 'guardian' of a republic whose decision it 'mortgaged to Iran'.
ردّ النائب فؤاد مخزومي على الأمين العام لحزب الله الشيخ نعيم قاسم، قائلا عبر حسابه على...
Whose voice: The headline is entirely a rival MP's rebuttal. Qassem's words are not given. — “لن نقبل بأن تنصّبوا أنفسكم أوصياء على الجمهورية وأنتم من صادر قرارها ورهنه لإيران”
Critic leads: The headline is the critic's accusation that Hezbollah handed the state's decisions to Iran. — “لن نقبل بأن تنصّبوا أنفسكم أوصياء على الجمهورية وأنتم من صادر قرارها ورهنه لإيران”
Read it at LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) → https://www.lbcgroup.tv/news/lebanon/960137/%d9%85%d8%ae%d8%b2%d9%88%d9…
A Al-Modon
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Al-Modon 🇱🇧LB · digital · جعجع والجميّل يهاجمان قاسم: "فاجعة" وسلاحكم لأهداف إيرانية Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Al-Modon → What we have measured Actor left unnamed a man is killed by an air strike in the headline with nobody named as striking; shelling and demolitions simply "continue" ×1Actor named The Israeli army is named as the shooter. ×1Actor named, action nominalised Israeli escalation is named but arrives as a wave, not as a doer ×1Affected people The only report that looks at people in the south: the explosions, the fear and the displacement. ×1 from 3381 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → —
The only report that puts Gemayel beside Geagea. Its headline quotes 'catastrophe' but gives the charge about Iranian aims without quotation marks. It also says President Aoun received Gemayel.
حجم الخط مشاركة عبر استقبل رئيس الجمهورية العماد جوزاف عون، رئيس حزب "الكتائب اللبنانية" النائب سامي الجميّل في قصر بعبدا. وإثر اللقاء أكد الجميّل أنّ "اللبنانيين والدولة يقررون ما إذا كانوا يريدون المواجهة أم لا، وليس الأمين العام لحزب الله الشيخ نعيم قاسم من يقرر ذلك"، واصفاً كلام قاسم بـ"الفاجعة". وتابع بالقول: "يسألون: أين الدولة؟ الدولة تحاول اليوم إنقاذ البلد بعد 35 عاماً من حكم حزب الله وحلفائه". وإذ أشار الجميّل إلى أنّ "الرئيس عون "عندو صبر أيوب" بالرغم من كل حملات التخوين التي يتعرض لها"، قال إنّه "نشعر من جديد أن لبنان الرسمي عاد بعد 35 سنة ليتحمل مسؤولياته تجاه اللبنانيين وهذا أمر
Asserted vs attributed: The rivals' word 'catastrophe' is quoted, and so attributed. The weapons-for-Iran charge stands in the same headline without quotation marks. — “جعجع والجميّل يهاجمان قاسم: "فاجعة" وسلاحكم لأهداف إيرانية”
Critic leads: The headline carries the charge that Hezbollah's weapons serve Iranian aims. — “وسلاحكم لأهداف إيرانية”
Read it at Al-Modon → https://www.almodon.com/politics/2026/09/28/%D8%AC%D8%B9%D8%AC%D8%B9-%D…
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Haaretz
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Haaretz 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured A previous framing corrected the twelve-country statement described as ambiguously worded ×1Asserted flat The report states as fact that barring Arab parties is a standing ritual. ×1Asserted flat The report says ethnicity explains the different outcomes, in its own voice. ×1Asserted in the report's own voice Parties are characterised by what they are said to promise, unattributed, and the headline calls the result frightening. ×1 from 1936 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Palestine TV · Palestinian Broadcasting Corporation
State / loyalist estimate · not a score
Palestine TV · Palestinian Broadcasting Corporation 🇵🇸PS · TV/radio · state-controlled No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Asserted versus attributed recognition itself stated as fact ×1Attribution 'historic' attributed to the Palestinian ambassador ×1Dead counted, not named two dead are counted as 'citizens' and none are named; the wounded are not counted ×1Dead named Gives the dead man's full name and age. ×1 from 766 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → IRNA (Islamic Republic News Agency)
State / loyalist estimate · not a score
IRNA (Islamic Republic News Agency) 🇮🇷IR · state agency · state-controlled No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured A contested word in the headline "illegal" is a Chinese spokesperson's characterisation, carried unmarked in the headline ×1A contested word taken as the report's own "illegal" appears in the headline without quotation marks or attribution to the speaker ×1Acted upon, never acting police are named as acting; whoever hoarded a billion toman of staples is not named at all ×1Actor label The Houthi-run authority is called Yemen's transport ministry. ×1 from 15038 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Ynet
Centre estimate · not a score
Ynet 🇮🇱IL · digital · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured A claim in the headline that the other reports very close to deciding the regime appears in one report only ×1Active voice The killers are the subject of the verbs 'beat' and 'burned'. ×1Active voice The killers are named as acting ×1Army's term, attributed the army names the target of its strikes, and no one on the other side is quoted ×1 from 2684 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → North Press Agency
Centre estimate · not a score
North Press Agency 🇸🇾SY · wire · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Attribution the damage list is carried in full, attributed to the side claiming it ×1Single official source Uses the Saudi Press Agency's account: 'bilateral relations', with no mention of reconstruction or money. ×1What is at stake presents the stakes as trade and energy security; no ship, crew or price is counted ×1Which line is led with led by the legal instrument, naming the Security Council resolution by number ×1 from 1169 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Shargh
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Shargh 🇮🇷IR · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured A count with its base both days given, and the data called preliminary ×1Actor named as a state the attack is Yemen's, not the Houthis' ×1A different actor does the asking Pakistan's army chief, not Beijing, is the one asking Tehran to use its influence, on the word of unnamed Pakistani government sources. ×1'aggression' in the narration The US campaign is called aggression in the report's own narration, which it credits to Al-Ahram's account of the call. ×1 from 10199 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Al-Monitor
Centre estimate · not a score
Al-Monitor 🇺🇸US/ME · digital · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Actor from anonymous officials Puts the IRGC at the trigger in a sentence sourc ×1Actor named Names the Director-General as the one who requested the dismissal ×1Actor named names Trump as the one who began the war, with Israel ×1Actor named names Israel as the actor in its military actions against the Palestinians ×1 from 1566 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Tehran Times
State / loyalist estimate · not a score
Tehran Times 🇮🇷IR · newspaper · state-controlled No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Asserted vs attributed headline states the seizure flat; the body attributes it to the claimant ×1Attribution the toll is attributed to a body that is described but not named ×1Headline against body headline states the seizure flat; the body attributes it to the IRGC ×1How the objectors are framed opposition is described as protesters speaking for civilians ×1 from 1753 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Al Jazeera English
Centre estimate · not a score
Al Jazeera English 🇶🇦QA · TV/radio · state-funded international No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Accusation attributed Cuba's charge is attributed to its foreign minister, not stated as fact ×1Actor named The headline names Israel as the actor and gives a count of three that includes a child. ×1Agency No actor is named for the detentions. The raids, not the soldiers, 'left' the town in lockdown ×1Agency Names Israel as the actor in the headline, in active voice ×1 from 4959 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
Silence is recorded, not inferred — each of these was read when we built this story and carried nothing on this event.
We could not read these
K Kan · Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation
Centre estimate · not a score
Kan · Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation 🇮🇱IL · public broadcaster · public-service No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times → The Times of Israel
Centre estimate · not a score
The Times of Israel 🇮🇱IL · digital · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Actorless in own voice The killing is passive with no shooter in the se ×1Headline carries the purpose The livestock and the army's reason are in the h ×1Headline frame The headline carries the military's word for the ×1Military words carried whole Both the label for the dead and the phrase for t ×1 from 149 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → A Al-Sabaah
State / loyalist estimate · not a score
Al-Sabaah 🇮🇶IQ · newspaper · state-controlled No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times → Ma'an News Agency
Centre estimate · not a score
Ma'an News Agency 🇵🇸PS · digital · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times → Al Rai
State / loyalist estimate · not a score
Al Rai 🇯🇴JO · newspaper · state-controlled No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times → Al-Mada
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Al-Mada 🇮🇶IQ · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times → WAFA · Palestinian News & Information Agency
State / loyalist estimate · not a score
WAFA · Palestinian News & Information Agency 🇵🇸PS · state agency · state-controlled No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times → SANA (Syrian Arab News Agency)
State / loyalist estimate · not a score
SANA (Syrian Arab News Agency) 🇸🇾SY · state agency · state-controlled No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times → Al-Manar
State-owned, sometimes critical estimate · not a score
Al-Manar 🇱🇧LB · TV/radio · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times → Galei Tzahal (Army Radio)
State / loyalist estimate · not a score
Galei Tzahal (Army Radio) 🇮🇱IL · TV/radio · state-controlled No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times → Middle East Eye
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Middle East Eye 🇬🇧UK · digital · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured How hard the claim is stated Its own body says the investigators did not attribute the network to the Emirati state — the qualification its headline drops. ×1How hard the claim is stated The body withdraws in one line the attribution its own headline makes ×1How deeply it is sourced Cites its own past reporting as the evidence for the claim in its own headline, and calls the evidence widespread in its own voice ×1How deeply it is sourced Offers its own past reporting as the evidence supporting the claim in its headline, inside the same sentence that carries the denial. ×1 from 125 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Ammon News
Centre estimate · not a score
Ammon News 🇯🇴JO · digital · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times →
These are must-cite outlets for this desk that we did not manage to read when we built this story. That is a gap in our reach, not a silence on their part, and it is not evidence of anything about this story.

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