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An-Nahar puts the bridge's ruin in 'the last war'; LBCI logs Israeli shelling the same day

On 4 October Lebanon began a stop-gap crossing for a bridge destroyed in what An-Nahar calls "the last war". Within two hours, LBCI logged shelling, blasts and burned homes in the Nabatieh and Tyre districts. No report we hold counts anyone killed or hurt.

Life on the edge of Israel’s occupation in southern Lebanon
Life on the edge of Israel’s occupation in southern Lebanon as published by Mondoweiss · seen at Mondoweiss
Levant & Iran Lebanon Israel

Two pictures of one day. On 4 October, An-Nahar and LBCI both carried a statement from the Litani River Authority. It says work has begun on a temporary water crossing at Tayr Falsay. An-Nahar's version says Israeli strikes hit the bridge "during the last war". On the same day, LBCI posted three headlines about shelling, blasts and fires in the south.

Who is named as striking. The reports do not agree.

Place Outlet What it says Who struck?
Mayfadoun, Arnoun–Kfar Tebnit LBCI "Israeli shelling" Israel
Mansouri (Tyre) LBCI "huge explosions", two strikes none named
Zawtar al-Sharqiya LBCI shelling, houses burned none named
Zawtar al-Sharqiya, Kfar Tebnit An-Nahar Israeli Merkava tanks still wrecking them Israel

The state's answer. An-Nahar says Prime Minister Nawaf Salam led a ministerial and security delegation to Nabatieh. It quotes Finance Minister Yassine Jaber as saying the visits are not for show. No other report we hold mentions the visit.

Israel's aims, second-hand. Al-Modon cites Israeli reports. They say Hezbollah is at Jabal Safi and Tyre is "one night away". No report we hold quotes an Israeli official.

What is not settled - Whether anyone was killed or hurt. No report gives a figure. - Who burned the homes in Zawtar al-Sharqiya. LBCI's headline names no one. - Whether the crossing works are under way. Both reports rest on one statement.

This story is about southern Lebanon. Israeli military action goes on there while the Lebanese state tries to rebuild and hold its ground.

How it got here. Hezbollah, the armed Shia movement and political party, opened fire on northern Israel on 8 October 2023. It said it was acting in support of Gaza after the Hamas-led attacks of 7 October. The cross-border fire grew into a full Israeli air campaign and ground invasion in autumn 2024. A ceasefire brokered by the United States and France took effect on 27 November 2024. Israeli troops stayed at positions inside Lebanon, and strikes continued. The reports we hold also refer to a later "last war" and to a new US-brokered agreement under which some residents are returning. They do not date either.

The actors. - Israel says it is acting against Hezbollah. Lebanese outlets and Mondoweiss call its presence an occupation. - Hezbollah is armed, and its base is among Shia communities in the south. UN Security Council Resolution 1701 (2006) bars armed groups other than the Lebanese army and UN peacekeepers from the area south of the Litani River. - Lebanon's government is led by Prime Minister Nawaf Salam, in office since early 2025. It is negotiating with Israel under US pressure. An-Nahar says the next round is in Tampa, Florida. - Speaker Nabih Berri leads Amal, Hezbollah's ally. An-Nahar says Hezbollah has criticised how the government is handling the talks, and that Berri welcomed those criticisms.

What is at stake. Nabatieh and Tyre are the main towns of the south. An-Nahar says voices in Israel want the army to push on towards Iqlim al-Tuffah and Jezzine. If it did, An-Nahar says, the people still left in Nabatieh and Zahrani would be driven out.

Where it stands. By An-Nahar's account, the next round of talks falls a week before Israel's Knesset election. Strikes are still being logged. The state is laying asphalt and building a stop-gap crossing.

The story so far

Earlier stories The AI Times filed on this thread.

What is being argued about

  • Whether the war in south Lebanon is over or still going on
  • Which reports name Israel as the one striking, and which name no one
  • The prime minister's visit to Nabatieh and the stop-gap crossing at Tayr Falsay
  • The US-pressed talks in Tampa, ahead of Israel's Knesset election
4 October: what was posted, and whenTimeline
  1. 2026-10-0411:07 published time of the An-Nahar report An-Nahar Salam leads a delegation to Nabatieh; Israeli tanks still wrecking Zawtar al-Sharqiya and Kfar Tebnitno other report carries the visit
  2. 2026-10-0411:12 published time of the LBCI report LBCI "Huge explosions" and two strikes in Mansouri, Tyre districtno one named as striking
  3. 2026-10-0411:48 published time of the LBCI report LBCI "Israeli shelling" of Mayfadoun and between Arnoun and Kfar TebnitIsrael named
  4. 2026-10-0411:51 published time of the LBCI report LBCI Shelling of the Kounine woods; houses burned in Zawtar al-Sharqiyano one named
  5. 2026-10-0412:02 published time of the Al-Modon report Al-Modon, citing Israeli reports Hezbollah at Jabal Safi; Tyre "one night away"no Israeli source named
  6. 2026-10-0412:49 published time of the LBCI report LBCI Works ministry begins a water crossing to replace the Tayr Falsay bridgeLitani River Authority statement
  7. 2026-10-0413:06 published time of the An-Nahar report An-Nahar Same statement; the bridge was hit "during the last war"the war placed in the past
Times are when each report was published, in UTC. Lebanon is three hours ahead.
Sources An-Nahar
Centre estimate · not a score
An-Nahar 🇱🇧LB · newspaper · independent حلول سلام في النبطيّة رسالة لإسرائيل وتثبيت للأهالي 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 10770 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 تفجيرات ضخمة في بلدة المنصوري في قضاء صور نجمت عنها أصوات وارتجاجات عنيفة وقوية تزامنًا مع غارتين وسط البلدة وعلى أطرافها 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 قصف إسرائيلي استهدف ميفدون والمنطقةَ الواقعة بين بلدتي أرنون وكفرتبنيت في قضاء النبطية... هكذا يبدو المشهد 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 قصف حرج كونين وإحراق منازل في زوطر الشرقية 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 · تقارير إسرائيلية: الحزب في جبل صافي وصور على مرمى ليلة واحدة 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 وزارة الأشغال تباشر بالتنسيق مع مصلحة الليطاني استحداث عبارة مائية بديلة للجسر المدمر في طيرفلسيه 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 بدء إنشاء معبر بديل لجسر طيرفلسيه في جنوب لبنان لربط صيدا والزهراني بصور 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 10770 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
Past war or present one: how each report puts itSide by side
OutletWhat it saidNames who struck?
An-NaharBridge hit by Israeli strikes "during the last war"Israel, in the past tense
An-NaharIsraeli Merkava tanks still wrecking Zawtar al-Sharqiya and Kfar TebnitIsrael
LBCI"Israeli shelling" of Mayfadoun, Arnoun–Kfar TebnitIsrael
LBCI"Huge explosions", two strikes in MansouriNo
LBCIHouses burned in Zawtar al-SharqiyaNo
Mondoweiss"A daily menacing presence of the Israeli occupation"Israel
Of the four LBCI reports, three are headlines only. We could not read their full text.
Sources An-Nahar
Centre estimate · not a score
An-Nahar 🇱🇧LB · newspaper · independent بدء إنشاء معبر بديل لجسر طيرفلسيه في جنوب لبنان لربط صيدا والزهراني بصور 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 10770 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → An-Nahar
Centre estimate · not a score
An-Nahar 🇱🇧LB · newspaper · independent حلول سلام في النبطيّة رسالة لإسرائيل وتثبيت للأهالي 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 10770 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 قصف إسرائيلي استهدف ميفدون والمنطقةَ الواقعة بين بلدتي أرنون وكفرتبنيت في قضاء النبطية... هكذا يبدو المشهد 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 تفجيرات ضخمة في بلدة المنصوري في قضاء صور نجمت عنها أصوات وارتجاجات عنيفة وقوية تزامنًا مع غارتين وسط البلدة وعلى أطرافها 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 قصف حرج كونين وإحراق منازل في زوطر الشرقية 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 → M Mondoweiss
Left estimate · not a score
Mondoweiss INT · digital · Life on the edge of Israel’s occupation in southern Lebanon Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Mondoweiss → What we have measured Evaluative word describes the occupation as 'menacing' in the report's own voice ×1Evaluative wording 'menacing' and 'occupation', stated flat ×1 from 82 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
The bias in this coverageBias

Strikes logged, the hurt not counted

Three reports log today's shelling, blasts and strikes in the south. Only one of the three names Israel as the actor. None names or counts anyone hurt.

3 reports of strikes today 1 that name who struck 0 reports counting dead or wounded

A war called over while it goes on

Three reports cover the state rebuilding roads, schools and a bridge. One calls the bridge's destruction part of 'the last war'. No report quotes an Israeli official; Israel's view comes only through 'Israeli reports' cited second-hand.

3 reports on rebuilding 0 reports quoting an Israeli official
Scored without the mastheads. Where the two passes differ, both are kept.
Sources LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International)
Centre estimate · not a score
LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) 🇱🇧LB · TV/radio · independent قصف حرج كونين وإحراق منازل في زوطر الشرقية 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 قصف إسرائيلي استهدف ميفدون والمنطقةَ الواقعة بين بلدتي أرنون وكفرتبنيت في قضاء النبطية... هكذا يبدو المشهد 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 تفجيرات ضخمة في بلدة المنصوري في قضاء صور نجمت عنها أصوات وارتجاجات عنيفة وقوية تزامنًا مع غارتين وسط البلدة وعلى أطرافها 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 · تقارير إسرائيلية: الحزب في جبل صافي وصور على مرمى ليلة واحدة 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 → M Mondoweiss
Left estimate · not a score
Mondoweiss INT · digital · Life on the edge of Israel’s occupation in southern Lebanon Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Mondoweiss → What we have measured Evaluative word describes the occupation as 'menacing' in the report's own voice ×1Evaluative wording 'menacing' and 'occupation', stated flat ×1 from 82 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → An-Nahar
Centre estimate · not a score
An-Nahar 🇱🇧LB · newspaper · independent حلول سلام في النبطيّة رسالة لإسرائيل وتثبيت للأهالي 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 10770 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → An-Nahar
Centre estimate · not a score
An-Nahar 🇱🇧LB · newspaper · independent بدء إنشاء معبر بديل لجسر طيرفلسيه في جنوب لبنان لربط صيدا والزهراني بصور 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 10770 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 وزارة الأشغال تباشر بالتنسيق مع مصلحة الليطاني استحداث عبارة مائية بديلة للجسر المدمر في طيرفلسيه 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 →

Claims and verdicts

true Israeli forces are destroying homes in Zawtar al-Sharqiya in South Lebanon.
LBCI reports homes burned in Zawtar al-Sharqiya on Sunday, and An-Nahar writes that Israeli tanks are still wrecking the town and Kfar Tebnit. LBCI's headline does not say who set the fires.
Checked against 2 sources:
LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International)
Centre estimate · not a score
LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) 🇱🇧LB · TV/radio · independent قصف حرج كونين وإحراق منازل في زوطر الشرقية 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 حلول سلام في النبطيّة رسالة لإسرائيل وتثبيت للأهالي 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 10770 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
unverified Lebanon has started building a temporary water crossing to replace the Tayr Falsay bridge, which Israeli strikes destroyed.
An-Nahar and LBCI both carry the same Litani River Authority statement, so this is one account. No independent report confirms that work is under way.
Checked against 2 sources:
An-Nahar
Centre estimate · not a score
An-Nahar 🇱🇧LB · newspaper · independent بدء إنشاء معبر بديل لجسر طيرفلسيه في جنوب لبنان لربط صيدا والزهراني بصور 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 10770 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 وزارة الأشغال تباشر بالتنسيق مع مصلحة الليطاني استحداث عبارة مائية بديلة للجسر المدمر في طيرفلسيه 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 →
unverified Prime Minister Nawaf Salam led a ministerial and security delegation to Nabatieh.
Only An-Nahar reports the visit, quoting Finance Minister Yassine Jaber on its purpose. No other report we hold mentions it.
Checked against 1 source:
An-Nahar
Centre estimate · not a score
An-Nahar 🇱🇧LB · newspaper · independent حلول سلام في النبطيّة رسالة لإسرائيل وتثبيت للأهالي 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 10770 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →

Who wrote it

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 →
ر رضوان عقيل An-Nahar
What the bias passes found in their reporting
Evaluative wording 'the Israeli war machine', in the outlet's own voice×1
Motive stated flat states Netanyahu's electoral motive as fact, with no source×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
1 unverified1 true
From 38 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 →
S Silvia Casadei Mondoweiss
What the bias passes found in their reporting
Evaluative word describes the occupation as 'menacing' in the report's own voice×1
Evaluative wording 'menacing' and 'occupation', stated flat×1
From 1 report we hold under this byline, at Mondoweiss. 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. · 5 reports we hold carry no byline — we do not invent one.

Coverage, outlet by outlet

An-Nahar
Centre estimate · not a score
An-Nahar 🇱🇧LB · newspaper · independent بدء إنشاء معبر بديل لجسر طيرفلسيه في جنوب لبنان لربط صيدا والزهراني بصور 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 10770 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
An-Nahar: carries the Litani River Authority statement on the stop-gap crossing, and dates the bridge's destruction to "the last war".
أعلنت المصلحة الوطنية لنهر الليطاني أن وزارة الأشغال العامة والنقل باشرت، بالتنسيق معها، تنفيذ أعمال إنشاء عبارة مائية لتأمين معبر بديل للجسر المدمّر في منطقة طيرفلسيه في جنوب لبنان، الذي تعرّض لغارات إسرائيلية خلال الحرب الأخيرة.تسهيل التنقّل ونقل المنتجات الزراعيةوأوضحت المصلحة، في بيان، أن الأعمال تهدف إلى تسهيل حركة المواطنين والآليات بين مناطق صيدا والزهراني وقضاء صور، ولا سيما نقل المنتجات والمستلزمات الزراعية.وأضافت أنها تواكب التنفيذ ميدانياً عبر فريقها الفني، بالتنسيق مع الوزارة والاستشاري والمتعهّد، لضمان مراعاة المتطلبات الفنية والهيدروليكية وحماية مجرى نهر الليطاني والمنشآت التابعة
Framing of time: the destroyed bridge is placed in 'the last war' while strikes are logged the same day — “الذي تعرّض لغارات إسرائيلية خلال الحرب الأخيرة”
Time frame: places the Israeli strikes in 'the last war' on a day other reports log new strikes — “الذي تعرّض لغارات إسرائيلية خلال الحرب الأخيرة”
Read it at An-Nahar → https://www.annahar.com/lebanon/354011/بد-إنشا-معبر-بديل-لجسر-طيرفلسيه-…
LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International)
Centre estimate · not a score
LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) 🇱🇧LB · TV/radio · independent وزارة الأشغال تباشر بالتنسيق مع مصلحة الليطاني استحداث عبارة مائية بديلة للجسر المدمر في طيرفلسيه 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
LBCI: the same Litani River Authority statement, posted 17 minutes before An-Nahar's.
أعلنت المصلحة الوطنية لنهر الليطاني، في بيان، أن وزارة الأشغال العامة والنقل باشرت، بالتنسيق معها،...
Read it at LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) → https://www.lbcgroup.tv/news/lebanon/961141/%d9%88%d8%b2%d8%a7%d8%b1%d8…
A Al-Modon
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Al-Modon 🇱🇧LB · digital · تقارير إسرائيلية: الحزب في جبل صافي وصور على مرمى ليلة واحدة 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 → —
Al-Modon: citing Israeli reports, says Hezbollah is at Jabal Safi and Tyre is "one night away".
حجم الخط مشاركة عبر تتقدّم إسرائيل نحو تثبيت مرحلة جديدة في جنوب لبنان، لا تقوم فقط على مواصلة الغارات والتفجيرات وعمليات التمشيط، بل على تحويل الوجود العسكري الحالي إلى تموضع طويل الأمد، يمتد في بعض القطاعات إلى عمق يصل إلى 12 كيلومترًا داخل الأراضي اللبنانية. وفي المقابل، تروّج وسائل إعلام إسرائيلية لرواية مفادها أن "حزب الله" يعيد توزيع قدراته العسكرية نحو مناطق أعمق، في إقليم التفاح وجبل الريحان وجبل صافي، بعد خسارته مواقع ومنشآت في الجنوب. وبين الروايتين، يتشكّل مشهد جديد جنوبًا، إسرائيل توسّع مفهوم "الدفاع" ليبدأ من داخل الأراضي اللبنانية، فيما تقول إن "حزب الله" ينقل جزءًا من قدراته بعي
Read it at Al-Modon → https://www.almodon.com/politics/2026/10/04/%D8%AA%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9…
LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International)
Centre estimate · not a score
LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) 🇱🇧LB · TV/radio · independent قصف حرج كونين وإحراق منازل في زوطر الشرقية 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
LBCI: shelling of the Kounine woods and houses burned in Zawtar al-Sharqiya. It names no one as doing either.
Who is named as acting: no actor is named for the shelling or the burning of homes — “قصف حرج كونين وإحراق منازل في زوطر الشرقية”
No actor named: shelling and houses burned, with no one named as doing either — “قصف حرج كونين وإحراق منازل في زوطر الشرقية”
Read it at LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) → https://www.lbcgroup.tv/news/latest-news/961134/title/ar?src=rss&utm_so…
LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International)
Centre estimate · not a score
LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) 🇱🇧LB · TV/radio · independent قصف إسرائيلي استهدف ميفدون والمنطقةَ الواقعة بين بلدتي أرنون وكفرتبنيت في قضاء النبطية... هكذا يبدو المشهد 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
LBCI: names "Israeli shelling" of Mayfadoun and the land between Arnoun and Kfar Tebnit, in Nabatieh district.
Who is named as acting: Israel is named as the striker — “قصف إسرائيلي استهدف ميفدون”
Actor named: names Israel as the one striking — “قصف إسرائيلي استهدف ميفدون”
Read it at LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) → https://www.lbcgroup.tv/news/news-reports/961133/%d9%82%d8%b5%d9%81-%d8…
LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International)
Centre estimate · not a score
LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) 🇱🇧LB · TV/radio · independent تفجيرات ضخمة في بلدة المنصوري في قضاء صور نجمت عنها أصوات وارتجاجات عنيفة وقوية تزامنًا مع غارتين وسط البلدة وعلى أطرافها 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
LBCI: "huge explosions" and two strikes in Mansouri, Tyre district. It names no one as carrying them out.
Who is named as acting: two strikes and large blasts are reported with no actor named — “تفجيرات ضخمة في بلدة المنصوري”
No actor named: explosions and two strikes, with no one named as carrying them out — “تفجيرات ضخمة في بلدة المنصوري”
Read it at LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) → https://www.lbcgroup.tv/news/latest-news/961125/title/ar?src=rss&utm_so…
An-Nahar
Centre estimate · not a score
An-Nahar 🇱🇧LB · newspaper · independent حلول سلام في النبطيّة رسالة لإسرائيل وتثبيت للأهالي 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 10770 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
An-Nahar: the only report of Salam's Nabatieh visit. Says Israeli Merkava tanks are still wrecking Zawtar al-Sharqiya and Kfar Tebnit, and calls the talks fragile.
حملت زيارة رئيس الحكومة نواف سلامللنبطية جملة من الخلاصات التي لا يمكن القفز فوقها على الصعيدين الإنمائي والسياسي في آن واحد. وإذا كان حزب الله يوجه جملة من الملاحظات على أداء السلطة ربطاً بالمفاوضات مع إسرائيل، فإنها كانت محل ترحيب عند الرئيس نبيه بري.تأتي محطة سلام في النبطية على رأس وفد وزاري وأمني يمثل مختلف مؤسسات الدولة، في توقيتٍ حسّاس مع تصاعد تهديدات تل أبيب قبل انتخابات الكنيست وترقب ما ستحمله جولة المفاوضات في تامبا - فلوريا بين الوفدين اللبناني والإسرائيلي، والتي يخيم عليها الطابع العسكري في محاولة جديدة لترتيب الأمور بين الطرفين وبضغط أميركي بعد كل المراوحة التي رافقت مسار المناط
Evaluative wording: 'the Israeli war machine', in the outlet's own voice — “رغم كل ما تعرّضوا له من آلة الحرب الإسرائيلية”
Motive stated flat: states Netanyahu's electoral motive as fact, with no source — “حيث يعمد بنيامين نتنياهو إلى استعمال كل أوراقه في الجنوب والإقليم ليحجز العدد الأكبر من مقاعده”
Read it at An-Nahar → https://www.annahar.com/lebanon/353954/حلول-سلام-في-النبطية-رسالة-لإسرا…
M Mondoweiss
Left estimate · not a score
Mondoweiss INT · digital · Life on the edge of Israel’s occupation in southern Lebanon Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Mondoweiss → What we have measured Evaluative word describes the occupation as 'menacing' in the report's own voice ×1Evaluative wording 'menacing' and 'occupation', stated flat ×1 from 82 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → —
Mondoweiss: residents of some southern villages are cautiously returning under a US-brokered agreement, and find "a shell of their former lives".
As part of a U.S.-brokered agreement with Israel and Lebanon, residents of some southern villages are cautiously returning to their homes. What they have found is a shell of their former lives, and a daily menacing presence of the Israeli occupation.
Evaluative wording: 'menacing' and 'occupation', stated flat — “a daily menacing presence of the Israeli occupation”
Evaluative word: describes the occupation as 'menacing' in the report's own voice — “a daily menacing presence of the Israeli occupation”
Read it at Mondoweiss → https://mondoweiss.net/2026/10/life-on-the-edge-of-israels-occupation-i…
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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 15024 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 2683 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 1168 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 10196 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 4954 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.
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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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