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Arutz Sheva says "two terrorists from Shechem"; JNS says "Palestinian pair charged" — one indictment, three accounts

Two Palestinians have been indicted over a plot to assassinate Israel's national security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir. Three Israeli reports carry the case. They disagree on what to call the accused, what to call the city they come from, and how the plot was meant to work. Neither accused man is named in any of them.

Palestinian pair charged with plot to assassinate Ben-Gvir
Palestinian pair charged with plot to assassinate Ben-Gvir as published by JNS · seen at JNS
Levant & Iran Israel Palestine

The case. Israel's internal security service, the Shin Bet, says it uncovered a plan to kill National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir. Two Palestinians have been indicted. Three reports — all Israeli — carry it, and all three rest on the same charge sheet and the same service.

Three accounts of one indictment.

Report What it calls the accused The city Method given
Arutz Sheva "Two terrorists from Shechem" Shechem none; adds a plan to "kidnap IDF soldier"
The Jerusalem Post "two Palestinians" Nablus none; weapons and recruiting "from late 2023"
JNS "Palestinian pair charged with plot" not named "an explosive drone, according to the indictment"

Nablus and Shechem are the same city. One report uses the Arabic name, one the Hebrew name, one names no city at all. No report gives both.

Who is hedged and who is not. JNS and the Jerusalem Post attach the plan to the indictment inside the sentence — "according to the indictment". Arutz Sheva's headline presents it as a disclosure and calls the two men terrorists before trial. The Jerusalem Post carries the charge sheet's other claims plainly but puts one word in quotation marks: the two worked to advance "military" activity.

Not settled. Whether a drone was part of the plan: only JNS says so. Whether a soldier was to be kidnapped: only Arutz Sheva says so. Neither report contradicts the other. The two accused are named in none of the three, and none carries a word from them, a defence lawyer, a family or a Palestinian official. No Palestinian outlet in our sweep carries the case at all.

What this is about. An Israeli charge sheet accusing two Palestinians of planning to murder a serving Israeli cabinet minister, filed while that minister is standing for re-election.

How it got here. The West Bank, including Nablus, has been under Israeli military occupation since the 1967 war. Nablus is the city's Arabic name; Shechem is the Hebrew name, used by Israelis who regard the territory as part of the Land of Israel. Which name a report uses is itself a position. Under the Oslo accords of the 1990s the Palestinian Authority was given limited administration over parts of the territory, but Israel retained overall security control, and its forces operate throughout. The Shin Bet is Israel's internal security service; the West Bank is within its remit, and cases it builds against Palestinians there end in Israeli courts. The Jerusalem Post dates the conduct alleged in this indictment to late 2023 — the period in which the Gaza war began and West Bank raids intensified.

The actors. Itamar Ben-Gvir is Israel's national security minister, the cabinet post that holds the police, and leader of the far-right Otzma Yehudit party. He is among the most polarising figures in Israeli politics and is under permanent protection. The two accused are identified in our reports only as Palestinians; not one of the three names either man.

What is at stake. An election. The photograph the Jerusalem Post runs shows Ben-Gvir at a supporters' conference in Petah Tikva on 16 August 2026, ahead of a general election. A plot against a candidate lands in the middle of that campaign, and how it is described — terrorists, or two men charged — is part of the campaign's language.

Where it stands. An indictment has been filed. The reports we hold do not say which court will hear it, when, or what the accused say in answer.

What is being argued about

  • An indictment against two Palestinians over an alleged plot to assassinate Itamar Ben-Gvir
  • Nablus or Shechem: two names for one city, and what each report chose
  • Terrorists, Palestinians or a charged pair: how the accused are described before trial
  • What every report leaves out — the accused men's names and any reply from their side
One indictment, three descriptionsSide by side
ReportWhat it saidThe cityHedged?
Arutz Sheva"Two terrorists from Shechem indicted over plans to assassinate National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, kidnap IDF soldier."ShechemNo — "Shin Bet reveals: This is how terrorists planned to assassinate Ben Gvir"
The Jerusalem Post"the two worked together from late 2023 to advance “military” activity, acquiring numerous weapons"NablusPartly — "According to the indictment", but the headline calls it a "planned terror attack"
JNS"The two suspects planned to attack the Israeli minister using an explosive drone, according to the indictment."not namedYes — "charged with plot", attributed to the indictment
Wording taken from each report's own headline or text. Hedged means the plan is attributed to the indictment inside the sentence rather than stated in the report's voice.
Sources The Jerusalem Post
Centre-right estimate · not a score
The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent Shin Bet foils planned terror attack on Ben-Gvir, two Palestinians indicted in Nablus Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Jerusalem Post → What we have measured A count the body does not carry the headline says eight countries; the sentence names seven foreign ministers ×1Actor framing The Gulf ministers are the ones acting. Iran is the party they meet. ×1Actor generalised The headline has 'Baghdad' celebrating. The photo caption says the crowd is supporters of one armed group. ×1Actor named names the militias and calls the act 'desecration', in its own voice ×1 from 4111 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → A Arutz Sheva
Right estimate · not a score
Arutz Sheva 🇮🇱IL · digital · Shin Bet reveals: This is how terrorists planned to assassinate Ben Gvir Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Arutz Sheva → What we have measured A caveat kept in the only report we hold that says the rejection was of a promo, not the finished film ×1A different word, and a hedge Calls the same event an airstrike rather than a controlled demolition, and marks it "Reported" while offering footage as its evidence. ×1An allegation stated as established the headline presents the plan as fact and as a disclosure, with no attribution to the charge sheet ×1Asserted flat Calls it a 'terror network' and says Iran helped build it, in its own voice, with no source. ×1 from 2982 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → J JNS
Right estimate · not a score
JNS 🇮🇱IL · digital · Palestinian pair charged with plot to assassinate Ben-Gvir Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at JNS → What we have measured Allegation described neutrally The headline describes the suit as a request for records on editorial standards, with Israel coverage one part of it. ×1Army claim attributed The army's legal justification is attributed to the army. ×1Army's term in the headline the headline adopts 'terror assets' in its own voice, without attribution ×1Army term in the headline The headline uses the army's own phrase without quotation marks. The body attributes only the ceasefire line to the army. ×1 from 2006 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
What all three reports leave outChart
Counted across the three reports we hold on this indictment.
Sources The Jerusalem Post
Centre-right estimate · not a score
The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent Shin Bet foils planned terror attack on Ben-Gvir, two Palestinians indicted in Nablus Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Jerusalem Post → What we have measured A count the body does not carry the headline says eight countries; the sentence names seven foreign ministers ×1Actor framing The Gulf ministers are the ones acting. Iran is the party they meet. ×1Actor generalised The headline has 'Baghdad' celebrating. The photo caption says the crowd is supporters of one armed group. ×1Actor named names the militias and calls the act 'desecration', in its own voice ×1 from 4111 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → A Arutz Sheva
Right estimate · not a score
Arutz Sheva 🇮🇱IL · digital · Shin Bet reveals: This is how terrorists planned to assassinate Ben Gvir Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Arutz Sheva → What we have measured A caveat kept in the only report we hold that says the rejection was of a promo, not the finished film ×1A different word, and a hedge Calls the same event an airstrike rather than a controlled demolition, and marks it "Reported" while offering footage as its evidence. ×1An allegation stated as established the headline presents the plan as fact and as a disclosure, with no attribution to the charge sheet ×1Asserted flat Calls it a 'terror network' and says Iran helped build it, in its own voice, with no source. ×1 from 2982 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → J JNS
Right estimate · not a score
JNS 🇮🇱IL · digital · Palestinian pair charged with plot to assassinate Ben-Gvir Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at JNS → What we have measured Allegation described neutrally The headline describes the suit as a request for records on editorial standards, with Israel coverage one part of it. ×1Army claim attributed The army's legal justification is attributed to the army. ×1Army's term in the headline the headline adopts 'terror assets' in its own voice, without attribution ×1Army term in the headline The headline uses the army's own phrase without quotation marks. The body attributes only the ceasefire line to the army. ×1 from 2006 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
The bias in this coverageBias

One city, two names

One report locates the two men in Nablus, one in Shechem, and one names no city at all. The two names are for the same place, and no report gives both.

1 reports calling the city Nablus 1 reports calling it Shechem 1 reports naming no city

Charged, or guilty

Two of the three reports attribute the plan to the indictment; the third states it as a disclosure and calls the two men terrorists in the headline. None of the three carries a word from the accused, a defence lawyer or a family. The minister is named in all three; the two accused are named in none.

2 reports attributing the plan to the indictment 1 reports calling the accused terrorists 0 reports carrying a response from the accused or a lawyer 0 reports naming the two accused
Scored without the mastheads. Where the two passes differ, both are kept.
Sources The Jerusalem Post
Centre-right estimate · not a score
The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent Shin Bet foils planned terror attack on Ben-Gvir, two Palestinians indicted in Nablus Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Jerusalem Post → What we have measured A count the body does not carry the headline says eight countries; the sentence names seven foreign ministers ×1Actor framing The Gulf ministers are the ones acting. Iran is the party they meet. ×1Actor generalised The headline has 'Baghdad' celebrating. The photo caption says the crowd is supporters of one armed group. ×1Actor named names the militias and calls the act 'desecration', in its own voice ×1 from 4111 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → A Arutz Sheva
Right estimate · not a score
Arutz Sheva 🇮🇱IL · digital · Shin Bet reveals: This is how terrorists planned to assassinate Ben Gvir Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Arutz Sheva → What we have measured A caveat kept in the only report we hold that says the rejection was of a promo, not the finished film ×1A different word, and a hedge Calls the same event an airstrike rather than a controlled demolition, and marks it "Reported" while offering footage as its evidence. ×1An allegation stated as established the headline presents the plan as fact and as a disclosure, with no attribution to the charge sheet ×1Asserted flat Calls it a 'terror network' and says Iran helped build it, in its own voice, with no source. ×1 from 2982 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → J JNS
Right estimate · not a score
JNS 🇮🇱IL · digital · Palestinian pair charged with plot to assassinate Ben-Gvir Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at JNS → What we have measured Allegation described neutrally The headline describes the suit as a request for records on editorial standards, with Israel coverage one part of it. ×1Army claim attributed The army's legal justification is attributed to the army. ×1Army's term in the headline the headline adopts 'terror assets' in its own voice, without attribution ×1Army term in the headline The headline uses the army's own phrase without quotation marks. The body attributes only the ceasefire line to the army. ×1 from 2006 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →

Claims and verdicts

true Two Palestinians have been indicted over a plot to assassinate National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir.
The Jerusalem Post, Arutz Sheva and JNS all report the indictment, which the Jerusalem Post says covers activity from late 2023 including acquiring weapons and recruiting others. All three trace to the Israeli security service and the indictment; none carries a response from the accused or their lawyers, and we hold no Palestinian report on the case.
Checked against 3 sources:
The Jerusalem Post
Centre-right estimate · not a score
The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent Shin Bet foils planned terror attack on Ben-Gvir, two Palestinians indicted in Nablus Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Jerusalem Post → What we have measured A count the body does not carry the headline says eight countries; the sentence names seven foreign ministers ×1Actor framing The Gulf ministers are the ones acting. Iran is the party they meet. ×1Actor generalised The headline has 'Baghdad' celebrating. The photo caption says the crowd is supporters of one armed group. ×1Actor named names the militias and calls the act 'desecration', in its own voice ×1 from 4111 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → A Arutz Sheva
Right estimate · not a score
Arutz Sheva 🇮🇱IL · digital · Shin Bet reveals: This is how terrorists planned to assassinate Ben Gvir Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Arutz Sheva → What we have measured A caveat kept in the only report we hold that says the rejection was of a promo, not the finished film ×1A different word, and a hedge Calls the same event an airstrike rather than a controlled demolition, and marks it "Reported" while offering footage as its evidence. ×1An allegation stated as established the headline presents the plan as fact and as a disclosure, with no attribution to the charge sheet ×1Asserted flat Calls it a 'terror network' and says Iran helped build it, in its own voice, with no source. ×1 from 2982 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → J JNS
Right estimate · not a score
JNS 🇮🇱IL · digital · Palestinian pair charged with plot to assassinate Ben-Gvir Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at JNS → What we have measured Allegation described neutrally The headline describes the suit as a request for records on editorial standards, with Israel coverage one part of it. ×1Army claim attributed The army's legal justification is attributed to the army. ×1Army's term in the headline the headline adopts 'terror assets' in its own voice, without attribution ×1Army term in the headline The headline uses the army's own phrase without quotation marks. The body attributes only the ceasefire line to the army. ×1 from 2006 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
unverified The pair planned to attack Ben-Gvir using an explosive drone.
Only JNS gives the method, citing the indictment. The Jerusalem Post and Arutz Sheva describe the plot without naming a weapon.
Checked against 1 source:
J JNS
Right estimate · not a score
JNS 🇮🇱IL · digital · Palestinian pair charged with plot to assassinate Ben-Gvir Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at JNS → What we have measured Allegation described neutrally The headline describes the suit as a request for records on editorial standards, with Israel coverage one part of it. ×1Army claim attributed The army's legal justification is attributed to the army. ×1Army's term in the headline the headline adopts 'terror assets' in its own voice, without attribution ×1Army term in the headline The headline uses the army's own phrase without quotation marks. The body attributes only the ceasefire line to the army. ×1 from 2006 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
unverified The plot also included kidnapping an Israeli soldier.
Only Arutz Sheva mentions a plan to kidnap a soldier. Neither the Jerusalem Post nor JNS carries it, and neither contradicts it.
Checked against 1 source:
A Arutz Sheva
Right estimate · not a score
Arutz Sheva 🇮🇱IL · digital · Shin Bet reveals: This is how terrorists planned to assassinate Ben Gvir Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Arutz Sheva → What we have measured A caveat kept in the only report we hold that says the rejection was of a promo, not the finished film ×1A different word, and a hedge Calls the same event an airstrike rather than a controlled demolition, and marks it "Reported" while offering footage as its evidence. ×1An allegation stated as established the headline presents the plan as fact and as a disclosure, with no attribution to the charge sheet ×1Asserted flat Calls it a 'terror network' and says Iran helped build it, in its own voice, with no source. ×1 from 2982 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →

Who wrote it

A Avi Ashkenazi The Jerusalem Post
What the bias passes found in their reporting
Asserted not attributed The report states in its own voice that the ridge was Hezbollah's last line of defence.×1
Cause attributed How the drone exploded is attributed to a named general×1
Cause from one source The only account of how the drone exploded comes from an Israeli division commander.×1
Dead named The two Israeli soldiers are named, with their ages×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
1 disputed3 unverified3 true
From 20 reports we hold under this byline, at The Jerusalem Post. 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. · 2 reports we hold carry no byline — we do not invent one.

Coverage, outlet by outlet

The Jerusalem Post
Centre-right estimate · not a score
The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent Shin Bet foils planned terror attack on Ben-Gvir, two Palestinians indicted in Nablus Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Jerusalem Post → What we have measured A count the body does not carry the headline says eight countries; the sentence names seven foreign ministers ×1Actor framing The Gulf ministers are the ones acting. Iran is the party they meet. ×1Actor generalised The headline has 'Baghdad' celebrating. The photo caption says the crowd is supporters of one armed group. ×1Actor named names the militias and calls the act 'desecration', in its own voice ×1 from 4111 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
The Jerusalem Post is the only report to date the alleged conduct — "from late 2023" — and to describe weapons and recruitment; it names the city Nablus, and puts the word "military" in quotation marks.
According to the indictment, the two worked together from late 2023 to advance “military” activity, acquiring numerous weapons, and working to recruit and train additional terror operatives.
Naming a place: the same city is called Nablus, and the accused are identified by nationality — “Shin Bet foils planned terror attack on Ben-Gvir, two Palestinians indicted in Nablus”
Punctuation as judgement: the word military is put in quotation marks where the charge sheet's other claims are carried plainly — “the two worked together from late 2023 to advance “military” activity”
Word chosen for the accused: nationality is the identifier, and the planned act is called terror in the report's own voice — “Shin Bet foils planned terror attack on Ben-Gvir, two Palestinians indicted in Nablus”
Punctuation as judgement: the accused men's word for their activity is put in quotation marks; nothing else in the sentence is — “the two worked together from late 2023 to advance “military” activity”
Figures left vague: the weapons count is "numerous" and the recruits unnumbered, in a sentence otherwise precise about dates — “acquiring numerous weapons”
Read it at The Jerusalem Post → https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/defense-news/article-909434
A Arutz Sheva
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Arutz Sheva 🇮🇱IL · digital · Shin Bet reveals: This is how terrorists planned to assassinate Ben Gvir Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Arutz Sheva → What we have measured A caveat kept in the only report we hold that says the rejection was of a promo, not the finished film ×1A different word, and a hedge Calls the same event an airstrike rather than a controlled demolition, and marks it "Reported" while offering footage as its evidence. ×1An allegation stated as established the headline presents the plan as fact and as a disclosure, with no attribution to the charge sheet ×1Asserted flat Calls it a 'terror network' and says Iran helped build it, in its own voice, with no source. ×1 from 2982 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → —
Arutz Sheva is the only report carrying a plan to "kidnap IDF soldier"; it calls the city Shechem and the accused terrorists in the headline.
Two terrorists from Shechem indicted over plans to assassinate National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, kidnap IDF soldier.
Naming a place: the West Bank city is called Shechem, and the accused are called terrorists before trial — “Two terrorists from Shechem indicted over plans to assassinate National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, kidnap IDF soldier.”
An allegation stated as established: the headline presents the plan as fact and as a disclosure, with no attribution to the charge sheet — “Shin Bet reveals: This is how terrorists planned to assassinate Ben Gvir”
Word chosen for the accused: guilt is stated as fact before trial — "terrorists", not defendants or suspects — “Two terrorists from Shechem indicted over plans to assassinate National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, kidnap IDF soldier.”
Read it at Arutz Sheva → https://www.israelnationalnews.com/flashes/693985
J JNS
Right estimate · not a score
JNS 🇮🇱IL · digital · Palestinian pair charged with plot to assassinate Ben-Gvir Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at JNS → What we have measured Allegation described neutrally The headline describes the suit as a request for records on editorial standards, with Israel coverage one part of it. ×1Army claim attributed The army's legal justification is attributed to the army. ×1Army's term in the headline the headline adopts 'terror assets' in its own voice, without attribution ×1Army term in the headline The headline uses the army's own phrase without quotation marks. The body attributes only the ceasefire line to the army. ×1 from 2006 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → —
JNS is the only report giving a method — an explosive drone — and the only one attributing it to the indictment in the same sentence; it calls the two men suspects, charged.
The two suspects planned to attack the Israeli minister using an explosive drone, according to the indictment. Israeli prosecutors indicted two Palestinians from the Nablus (Shechem) area in Samaria on suspicion of plotting to assassinate Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir with an explosive drone, the Israel Police and Israeli Security Agency (Shin Bet) said on Wednesday. According to the indictment, the pair discussed staging a “bait attack” to draw Ben-Gvir to the scene before killing him. One of the suspects later allegedly proposed using an explosive drone and tried to obta
What is attributed: the plan is attributed to the indictment inside the sentence, and the men are called suspects — “The two suspects planned to attack the Israeli minister using an explosive drone, according to the indictment.”
Charged or convicted in the wording: "charged with a plot" where another report writes "terrorists" for the same two men — “Palestinian pair charged with plot to assassinate Ben-Gvir”
What is hedged: the flattest of the three: charged, not guilty, and the plan attributed to the document — “The two suspects planned to attack the Israeli minister using an explosive drone, according to the indictment.”
Who is named: the minister is named and titled in every report; neither accused man is named in any of them — “Palestinian pair charged with plot to assassinate Ben-Gvir”
Read it at JNS → https://www.jns.org/news/israel-news/palestinian-pair-charged-with-plot…
Checked, didn’t cover
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 → Al-Monitor
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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
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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
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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 → An-Nahar
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An-Nahar 🇱🇧LB · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. 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)
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LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) 🇱🇧LB · TV/radio · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. 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 →
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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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 → 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 → 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 →
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