Jerusalem Post says Katz threatened Iran's energy sites; Shargh says they "may be" on the target list
Two reports carry one Rosh Hashanah message from Israel's defence minister. One calls him defence minister and gives its body line to his greeting to Iranian Jews; the other calls him the war minister of the Zionist regime and carries only the warning. Neither quotes anyone in Iran answering.
The one thing both carry. Israel Katz put Iran's energy infrastructure on a target list in a message for Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new year, on 10 September 2026. Two reports say so, and they are the only two we hold. Everything else about the message differs.
What he is called. The Jerusalem Post writes "Defense Minister Israel Katz". Shargh, in Tehran, writes "the war minister of the Zionist regime" — in the report's own voice, not inside a quotation.
| The Jerusalem Post (Israel) | Shargh (Iran) | |
|---|---|---|
| The man | Defence Minister Israel Katz | war minister of the Zionist regime |
| The threat | attacks on Iranian energy infrastructure | vital energy facilities "may be" put on the target list |
| A condition attached | not carried | any attack from Tehran "will meet a severe response" |
| Greeting to Iranian Jews | carried: they are part of "a glorious Jewish history" | not carried |
| An Iranian reply | none | none |
Hedged one way, flat the other. Shargh states the response as certain and softens the energy target to a possibility. The Jerusalem Post states the threat outright and does not carry the condition.
Not settled. Whether the threat was conditional on an Iranian attack rests on one report and is contradicted by none. So does the greeting. Neither report names a plant, a field, a refinery or a city. We hold no Iranian government response.
What this is about. Israel's defence minister said in a Jewish new-year message that Iran's energy installations could be attacked. One Israeli report and one Iranian report carry it.
How it got here. Iran and Israel have been adversaries since Iran's revolution of 1979. Iran does not recognise Israel, and Iranian official language calls it "the Zionist regime" — which is why the two reports do not even use the same word for the same man's job.
Two strands run through the quarrel. The first is Iran's nuclear programme. Israel says it is aimed at a bomb; Iran says it is civilian. A 2015 agreement between Iran and the United States, Britain, France, Germany, Russia and China capped Iranian enrichment in return for sanctions relief; the United States left it in 2018 and restored sanctions, and Iran expanded enrichment afterwards.
The second is the armed movements Iran backs around Israel — Hezbollah in Lebanon, the Houthis in Yemen, Hamas and Islamic Jihad in Palestine. After the attacks of 7 October 2023 and the Gaza war that followed, those fronts opened together, and in 2024 Israel and Iran struck each other's territory directly. The exchanges have not stopped since. In the ten days before this message we filed on Israel's military claiming ground in south Lebanon, on rival accounts of an American drone brought down near the Strait of Hormuz — the channel at the mouth of the Gulf through which Gulf oil leaves — and on Netanyahu quoted in Israeli and Lebanese outlets about the future of Iran's government.
Who is in it. Israel Katz runs Israel's defence ministry, which commands its armed forces. The Jerusalem Post is an Israeli English-language daily. Shargh is a daily published in Tehran.
What is at stake. Energy sites are where Iran earns its foreign currency and fuels itself. Naming them as targets moves the threat from military installations to the economy a population lives on.
Where it stands. The message was issued on 10 September 2026. Neither report names a site. We hold no Iranian government reply.
The story so far
- The Jerusalem Post says the Houthis "took control" of Mocha; Al Jazeera says only "advancing" · 10 Sep 2026
- Ynet has Netanyahu "very close" to deciding the regime in Iran; LBCI has him "committed to bringing down the terror regime" · 9 Sep 2026
- LBCI and An-Nahar lead on "hundreds detained"; Al-Monitor on operations "increasingly sustained and entrenched" · 8 Sep 2026
- Shargh says a US drone was destroyed "over the Strait of Hormuz"; LBCI, citing Reuters, says over Bandar Abbas, and no American confirmation · 8 Sep 2026
- Riyadh says 73 civilians wounded; the parliament in Sanaa condemns "Saudi crimes" · 8 Sep 2026
- Israel's military says it took the Ali Taher Ridge. The one Lebanese account we hold is two days older and names no ridge. · 4 Sep 2026
Earlier stories The AI Times filed on this thread.
What is being argued about
- Israel Katz's Rosh Hashanah message and the threat to Iran's energy infrastructure
- What each report calls the man who made the threat
- Whether the threat was conditional on an Iranian attack
- That neither report carries an Iranian government reply
One message, two accounts of itSide by side
| The Jerusalem Post (Israel) | Shargh (Iran) | |
|---|---|---|
| What the speaker is called | Defence Minister Israel Katz | War minister of the Zionist regime |
| The threat | Attacks on Iranian energy infrastructure | Vital energy facilities "may be" put on the target list |
| Hedged? | No — stated outright | Yes — the energy target is a possibility; the severe response is certain |
| A condition attached | Not carried | Any attack from Tehran "will meet a severe response" |
| Greeting to Iranian Jews | Carried — "a glorious Jewish history" | Not carried |
| A specific site named | None | None |
| An Iranian reply | None | None |
Both reports carry the threat to Iranian energy infrastructure. The columns are what each adds around it. Shargh's wording is translated from Persian.
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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
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وزیر جنگ اسرائیل: هر حمله ایران به اسرائیل با حمله به زیرساختهای انرژی پاسخ داده میشود
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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
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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
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وزیر جنگ اسرائیل: هر حمله ایران به اسرائیل با حمله به زیرساختهای انرژی پاسخ داده میشود
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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
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The two reports, two hours apartTimeline
- Thu 10 Sep 202612:11 printed on the page Shargh carries the warning that any attack from Tehran will meet a severe response, and that Iran's vital energy facilities may be placed on the target listCalls the speaker the war minister of the Zionist regime.
- Thu 10 Sep 202614:37 printed on the page The Jerusalem Post reports Katz threatening attacks on Iranian energy infrastructure in a Rosh Hashanah messageIts body line is his new-year greeting to Iranian Jews.
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وزیر جنگ اسرائیل: هر حمله ایران به اسرائیل با حمله به زیرساختهای انرژی پاسخ داده میشود
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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
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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
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وزیر جنگ اسرائیل: هر حمله ایران به اسرائیل با حمله به زیرساختهای انرژی پاسخ داده میشود
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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
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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
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The bias in this coverageBias
Two names for one minister
We hold two reports on the same message. One calls him Defence Minister Israel Katz; the other the war minister of the Zionist regime. Both carry the threat to Iranian energy sites, and the difference is in what surrounds it, not in what he is said to have said.
2 reports on the message
2 reports carrying the threat itself
The condition and the greeting
One report keeps the condition Katz attached — that this follows an Iranian attack — and hedges the target list as a possibility. The other does not carry the condition in what we hold, and gives its body line to his new-year wishes to Iranian Jews. Neither report quotes anyone in Iran responding.
1 reports carrying the condition attached to the threat
1 reports carrying the greeting to Iranian Jews
0 reports quoting an Iranian response
Scored without the mastheads. Where the two passes differ, both are kept.
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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
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وزیر جنگ اسرائیل: هر حمله ایران به اسرائیل با حمله به زیرساختهای انرژی پاسخ داده میشود
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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
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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
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وزیر جنگ اسرائیل: هر حمله ایران به اسرائیل با حمله به زیرساختهای انرژی پاسخ داده میشود
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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
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Claims and verdicts
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Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz threatened Iran's energy infrastructure in a Rosh Hashanah message.
The Jerusalem Post and Shargh both carry the threat to Iranian energy infrastructure, and they are the only two reports we hold on it. Shargh hedges it — the facilities "may be placed" on the target list — where The Jerusalem Post states a threat of attacks outright.
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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
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وزیر جنگ اسرائیل: هر حمله ایران به اسرائیل با حمله به زیرساختهای انرژی پاسخ داده میشود
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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
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unverified
Katz framed the threat as a response to any Iranian attack on Israel, not as an unconditional one.
Only Shargh spells out the condition, writing that any attack from Tehran would meet a severe response. The Jerusalem Post's account states the threat without that condition, so we hold one report for the framing and none against it.
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وزیر جنگ اسرائیل: هر حمله ایران به اسرائیل با حمله به زیرساختهای انرژی پاسخ داده میشود
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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
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Katz threatens attacks on Iranian energy infrastructure in Rosh Hashanah message
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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
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unverified
In the same message Katz wished Iranian Jews a happy new year and told them they were part of "a glorious Jewish history".
Only The Jerusalem Post carries the passage addressed to Iranian Jews. Shargh, reporting the same message, does not mention it.
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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
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وزیر جنگ اسرائیل: هر حمله ایران به اسرائیل با حمله به زیرساختهای انرژی پاسخ داده میشود
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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
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Attributed or asserted
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Conditions left unnamed
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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
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— independentThe only report carrying Israel: the defence minister, Israel Katz, threatens Iranian energy infrastructure in a message that also wishes Iranian Jews a happy new year.
Defense Minister Israel Katz threatened to set Iran back decades if the Islamic regime attacked Israel in a Rosh Hashanah message to Iranian civilians on Thursday.Katz threatened to attack Iranian energy infrastructure if regime leadership decided to strike Israel. "Any attack on Israel for any reason and anywhere will be met with a powerful response," he said, "which will inflict severe damage on Iran that it has not yet suffered to this day, including on its central energy facilities, which provide resources and capabilities for the Iranian war and terror system and for harming the citizens
Who is named as threatening: names the minister as the actor and puts the threat to energy sites in the headline, with the new-year greeting as the subhead — “Katz threatens attacks on Iranian energy infrastructure in Rosh Hashanah message”
Headline names the actor, lede softens him: the headline uses an active verb for the minister's threat; the standfirst offers his new-year greeting instead of the threat — “Katz also wished Iranian Jews a happy new year, telling them that they were part of "a glorious Jewish history," and saying they would "always be in our hearts."”
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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
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— independentThe only report carrying a condition — that any attack from Tehran would meet a severe response — and the only one that hedges the target list, writing that Iran's vital energy facilities "may be" placed on it.
جهان ۱۹ شهریور ۱۴۰۵ ۱۵:۴۱ وزیر جنگ اسرائیل: هر حمله ایران به اسرائیل با حمله به زیرساختهای انرژی پاسخ داده میشود وزیر جنگ رژیم صهیونیستی در ادامه تهدیدهای خود علیه ایران، هشدار داد هرگونه حمله از سوی تهران به اسرائیل با پاسخی شدید مواجه خواهد شد و تأسیسات حیاتی انرژی ایران نیز ممکن است در فهرست اهداف این رژیم قرار گیرد. به گزارش گروه رسانهای شرق، یسرائیل کاتس، امروز- پنجشنبه- در پیامی ویدئویی به مناسبت سال نوی عبری، خطاب به مقامهای ایرانی گفت هرگونه اقدام نظامی علیه اسرائیل، فارغ از علت یا محل انجام آن، با «پاسخی قدرتمند» روبهرو خواهد شد. کاتس مدعی شد این پاسخ بهگونهای خواهد بود که «خسا
What the speaker and his state are called: war minister, and the state a regime — “وزیر جنگ رژیم صهیونیستی در ادامه تهدیدهای خود علیه ایران، هشدار داد”
The condition kept in: the threat carried as a response to an Iranian attack, not as an opening move — “هرگونه حمله از سوی تهران به اسرائیل با پاسخی شدید مواجه خواهد شد”
What is hedged: the target list softened to a possibility — “تأسیسات حیاتی انرژی ایران نیز ممکن است در فهرست اهداف این رژیم قرار گیرد”
Label for the actor: the speaker is minister of war and the state is the Zionist regime, in the report's own voice — “وزیر جنگ رژیم صهیونیستی در ادامه تهدیدهای خود علیه ایران، هشدار داد”
Hedged or stated flat: the response is stated as certain, the energy target hedged to a possibility — “تأسیسات حیاتی انرژی ایران نیز ممکن است در فهرست اهداف این رژیم قرار گیرد”
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digital · independent
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
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North Press Agency
Centre
estimate · not a score
North Press Agency
🇸🇾SY ·
wire · independent
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
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Al-Monitor
Centre
estimate · not a score
Al-Monitor
🇺🇸US/ME ·
digital · independent
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
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Tehran Times
State / loyalist
estimate · not a score
Tehran Times
🇮🇷IR ·
newspaper · state-controlled
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
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Al Jazeera English
Centre
estimate · not a score
Al Jazeera English
🇶🇦QA ·
TV/radio · state-funded international
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
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An-Nahar
Centre
estimate · not a score
An-Nahar
🇱🇧LB ·
newspaper · independent
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
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LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International)
Centre
estimate · not a score
LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International)
🇱🇧LB ·
TV/radio · independent
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
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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
What we have measured
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The Times of Israel
Centre
estimate · not a score
The Times of Israel
🇮🇱IL ·
digital · independent
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
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Al-Sabaah
State / loyalist
estimate · not a score
Al-Sabaah
🇮🇶IQ ·
newspaper · state-controlled
What we have measured
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Ma'an News Agency
Centre
estimate · not a score
Ma'an News Agency
🇵🇸PS ·
digital · independent
What we have measured
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Al Rai
State / loyalist
estimate · not a score
Al Rai
🇯🇴JO ·
newspaper · state-controlled
What we have measured
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Al-Mada
Centre-left
estimate · not a score
Al-Mada
🇮🇶IQ ·
newspaper · independent
What we have measured
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WAFA · Palestinian News & Information Agency
State / loyalist
estimate · not a score
WAFA · Palestinian News & Information Agency
🇵🇸PS ·
state agency · state-controlled
What we have measured
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SANA (Syrian Arab News Agency)
State / loyalist
estimate · not a score
SANA (Syrian Arab News Agency)
🇸🇾SY ·
state agency · state-controlled
What we have measured
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Al-Manar
State-owned, sometimes critical
estimate · not a score
Al-Manar
🇱🇧LB ·
TV/radio · independent
What we have measured
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State / loyalist
estimate · not a score
Middle East Eye
Centre-left
estimate · not a score
Middle East Eye
🇬🇧UK ·
digital · independent
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
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Ammon News
Centre
estimate · not a score
Ammon News
🇯🇴JO ·
digital · independent
What we have measured
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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.