The main reporter on this story, @summer_said, has a history of dishonesty and inventing stories. I fired her from Reuters in 2008 for this reason. I’m surprised that the @WSJ has hired her and is publishing her stories that are clearly bogus.
I wish there were a way to make the dubiousness of this story clear for people who haven't clicked through to the comments -- editing the title maybe? I can see a lot of people not clicking...
I wish there were a way to make the dubiousness of this story clear for people who haven't clicked through to the comments -- editing the title maybe? I can see a lot of people not clicking through to read the article or comments but still seeing and believing the title as they browse Tildes.
DUBAI—Iranian security officials helped plan Hamas’s Saturday surprise attack on Israel and gave the green light for the assault at a meeting in Beirut last Monday, according to senior members of Hamas and Hezbollah, another Iran-backed militant group.
Officers of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps had worked with Hamas since August to devise the air, land and sea incursions—the most significant breach of Israel’s borders since the 1973 Yom Kippur War—those people said.
There's also concern that info that trump leaked to Russia was also used to plan this: https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-israel-intel-russia-hamas-attack-1833094
Seems like this story is made up.
https://twitter.com/zenjournalist/status/1711349508733280349
I wish there were a way to make the dubiousness of this story clear for people who haven't clicked through to the comments -- editing the title maybe? I can see a lot of people not clicking through to read the article or comments but still seeing and believing the title as they browse Tildes.
There's also concern that info that trump leaked to Russia was also used to plan this: https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-israel-intel-russia-hamas-attack-1833094