Stalin
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if things are going so well and isrill is such a free and democratic place, why the massive amount of censorship...
"After Iran launched waves of ballistic missiles across Israel on Tuesday evening, with video footage showing many of them hitting their targets, Israel closed off several military zones and barred the publication of reporting on where missiles hit the ground.
The censorship from Israel made it difficult to assess the full damage from Iran's strikes, with both the US and Israel sending mixed messages regarding the size and impact of Tehran's attack.
The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday that an initial Israeli assessment of the attack showed minor damage to military bases. The Iranian attack hit the Nevatim air base in the Negev Desert, where Israel has placed some F-35 fighter jets. But Israel's military declined to share with the Journal the extent of the damage to the air base.
The military said "it didn’t want to give information to Iran" that could help Tehran understand how much damage its attack caused.
Several missiles were also located near the Dead Sea, near where Israeli nuclear facilities are located. It wasn't clear whether they were intercepted by Israel or the US, according to the report.
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Israel's censorship of Iran's attack is not new, and the Israeli government has ramped up its censorship during its ongoing war on Gaza, which began in October 2023 after the Hamas-led attacks on southern Israel.
A report by +972 Magazine found that in 2023, the Israeli military barred 613 articles from being published by media outlets in Israel. That number was a record for the magazine, which began tracking censorship in 2011.
The magazine also found that an additional 2,703 articles had been redacted, which is the highest number of redactions since 2014, a year Israel also launched a war on Gaza.
www.middleeasteye.net
comrade stalin
armagiddeo
"After Iran launched waves of ballistic missiles across Israel on Tuesday evening, with video footage showing many of them hitting their targets, Israel closed off several military zones and barred the publication of reporting on where missiles hit the ground.
The censorship from Israel made it difficult to assess the full damage from Iran's strikes, with both the US and Israel sending mixed messages regarding the size and impact of Tehran's attack.
The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday that an initial Israeli assessment of the attack showed minor damage to military bases. The Iranian attack hit the Nevatim air base in the Negev Desert, where Israel has placed some F-35 fighter jets. But Israel's military declined to share with the Journal the extent of the damage to the air base.
The military said "it didn’t want to give information to Iran" that could help Tehran understand how much damage its attack caused.
Several missiles were also located near the Dead Sea, near where Israeli nuclear facilities are located. It wasn't clear whether they were intercepted by Israel or the US, according to the report.
..
Israel's censorship of Iran's attack is not new, and the Israeli government has ramped up its censorship during its ongoing war on Gaza, which began in October 2023 after the Hamas-led attacks on southern Israel.
A report by +972 Magazine found that in 2023, the Israeli military barred 613 articles from being published by media outlets in Israel. That number was a record for the magazine, which began tracking censorship in 2011.
The magazine also found that an additional 2,703 articles had been redacted, which is the highest number of redactions since 2014, a year Israel also launched a war on Gaza.
Israel censors reporting on military sites hit by Iran, obscuring extent of damage
Iran claims 90 percent of missiles hit their targets, with images showing massive crater left in one Israeli town
www.middleeasteye.net
comrade stalin
armagiddeo
