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It comes as aid deliveries reached Gaza for the first time since Israel imposed a blockade following a Hamas attack which killed 1,400 people in Israel.

This gives the impression that the blockade started on the 7th of October when it has been ongoing for 17 years.

Palestinian officials say more than 4,000 people have since been killed in Israeli bombing.

Notice the difference in how these two bits of information are delivered. There is no questioning that Hamas killed 1,400 people but there’s room for doubt with what the Palestinian officials say.

The demonstration in Salford was held outside the Media City complex, where the BBC has its offices - with protesters there also criticising the corporation for its reporting of the conflict.

Yes (see above). 14,000 of us.

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HeartyBeast@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

Notice the difference in how these two bits of information are delivered.

That will be because the 1,400 figure will have been verified independently to the BBC’s satisfaction as factual. The Palestinian death figures haven’t been.

It’s the same reason that the figures for some of the demonstrations are sourced to the police and

Meanwhile, about 1.4 million Gazans have been displaced with more than half a million people in 147 UN shelters, the UN says.

Is ascribed to the UN

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