Gaza, a Palestinian enclave run by the militant group Hamas, has been under bombardment since Oct. 7 when Hamas gunmen burst through the Gaza border into Israel and killed some 1,400 people. Gaza's health ministry says around 7,000 people have been killed by Israeli strikes.

The Israel Defense Forces wrote to Reuters and AFP this week after they had sought assurances that their journalists in Gaza would not be targeted by Israeli strikes.

“The IDF is targeting all Hamas military activity throughout Gaza,” the IDF letter said, adding that Hamas deliberately put military operations “in the vicinity of journalists and civilians”.

The IDF also noted that its high-intensity strikes on Hamas targets could cause damage to surrounding buildings and that Hamas rockets could also misfire and kill people inside Gaza.

    • TinyPizza@kbin.socialOP
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      1 year ago

      While familiar with the practice, I was not familiar with this term.

      From the Wiki:

      Today, Israeli practitioners tend to label their communicative efforts “public diplomacy”, not hasbara, indicating a shift in strategy. They consider a focus on “explaining” too defensive and prefer to actively determine the agenda by being less reactive and more proactive, moving to a more comprehensive, long-term strategic approach.

      The other day some nutjob was trying to explain away some putrid comment from another shill as “international diplomacy” and I was left scratching my head wondering why you would ever call it that…

      Makes more sense now. TIL.