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Might want to check your sources. The released prisoner with broken hands is Mohammed Nazzal; the one greeting his family is Mohammed Shatara.

https://www.reuters.com/fact-check/video-misidentifies-pales...

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-67581915


In the second link (BBC) they say it is the same person. I saw both videos and clearly, it's hard to confuse, it is the same person.


The same Israel who wanted the US to believe a mere calendar was proof of terrorist presence, or that a laminated Al Qaeda poster from 2004 "recovered" was proof said terrorists were prepping chemical weapons, or worse, who keeps telling Gazans they'll be safe in X before bombing the place.


I don't know that story, but speaking generally: what you describe is an issue (to varying degrees) with every news organization. Moreover the line between propaganda and reporting isn't static—every reader draws it differently, depending mostly on their personal identifications.

One can, however, be touched by a story on a human level without agreeing with anything else appearing on the same site, and this is consistent with how HN has handled this question for many years: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&so....




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