Hamas Roundup

30 Hamas Officials, including the education minister, arrested overnight by Israeli army.

According to CBS News

Israel Chooses Arrests Over Bloodshed

(CBS/AP) Israel extended its offensive against the ruling Palestinian militant group Hamas to the West Bank Thursday, reports CBS News correspondent Robert Berger, arresting more than 30 senior officials, including a Cabinet minister, parliamentarians and mayors.

Unfortunately, the CBS headline is wrong.

CNN International

Even by CNN’s Ben Wederman’s account, there have been at least 18 Palestinians killed in the latest assault by Israel. The way he puts it is:

“Israeli air raids have left more than two dozen militants dead but they’ve also killed nearly half that many civilians.”

Notice the passive language. “have left”

When reporting Israeli casualties from qassam rockets, Wederman says:
“the crude locally made rockets from Gaza have killed one Israeli and wounded more than 15.”