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Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/06/01/israel-gaza-aid-rafah-shooting/
Washington Post Retracts Charges of Israel Targeting Civilians at Humanitarian Sites
(Washington Post) Previous versions of an article titled "More than 30 killed by gunfire near U.S. aid site in Gaza" stated that Israeli troops had killed more than 30 people near a U.S. aid site. The article failed to make clear if attributing the deaths to Israel was the position of the Gaza health ministry or a fact verified by the Post. The article and headline were updated to make it clear that there was no consensus about who was responsible for the shooting and that there was a dispute over that question. While statements from Israel that it was unaware of injuries and that an initial inquiry indicated its soldiers didn't fire at civilians near the site were included in the article, the Post didn't give proper weight to Israel's denial and gave improper certitude about any Israeli role in the shootings. The early versions fell short of Washington Post standards of fairness and should not have been published in that form.