A note explaining the retraction of the claim that Hamas militants had specific orders as to “which commander should rape which soldiers” indicates the publication censored itself at the behest of the Israeli government. The Washington Post has quietly removed an outlandish claim by Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant that Hamas battle plans included specific instructions on which Israeli troops should be raped during their October 7 incursion. But this has not stopped senior US administration officials from accepting Israeli claims at face value. Further, many residents of frontline kibbutzim and attendees of the Nova music festival were killed by Israeli forces. It concludes: “It is incomprehensible that the defendants did not order the immediate dispersal of the festival.”

Source: Washington Post January 03, 2024 13:52 UTC