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Operation Breaking Dawn: Three Ways the Media Got It Wrong (VIDEO)

Over the weekend, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) terror group fired 1,100 rockets towards Israeli territory from the Gaza Strip. More than a million Israeli civilians were sent running to shelters as they feared for their lives.

And while Iranian-backed terrorists attacked families in southern Israel, Tel Aviv and the outskirts of Jerusalem, the media assault against the Jewish state also went into full swing.

Here are three ways journalists misled their readers about Operation Breaking Dawn and PIJ.

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Gil Hoffman

Gil Hoffman is the executive director of HonestReporting.com. Previously, he served as chief political correspondent and analyst for The Jerusalem Post for nearly 25 years. Well-connected to Israeli and Palestinian leaders, he has interviewed every major figure across the Israeli political spectrum, has been interviewed by top media on six continents and is a regular analyst on CNN, Al-Jazeera and other news outlets. He was raised in Chicago, graduated Magna Cum Laude from Northwestern University’s School of Journalism, and wrote for the Miami Herald and Arizona Republic before moving to Israel. A reserve soldier in the IDF Spokesperson’s Unit, he has lectured in every major English-speaking country in the world, more than half the Canadian provinces, and recently made history in Hawaii by becoming the first speaker to have lectured about Israel in all 50 US states. He lives with his family in Jerusalem.

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