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After spotting figures approaching the Gaza border fence, the IDF fired a shell that killed Mohammad Al-Kafarneh. Islamic Jihad identified him as one its "fighters." And yet this headline in The Guardian a) identifies Kafarneh…

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After spotting figures approaching the Gaza border fence, the IDF fired a shell that killed Mohammad Al-Kafarneh. Islamic Jihad identified him as one its "fighters."

And yet this headline in The Guardian a) identifies Kafarneh as a militant, and b) in quote marks, as if to cast doubt that Kafarneh was even that, even though c) Harriet Sherwood's article notes that Islamic Jihad called him a "fighter" and d) the IDF Spokesperson blog says Kafarneh's group was preparing to fire a rocket.

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