CBS has commendably corrected after wrongly referring to released hostage Arbel Yahoud, 29, as a soldier. In fact, she is a civilian.
In her Jan. 30 article, “Three Israeli hostages freed, but Netanyahu blasts Hamas for ‘shocking scenes,’ delays Palestinian prisoner release,” CBS’s Haley Ott erred: “The other two Israeli hostages released Thursday were soldier Arbel Yehoud, 29, and Gadi Moses, 80, who was the oldest of the hostages.”
Arbel Yahoud is a civilian, CBS has corrected
After CAMERA notified CBS of the error, the network commendably deleted the misidentification of Yedoud as a soldier. In addition, editors appended the following editor’s note to the bottom of the article:
Editor’s note: This story has been updated to reflect that freed Israeli hostage Arbel Yehoud is not a soldier, as previously stated.
Separately, it should be noted that while Gadi Moses (also spelled Mozes) was the oldest hostage to be released on Jan. 30, the oldest hostage held in the Gaza Strip is Shlomo Mansour, 86.
Hamas kidnapped Emily Damari from her home in Kfar Aza, on internationally recognized Israeli territory (Photo by Tamar Sternthal)
CBS has yet to correct its recent broadcast which erroneously described Kibbutz Kfar Aza, one of the many communities devastated by Hamas’ Oct. 7 attacks, as a “settlement.” All of the communities targeted in Hamas’ Oct. 7 orgy of mass murder, kinocide, rape, kidnapping, torture, and maiming were located on internationally recognized Israeli territory.