CAMERA’s Israel office yesterday prompted correction at The Hollywood Reporter after an otherwise informative article grossly misreported the start of the war between Israel and Hamas (“Paramount+ Acquires ‘The Children of October 7’ Documentary“).
The March 26 article had absurdly stated: “Israel’s response to the Oct. 7, 2023, terrorist attacks sparked the ongoing Israeli-Gaza conflict.” (Screenshot of the original wording is at left.)
In fact, it was the Hamas-led Oct. 7, 2023 invasion of Israel, including the terrorists’ orgy of murder, kidnapping, rape, mutilations and torture of civilians in their homes and in a dance party, which sparked the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict. The war clearly began with Hamas’ devastating attack, not Israel’s response to the terror group’s Oct. 7 invasion and mass war crimes.
As Associated Press rightly reported in recent days: “The war in Gaza was triggered by Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attack into Israel, in which Palestinian militants killed some 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and abducted 251.”
The Hollywood Reporter editors agreed with CAMERA that a correction was necessary and commendably amended the article to correctly state: “The Oct. 7, 2023 attack on Southern Israel sparked the ongoing Israeli-Gaza conflict.”
Contrary to common journalistic practice, no note is appended alerting readers to the change.
Previously, Reuters likewise corrected after wrongly reporting that the war began in the Gaza Strip with Israel’s response, as opposed to in Israel, with Hamas’ initial mass invasion.