After CAMERA’s communication with NPR editors, the broadcaster corrected a headline that had wrongly claimed Israeli strikes on Hezbollah “targeted” civilians.
The headline, given to a segment describing Lebanese anger at Hezbollah, had initially read: “Some Lebanese people express anger at Hezbollah as Israel strikes at civilian targets.”
Israel makes clear that its strikes are on military targets, even if those are embedded in civilian infrastructure. We reminded the editors, too, that it’s not only Israel making such a claim, but also the Lebanese civilians heard on NPR decrying that Hezbollah hides weapons in civilian communities.
Shortly after our outreach, the headline was corrected to remove the tendentious language. It now reads: “Lebanese trapped in a war not of their own making express anger at Israel and Hezbollah.”
