CAMERA's Israel office prompts correction today of an AFP photo caption which omitted the essential fact that the pictured Gaza site, bombed during an Israeli airstrike, was a Hamas training camp. 
AFP has trouble passing up on a juicy story, however flimsy, accusing Israel of wrongdoing. The latest accuses Israel of flooding Gaza by opening dams. Only, there are no dams that can be opened in southern Israel. CAMERA prompts a New York Times correction after the newspaper claimed Israeli cities are "Palestinian," blamed Israel for water, gas and electricity shortages in Gaza. CAMERA's Israel office prompts correction of a New York Times article which erroneously reported that Israel blocked the installation of a scanner meant for Gaza exports. In fact, it was installed weeks ago and is already in use. CAMERA withdraws a complaint from the Israel Press Council after Ha'aretz corrects an article which had wrongly reported that Israel barred concrete and steel from entering the Gaza Strip for the last six years. In response to communication from CAMERA, Ha'aretz today commendably corrects, in Hebrew and English, Gideon Levy's false claim that according to Amnesty International "only 92 Palestinian fighters" were killed in Cast Lead. Following Presspectiva's complaint to the Israel Press Council, Ha'aretz today runs two corrections. One article wrongly stated that Israel violated a High Court injunction by evacuating Palestinian protesters. Another blamed Israel for a Gazan's death, though the IDF denied involvement. CAMERA staff elicited Christian Science Monitor corrections of an Op-Ed claiming Israel banned construction materials from entering Gaza for years and asserting Israeli control of the Egyptian border with Gaza. After initially issuing only an online clarification regarding an "All Things Considered" broadcast which erred about the import of building materials into Gaza, NPR agreed with CAMERA that an on-air correction was needed. The follow-up was immediate.