The Media Accountability Project  

Feedback on article regarding Lebanon

There is some clear misinformation in the article which deserves correction. The following paragraph is inaccurate. 

To the Toronto Star and AP newsrooms,

I am writing on behalf of Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East (CJPME) regarding your article “Hezbollah to compensate owners of homes destroyed in Lebanon during war with Israel” by Bassem Mroue (AP) published on October 13, 2026 in the Toronto Star.

There is some clear misinformation in the article which deserves correction. The following paragraph is inaccurate. 

“The latest war began when Hezbollah fired rockets into Israel in early March, two days after the U.S. and Israel launched a war on Iran. Israel launched a ground invasion, capturing dozens of Lebanese villages and towns along the border, before a U.S.-brokered ceasefire ended the conflict in late June.”

Israel has a long proven pattern of violating ceasefire agreements. So much so that they cannot be credibly called “ceasefires”. The “latest war” did not begin in March when, as you write, “Hezbollah fired rockets into Israel”. This is a simplistic acceptance of the Israeli/US narrative. In fact there was a ceasefire agreement between the two countries as of November 2024. From November 27, 2024 until the end of February 2026 Israel violated the ceasefire a shocking 855 times. 

This is a significant part of the story that must be corrected.

The article also makes it sound as if Hezbollah is the aggressor that bears the lion's share of blame for the war continuing. In fact the opposite is true. Below is a quote from an Israeli report on the situation.

”Hezbollah secretary general Na’im Qassem claimed the new attacks were in response to Israel and American “aggression” to “violations” of the ceasefire agreement.” 

Since the US brokered “framework agreement” of June 2026 between Israel and Lebanon the “agreement” has been, unsurprisingly, violated by Israel a staggering 7,700 times. How many Lebanese or Hezbollah violations have occurred since March or June?

In the face of this overwhelming statistical record will you correct your article to portray Israel as the impediment to peace?

Thank you for reading and I look forward to your response.

Sincerely,

Jeff Winch, CJPME Media Analyst

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