The Media Accountability Project  

The Israeli military’s claims that they regret harming civilians ring hollow when Israeli officials outright openly make dehumanizing statements against Palestinians.

In the interest of accurate and fair reporting, we therefore ask the headline be changed to specifically mention that Israel is violating the ceasefire agreement, not “testing” it.

Israel’s ongoing artillery shelling, the burning of agricultural land and homes, and heavy drone activity must be included when reporting on the so-called ceasefire. As it stands, the article misleads readers into believing that calm has resumed, when in fact Israeli attacks on villages in southern Lebanon continue as we speak. 

We therefore request that Associated Press and CTV News amend the article in the interest of accuracy and replace the phrase “seized large swaths of that country” with language reflecting the reported facts on the ground - that Israel currently occupies approximately 570 square kilometres (220 square miles) of Lebanese territory.

The Israeli forces have a history of using lies and misinformation as pretexts for their massacres. I therefore kindly request that the article be amended to raise skepticism around Israel’s unsubstantiated claims and to clarify that these Israeli allegations have not been independently verified in the interest of upholding journalistic standards of accuracy and fairness.

"The claim made by AP here is inaccurate. Since January, Israel has carried out 132 airstrikes in Lebanon, a clear violation of the previous ceasefire agreement imposed by the two states in 2024."

The characterization of Israel’s blockade of Gaza is supported by authoritative international bodies, not critics. Framing it this way reduces established international legal conclusions to the level of subjective criticism.

Israel’s blockade of Gaza is illegal under international law but AP did not say this once in the article. Why?

While Israel routinely claims that it only targets infrastructure linked to the resistance in Lebanon, there have been repeated attacks on civilian infrastructure and civilians themselves. Yet the article glaringly omits this perspective and instead uncritically repeats Israeli military claims.

The issue with the article is that it does not provide space to challenge or raise skepticism around Israel’s claim that the IDF only targets buildings used by the resistance in Lebanon.