On that shelling of the UN building

[cema]

http://haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1054284.html

missed their targets by some 30 meters
officers said they found the death toll published by Hamas grossly exaggerated

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1231424929302&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

The army fired three mortar shells, two of which hit the target and one missed by about 30 meters, causing the casualties at the school, whose number the IDF believes was inflated by Hamas.

Fog of war, but also fog of media war.

Update. Heh! Look at them. Haaretz: "IDF investigation shows errant mortar hit UN building in Gaza". Jerusalem Post: "IDF denies errant shell hit UNRWA school".

Comments

[gera.livejournal.com]

There is no "same report" mentioned in the articles. The Post is quoting a named officer, while Haaretz is quoting some unnamed ones.

[cema.livejournal.com]

But the quote is essentialy the same: three shots, one about 30 meters away from the target, which is within the accuracy for that type of weapon. Hamas fires first, UN denies.

[gera.livejournal.com]

The main difference is in the headlines and it is based, apparently, on the intepretation of "errant": 1) missing the intended target or 2) fired without reason.
While the Post quote seems to stress that it was fired at a legitimate target, Haaretz is stressing the "missing" part.

[cema.livejournal.com]

Exactly.

The result is, two contradictory titles.