Clicking on the archive link, the header now says "Five Journalists Killed in Gaza Strike, Palestinian Media Says"
Apparently, contrary to the NYT article as it is cited in the OP, Palestinian officials say nothing now, and local authorities are nowhere to be found. Also, the name of one of the authors credited for the article in the OP is nowhere to be found as well.
That's curious... how did NYT manage to disappear them both in just a matter of hours?
Ok, so shit happens. People disappear into thin air, especially when credible sources and responsible journalism are on the line. Happens all the time. Let's forget about them and just work with what we have left. So what does the sole remaining author of the article, Yan Zhuang, based in Seoul (https://www.nytimes.com/by/yan-zhuang) is telling us now about the media reports?
"according to the local authorities and Palestinian news media reports."
Ok, and who exactly are the Palestinian news media whose reports NYT is relying on?
"from Al Quds Today", [the channel that] "has regularly featured Islamic Jihad leaders and promoted the group’s ideology". "according to a post on social media from Quds News Network"
and
"Images posted by Quds News Network also showed a charred white van. The provenance of these images could not be independently confirmed."
And why, one might ask, could the provenance of the images from Al Quds could not be confirmed?
Could it be because Al Quds Media, according to Media Bias Fact check, is
"A questionable source exhibits one or more of the following: extreme bias, consistent promotion of propaganda/conspiracies, poor or no sourcing of credible information, a complete lack of transparency, and/or is fake news."
?
https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/quds-news-network-bias-and-credibility/
Oh my!
And the moral outrage porn all over the social media is as sure to follow as tainted taboule is followed by diarrhea.
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