🧩 BND Motif Index · M749
Targeting civilians
An attack is said to have aimed at civilians, an airport, a market, a home, and the charge that the targets were civilian carries the story's moral weight.
- 9claims filed under it
- 3left shows it came up on
- 4center shows it came up on
- 1right show it came up on
- 5claims retold online
⚠️ A story people tell, not a claim that it's true.
A motif is the shape of a story as its tellers tell it, named the way a folklorist names a tale type, so the same story told about other people, by the other side or in another year lands in the same place. Some of the claims below are true, many are false. Arguing against a story is often a story of its own, its answer (Voter fraud is answered by Voter suppression, Lawfare by No one is above the law), and we file it there; where no answer has a motif yet, the arguments against a story sit with its tellings.
🎙️ Who it came up with
the shows we follow where its claims came up, by the show's lean
⚖️ center 4
🎙️ BBC Global News Podcast 🎙️ The Take (Al Jazeera) 🎙️ Up First (NPR) 🎙️ WSJ What's News
🐘 right 1
"Came up on" means one of its claims was heard on the show: told, reported or argued against. We don't yet mark which. Show leans are our own grouping of the shows we transcribe.
📰 In the news
the stories its claims were told about, the most told first (matched by our tools, so a link can be wrong)
- 📰 Houthi rebels strike Saudi airport; Trump considers U.S. involvement 2026-10-10 to 2026-10-11
- 📰 Houthi missiles strike Yemeni presidential palace, killing two 2026-10-04 to 2026-10-17
- 📰 Oil prices rise above $117 amid Middle East tensions 2026-10-23 to 2026-10-24
🧶 Its claims
what's been told in this shape, newest first, in our words, with where each was heard
- 2026-10-25 “The Houthis claim to have attacked Saudi oil facilities and airports while denying attacks on Mecca and Medina.” 🧶 people online
- 2026-10-19 “Russian attacks on Kharkiv and Kyiv have killed and injured numerous people and damaged residential buildings and infrastructure.” 🧶 people online
- 2026-10-16 “The IDF uses AI systems to target individuals and accepts high civilian death ratios.”
🎙️ The Young Turks (podcast) - 2026-10-12 “The Houthis have attacked various targets within Saudi Arabia, including an airport and an oil refinery.”
🎙️ BBC Global News Podcast - 2026-10-12 “The Houthi war is escalating following an attack on a Saudi airport.”
🎙️ BBC Global News Podcast 🎙️ Up First (NPR) 🎙️ WSJ What's News 🎙️ PBD Podcast (podcast) - 2026-10-10 “Houthis attacked Saudi Arabia's Riyadh airport, killing three people including a pilot.” 🧶 people online
- 2026-10-09 “Israeli settlers are increasingly attacking Palestinians in the West Bank.”
🎙️ Today, Explained 🎙️ The Majority Report (podcast) 🎙️ The Take (Al Jazeera) - 2026-10-09 “Houthi rebels have attacked Saudi Arabia's Riyadh Airport with missiles, leading to flight suspensions and international condemnation.” 🧶 people online
- 2026-10-07 “Houthis have launched missile attacks on airports in Saudi Arabia and Yemen, including Aden International Airport and King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh.” 🧶 people online
M749 · first seen 2026-10-10 · last 2026-10-27 · what this is · how the index works