🗞️ Story file #867
Israeli soldiers killed in West Bank attack; military orders LOCKDOWN
Oct 23, 5 AM ET to Oct 24, 4 AM ET
- 31outlets carried it
- 🫏12 · 8 · 11🐘left · center · right
- 23 hourson the front pages
- 31front pages at once, at its peak
- 10 minof TV captions
- 7radio newscasts
- 11people retold it online
👣 How this story traveled: from the front pages that broke it, out through TV, radio and the shows, into what people retold and what fact-checkers examined, and on into the saga it is part of. Everything here is matched to the story by our tools, so a link can be wrong; the trackers' pages say how each is made.
- Oct 23, 5 AM ETfirst on a front page: HuffPost
- Oct 23, 7 AM ETfirst on the radio: NPR News Now
- Oct 23, 8 AM ETretold online by 11 people
- Oct 23, 7 PM ETpeak: on 31 front pages
- Oct 23, 8 PM ETfirst on TV: BBC News
📰 Spread
the front pages that ran it, hour by hour
📡 wire copy: 3 outlets ran the AP, Reuters headline nearly word for word (HuffPost, Los Angeles Times, NPR)
📌 linked by aggregators: Google News Drudge Report
💬 quoted: “full lockdown” 2 “planning a major attack” 2 “aggressive” “very extensive” “major attack”
🗣️ only one side says: 🐘 deadly shooting
✏️ 12 outlets ran more than one headline on it (reworded, or a follow-up)
- AP (7 wordings): “Netanyahu's office orders closure of West Bank after soldiers kill 2 men behind an alleged attack” → “Attack in the West Bank kills 2 Israeli soldiers, and other Mideast news - AP News”
- BBC (3 wordings): “Five Israelis wounded and two suspected Palestinian attackers killed in West Bank shooting” → “Israeli forces begin demolishing Palestinian buildings in Hebron after two Israeli soldiers shot dead”
- CNN (6 wordings): “Israel closes West Bank city after at least five Israelis wounded in shooting attack” → “Israel begins demolitions in West Bank city after two soldiers killed in shooting attack Palestinian gunmen opened fire on an Israeli military checkpoint”
- HuffPost (2 wordings): “Netanyahu’s Office Orders Closure Of West Bank After Soldiers Kill 2 Men Behind Alleged Attack” → “Netanyahu Orders Closure Of West Bank After Soldiers Kill 2 Men Behind Alleged Attack”
- Just the News (2 wordings): “Netanyahu orders 'full lockdown' of occupied West Bank following shooting” → “Netanyahu orders 'full lockdown' of West Bank after 2 Israeli soldiers reportedly fatally shot”
- NBC News (4 wordings): “BREAKING: Israel orders ‘full lockdown’ of West Bank” → “Israel orders ‘full lockdown’ of occupied West Bank”
- NPR (2 wordings): “Israel orders closure of West Bank after soldiers kill 2 men behind an alleged attack” → “Israeli PM pledges massive military operation after West Bank checkpoint attack”
- New York Post (4 wordings): “Netanyahu orders closure of West Bank after 5 wounded in shooting, 2 terrorists killed” → “Eliminated Dramatic moment Israeli soldiers kill 2 Hamas terrorists who were ‘planning a major attack’ in the West Bank”
- News Nation (2 wordings): “Israel orders West Bank closure after shooting attack kills 2” → “Israel orders West Bank closure after shooting attack kills 2 soldiers”
- Newsmax (3 wordings): “Israel Orders Soldiers to Close off the West Bank Following an Attack in the Palestinian Territory” → “Netanyahu Orders Major West Bank Military Operation”
- Red State (2 wordings): “Terrorist Attack Near Hebron, Netanyahu Orders Closure of West Bank” → “Terrorism Terrorist Attack Near Hebron, Netanyahu Orders Closure of West Bank Nick Arama”
- Yahoo News (2 wordings): “Israel orders army to prepare for full closure of West Bank after alleged attack” → “Israel shuts down parts of West Bank after shootout kills 2 soldiers and 2 gunmen”
Every outlet's first headline (31), left to right by AllSides rating
HuffPost
Netanyahu’s Office Orders Closure Of West Bank After Soldiers Kill 2 Men Behind Alleged Attack Oct 23, 5 AM ET
The Guardian
Netanyahu orders ‘very extensive’ operation in West Bank after two Israeli soldiers killed Oct 23, 10 AM ET
ABC News
Netanyahu closes West Bank after thwarted potential ‘major attack’ Oct 23, 8 AM ET
AP
Netanyahu's office orders closure of West Bank after soldiers kill 2 men behind an alleged attack Oct 23, 5 AM ET
CBS News
Israel vows major West Bank operation after attack kills 2 troops Oct 23, 9 AM ET
CNN
Israel closes West Bank city after at least five Israelis wounded in shooting attack Oct 23, 5 AM ET
Los Angeles Times
Israeli military says 2 soldiers were killed in West Bank attack that also left 2 gunmen dead Oct 23, 10 AM ET
NBC News
BREAKING: Israel orders ‘full lockdown’ of West Bank Oct 23, 5 AM ET
NPR
Israel orders closure of West Bank after soldiers kill 2 men behind an alleged attack Oct 23, 6 AM ET
New York Times
Palestinian Gunmen Open Fire on Israelis in the West Bank, Officials Say Oct 23, 6 AM ET
The Independent
Israeli army ordered to brace for West Bank closure after shooting Oct 23, 8 AM ET
Yahoo News
Israel orders army to prepare for full closure of West Bank after alleged attack Oct 23, 6 AM ET
BBC
Five Israelis wounded and two suspected Palestinian attackers killed in West Bank shooting Oct 23, 6 AM ET- Financial Times Netanyahu threatens ‘aggressive’ offensive after West Bank shooting Oct 23, 11 AM ET
Foreign Policy
Netanyahu Orders Large-Scale Military Operation in West Bank Oct 23, 5 PM ET
News Nation
Israel orders West Bank closure after shooting attack kills 2 Oct 23, 8 AM ET
Newsweek
Israel Orders Army To Prepare Full Closure of West Bank Days Before Election Oct 23, 10 AM ET
Reuters
Palestinian gunmen kill two Israeli soldiers; Israel threatens new West Bank offensive Oct 23, 2 PM ET
Scripps News
Middle East 2 Israeli soldiers, 2 Palestinian gunmen killed in West Bank attack AP via Scripps News Group Oct 23, 11 AM ET
Straight Arrow News
Netanyahu threatens military operation in West Bank after two Israeli soldiers are killed Oct 23, 10 AM ET
Just the News
Netanyahu orders 'full lockdown' of occupied West Bank following shooting Oct 23, 8 AM ET
The Epoch Times
Israel Orders Military to Prepare for Full Closure of West Bank Oct 23, 8 AM ET
The Sun
LOCKDOWN ORDER Israel orders army to prepare to fully SHUT West Bank after deadly shooting Oct 23, 5 AM ET
Washington Examiner
Israel shuts down West Bank after two soliders shot dead by Palestinian gunmen Oct 23, 12 PM ET
Breitbart
Benjamin Netanyahu Signals Massive West Bank Operation After Hebron Attack Oct 23, 7 PM ET
Fox News
Two suspected gunmen dead, two IDF soldiers killed in West Bank shooting Oct 23, 10 AM ET
IJR
Israeli Troops Kill Two After West Bank Shooting Oct 23, 6 AM ET
New York Post
Netanyahu orders closure of West Bank after 5 wounded in shooting, 2 terrorists killed Oct 23, 5 AM ET
Newsmax
Israel Orders Soldiers to Close off the West Bank Following an Attack in the Palestinian Territory Oct 23, 5 AM ET
Red State
Terrorist Attack Near Hebron, Netanyahu Orders Closure of West Bank Oct 23, 8 AM ET
The Western Journal
Breaking: Israel Orders Full West Bank Lockdown After IDF Troops Stop Terror Attack Oct 23, 11 AM ET
📡 Broadcast
TV, radio, and the shows that talked about it
📺 On TV
- Tensions in West Bank in run-up to Israel elections BBC News, 4 min
- Two Israeli soldiers and two Palestinians killed in West Bank BBC News, 2 min
- Israel prepares lockdown of occupied West Bank after attack BBC News, 2 min
- TWO IDF SOLDIERS KILLED IN WEST BANK SHOOTING Fox News, 70 s
- Israel demolishing Palestinian buildings after attack BBC News, 54 s
📻 On the radio
- ABC News Update, Oct 23, 11:32 PM ET: story 2 of 2
- ABC News Update, Oct 23, 8:32 PM ET: story 2 of 3
- ABC News Update, Oct 23, 12:05 PM ET: story 4 of 7
- NPR News Now, Oct 23, 11:09 AM ET: the lead
- ABC News Update, Oct 23, 11:05 AM ET: story 2 of 7
- ABC News Update, Oct 23, 8:05 AM ET: story 2 of 10
- NPR News Now, Oct 23, 7:10 AM ET: the lead
🧶 Retelling
what people online made of it
🧶 Retold online
- Two Palestinian gunmen killed by the IDF in a shooting attack near Hebron prompted a full West Bank lockdown days before the Israeli election. Oct 23: told by 11 people
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🗣️ names in it: Israel West Bank Netanyahu Israeli soldiers Israeli government
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🧵 Persistence
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