April 28, 2021
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Rocket fired from the Gaza Strip towards Israel, April 24, 2021 (Screenshot of video by Dadi Fold, via IDF Twitter)An apparent typographical or grammatical error in numerous English-language Deutsche Presse-Agentur (DPA) captions last week resulted in a geographic gaffe, putting Israel back into the Gaza Strip. Multiple April 24 captions state: “Palestinian militants fired several rockets at
Israeli areas in the Gaza Strip in response to overnight clashes in East Jerusalem.” (Emphasis added.)
Of course, there are no Israeli areas in the Gaza Strip, as Israel removed every last civilian and soldier from the coastal territory in 2005. The editor at the German news agency likely meant: “Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip fired several rockets at Israel in response to overnight clashes in East Jerusalem.”