The Washington Post admitted Tuesday that a claim in its recent report that Israeli soldiers killed dozens of civilians in Gaza could not be verified.
The outlet shared a post on X stating it had updated its Sunday article to reflect that it could not verify that Israeli troops killed around 30 civilians near a US aid site in Gaza. The previous version of the piece reported that the Israeli military had committed the killings.
“The article and headline were updated on Sunday evening making it clear that there was no consensus about who was responsible for the shootings and that there was a dispute over that question,” the outlet’s social media post read.
At least 26 Palestinians were reportedly killed and some 175 were wounded over the weekend as they made their way to receive food