JERUSALEM, Israel –This week, Israel completed a two-day counter-terrorism operation in the Palestinian city of Jenin. The IDF conducted the operation in order to destroy the epicenter of terrorism in northern Samaria (the West Bank) where more than fifty Israelis have been killed or injured in the past year by terrorists from Jenin.
Former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett went on the BBC to explain and defend Israel’s actions. During the interview, BBC presenter Anjana Gadgil argued that at least four terrorists who were killed in the operation were under the age of 18 and made the statement, “Terrorists, but children. The Israeli forces are happy to kill children.”
Bennett went on to point out these “children” were armed terrorists fighting the IDF. The statement itself went viral and seen by many as one more egregious example of BBC and mainstream media bias against Israel.