'As the IDF fought terrorism in Gaza, we waged a battle against disinformation'

(Israel Hayom via JNS) — On the evening of the third day of “Operation Breaking Dawn,” an extensive Israeli counterterrorism campaign against the Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorist group in the Gaza Strip, reports of a fatal attack in the Jabalya refugee camp began to appear on Palestinian social media. The reports were soon followed by gruesome pictures of the incident, including of the bodies of five children allegedly killed in the blast.

“We immediately understood that there was an emergency here that could potentially become a public diplomacy disaster, which would have an impact on the...