Template:Did you know nominations/Tel al-Sultan attack

Tel al-Sultan attack

(

)

~~... that American missiles were used to bomb a displacement camp in Rafah?~~

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/29/world/middleeast/israel-us-rafah-bombs.html https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/14/world/europe/carnage-and-contradiction-examining-a-deadly-strike-in-rafah.html

Reviewed:

Improved to Good Article status by Personisinsterest (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

Personisinsterest (talk) 12:25, 1 November 2024 (UTC).

I'd like to propose some alternative hooks, if that's okay:
- ALT1: ... that the "Kuwaiti Peace" tent camp, struck by Israeli fighter jets, was located only 200 meters from the largest UNRWA humanitarian aid storage warehouse in the Gaza Strip? Source: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hamas-rockets-central-israel-gaza-strip-sirens/
- ALT2:... that a viral image showing tents in Rafah arranged to spell "All Eyes on Rafah" called for global attention to the humanitarian crisis following the Tel al-Sultan attack? Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/29/world/middleeast/all-eyes-on-rafah.html
- ALT3: ... that the Tel al-Sultan attack was the deadliest incident of the Rafah offensive? Source: https://www.axios.com/2024/05/27/rafah-tent-camp-strike-biden-israel-red-line

Smallangryplanet (talk) 09:24, 2 November 2024 (UTC)

As a DYK, I would prefer either ALT1 or ALT3 as a better alternative to the suggested DYK, simply because, in warfare, all sides make use of weapons supplied to them by other countries, and sometimes innocent lives are taken away inadvertently by these weapons. Furthermore, the article goes on to suggest that there was in proximity to the camp a weapons' storage facility.Davidbena (talk) 08:32, 15 December 2024 (UTC)

Full review needed. Thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 16:21, 15 December 2024 (UTC)

@Personisinsterest, Smallangryplanet, and Davidbena: I loathe the Israel-Palestine topic area on a cellular level, but I need a QPQ and this is the oldest nom, so once more unto the breach. This is long enough, new enough, and does not incur a QPQ. ALT2 is the only hook to meet WP:DYKINT (the others are bogstandard features of war) and I have struck the others. There is way too much close paraphrasing in this article for this even to have got through GA, never mind this, and this will need to be addressed before this can run; as this is already past WP:DYKTIMEOUT, I will close this after a week if this is not fixed.--Laun chba ller 16:10, 1 January 2025 (UTC)

Special:Contribs/Launchballer, I totally agree with you. I am not happy with the current DYK, as it purports to highlight Israel as the main antagonist in this ongoing war, a war that was forced upon Israel. There ought to be more balance in this article. Balance is lacking. I would agree to forego the DYK.Davidbena (talk) 16:35, 1 January 2025 (UTC)