Gaza Crisis Continues...
Gaza crisis: 'More than 100' killed in Israeli strikes
Retrieved from BBC News.
Key points:
- More than one hundred people have been killed on the Gaza strip
- More than one hundred rockets have been fired on Israel by militants
- Continuing to secure a ceasefire
- Gaza on Sunday - the bloodiest day so far
- Hamas is regarded as a terrorist organization
Choice words: fatalities, militants, ceasefire, truce, terrorist, launch, rockets, conflict, Palestinians, Israelis.
Israel Bombing Kills Militant In Gaza Strip
Retrieved from NPR (NPR retrieved from The Associated Press).
Key points:
- Palestinian death toll driven up to 100 from monday's attack on the Gaza strip
- Senior militant was intended victim
- Sharp spike in civilian casualties
- Israel and Hamas open to diplomatic solution
- Israel rocket defense system has intercepted hundreds of Palestinian rockets.
- Death toll much higher for Palestinians than Israelis
- Majority of Israelis support the offensive
- Egypt is trying to manage a ceasefire
Choice words: Palestinians, Israelis, death toll, casualties, militants, ceasefire, diplomatic solution, offensive, truce, rocket defense system.
Israel Keeps Up Gaza Bombardment
Retrieved from Al Jazeera News
Key points:
- Overall death toll reaching 105
- Strikes have lasted 6 days now
- 8 journalists were injured when the Shuruq tower and another media building, were hit
- Ramez Harb was the intended victim of Monday's second attack attempt on the media building
- Over 640 rockets have hit Israel while over 300 have been intercepted by their missile defense system
- Egypt is brokering peace talks and ceasefire
- International leaders will be visiting the area to help relieve the events
- 84 percent of Israelis support the attack on Gaza, though only 30 percent support the actual invasion.
Choice words: Palestinians, Israelis, death toll, strikes, Shuruq Tower, victim, rockets, Egypt, ceasefire, UN, international leaders.
Similarities:
All three sites did a great job in delivering the information of what is going on in regards to the Israeli/Palestinian conflict going on. In all three articles, they give the necessary key points to the events happening within the last week or so. They also give statistics of casualties, as well as others, that have happened throughout the course of this conflict. They provide testimonies and quotes given from both sides, too!
Differences:
Their structures were quite different. For example, the article on NPR, I feel had a bit more voice in it's content vs. the other two, of which were more like statistics with brief quotes from their sources. Also, the NPR was written under one heading, while the other two had their article split into different sections; covering different aspects of the information.
Surprised?
Unfortunately, I can't really say what surprised me because I knew right from the beginning that the articles would probably be written differently, highlighting different aspects of the Israeli/Palestinian conflict. It was also quite evident what the purpose was of each article; one was used to have more of a background of information while giving statistics, while the other two mainly displayed statistics and information with no voice or "stamp" of some sort by their authors saying "hey, I wrote this". Almost as if this articles were written by anonymous writers without care of any recognition.
Similarities:
All three sites did a great job in delivering the information of what is going on in regards to the Israeli/Palestinian conflict going on. In all three articles, they give the necessary key points to the events happening within the last week or so. They also give statistics of casualties, as well as others, that have happened throughout the course of this conflict. They provide testimonies and quotes given from both sides, too!
Differences:
Their structures were quite different. For example, the article on NPR, I feel had a bit more voice in it's content vs. the other two, of which were more like statistics with brief quotes from their sources. Also, the NPR was written under one heading, while the other two had their article split into different sections; covering different aspects of the information.
Surprised?
Unfortunately, I can't really say what surprised me because I knew right from the beginning that the articles would probably be written differently, highlighting different aspects of the Israeli/Palestinian conflict. It was also quite evident what the purpose was of each article; one was used to have more of a background of information while giving statistics, while the other two mainly displayed statistics and information with no voice or "stamp" of some sort by their authors saying "hey, I wrote this". Almost as if this articles were written by anonymous writers without care of any recognition.
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