Journalists appear to have learned nothing from the Al-Ahli Arab Hospital debacle last year.

In that incident, they reported the destruction of a hospital that definitely had not been destroyed. They accused Israeli forces of bombing a hospital, when in fact it appears that a Palestinian terrorist group's rockets had merely exploded nearby. The story was too good to check — as it often is when activists disguised as journalists really want something to be true.

Headlines were abuzz last week with reports that Israel had directly bombed a tent camp in Rafah, killing at least 45 civilians. One problem with this news cycle is that, like the ones that preceded it that ended up being false, it is dependent largely upon the say-so of Hamas officials. Remember: we’ve been fooled before by news reports of this exact nature. There is a good chance the headlines don’t tell the whole story, if they tell a true story at all.

The wisest course of action would be to handle this latest incident carefully and wait for conclusive evidence. Unfortunately, patience does not appear to be a popular virtue among journalists.

“Israel pushes deeper into Rafah after deadly strike at camp for displaced Gazans,” National Public Radio reported.

Said the New York Times: “An Israeli airstrike on a makeshift tent camp for displaced Palestinians in........

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