The Zioneer has issued a correction, stating that an earlier report claiming Jordan was evacuating airports and seaports in the southern city of Aqaba is false. The Zioneer had previously published a bulletin citing Jordanian denials of the same report.
At 13:28 Jerusalem, The Zioneer issued a correction, retracting its earlier report of evacuations at Aqaba International Airport and seaport, and labeling the original claim as fake. The retraction follows a rapid sequence of updates published at Sun 12:51 Jerusalem, during which the desk first reported the evacuation based on a US Embassy confirmation of a credible threat, then added a Hebrew source citing an Iranian fire threat, and later published Jordanian officials' denial of the evacuations. The Zioneer's reporting on the thread evolved from initial unverified claims to multiple confirmations, including the US Embassy's warning of potential spillover to Israel, before pivoting to the Jordanian denial. The desk has not provided further details on the source of the original misinformation. The retraction now confirms that the original evacuation report — which prompted the entire thread — was false. The Jordanian denial published earlier stands as the most recent verified account from officials.
11 developments
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- StrongJordanian sources deny US embassy's Aqaba evacuation report, Al Jazeera says
- StrongIsrael Airports Authority: 'no change' in guidelines, all airports operating as normal
- StrongAqaba Airport manager: No change to flight schedules after Iranian missile attack
Source and signal
- Internal intake