But as is often the case with the Times’ reports on the war in Gaza, this one should be taken with far more than a grain of salt.

I once called an Israeli politician to inform him he’d been caught red-handed voting twice in parliament. The legislator immediately denied it: “That’s not true!” he protested. But there’s camera footage, I said. “Who are you going to believe,” he snapped, “me or the camera?”

I was reminded of this story yesterday while reading an astonishing report in the New York Times, citing “two senior Israeli military officials” who claim Hamas doesn’t systematically steal humanitarian aid provided by the United Nations. Who do you believe, the Times indignantly implies: hundreds of documented cases of theft, or two anonymous sources who wouldn’t even reveal their names?