Yep, I had been building them up during peace-time when I had idle-fascination about the conflict. In this case, most of the reliable sources are operational i

Yep, I had been building them up during peace-time when I had idle-fascination about the conflict. In this case, most of the reliable sources are operational intelligence pages, and people who have done on-the-ground reporting near the Gaza border before. The minute the news broke out, their reactions were that of confusion. Israeli rockets don't have large fire balls. All major Israeli strikes come with roof-knocking, this one didn't. The Hamas HQ hospital was the other one, so if they were going to lead with genocide, they'd have chosen the other hospital. They asked their audiences to wait and see because the stories weren't lining up. I have a pretty strong set of alt-sources I trust on specific topics who get things right on issues in their field with a high degree of accuracy. Many of these are PhDs and professionals in the field. They are alt-sources in so far as they don't work for media houses. But, they are certified experts in their area of choice.