Overview
- Times of Israel military correspondent Emanuel Fabian reported death threats and harassment after he wrote that an Iranian missile hit an open area near Beit Shemesh on March 10.
- Messages pressed him to say the projectile was intercepted, a change that would have affected a high‑value market whose rules exclude intercepted missiles from counting as a strike.
- Fabian filed a police complaint and shared records of emails, Discord and WhatsApp messages, as well as a fabricated screenshot and an apparent bribe offer routed through a colleague.
- Polymarket said it condemned the conduct, banned the implicated accounts and will provide user information to authorities, while Israeli police continue their investigation.
- The IDF later confirmed the missile was not intercepted, supporting Fabian’s original report, as U.S. lawmakers push measures such as the proposed Death Bets Act and broader CFTC restrictions on war‑linked markets.