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Israel Assures It Doing Everything Possible To Minimize Civilians (www.theonion.com)
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[–] lolcatnip@reddthat.com 8 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

It's not a mistake. Omitting "be" verbs is a common convention in headlines. They're just imitating the style of major newspapers.