There's a lot more whitewashing in the new NYT article

The raid illustrated that Israeli authorities were prepared to take far-reaching action to undermine ~~the channel, which is based in Qatar~~ press freedom and has provided extensive coverage of Israel’s ~~military operations~~ war crimes in Gaza and the West Bank.

In the early hours of Sunday, a group of Israeli soldiers ~~forcibly entered~~ blew up the front door of Al Jazeera’s office in Ramallah and ~~told~~ ordered Walid al-Omari, the local bureau chief, that he and his staff should leave immediately.

When Mr. al-Omari asked why the Israeli forces were closing the office, one of the soldiers told him to contact the commander of the Israeli military in the West Bank for more details which were never provided. Al Jazeera broadcast the initial minutes of the raid live.