I seem to remember a similar lawsuit by Ariel Sharon against a U.S. media outlet in the 1980s that kind of faded out of the news.
Ex-Israeli Defense Minister Ariel Sharon sued Time magazine for libel in a US federal court in 1983, following a cover story about his role in the 1982 Sabra and Shatila massacre in Beirut, Lebanon.
Sharon sued for $50 million, claiming a Time article falsely stated that he had encouraged Lebanese Phalangist militias to massacre Palestinian civilians.
A New York jury found that the article was defamatory.
However, the jury ruled against Sharon because he could not prove “actual malice” —
the legal standard required to prove libel against a public figure in the US.
Although Sharon lost the overall case in the US, he
declared victory, stating he had proved the magazine lied.
Time later settled a separate, related lawsuit brought by Sharon
in Israel, regarding a secret document referenced in their article.
The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com
TIME MAGAZINE AND SHARON SETTLE LIBEL SUIT
Jan 23, 1986