The IDF and ISA eliminated six operatives from terrorist organizations in Gaza, in two strikes on Monday in the Khan Yunis area. Among those eliminated in the strikes were terrorist Mahmoud Jihad Mohammad Qafa, head of a sniper cell in Hamas’ military wing, and Asaad Suleiman Salman Qashta, a terrorist from the Army of Islam terrorist organization who facilitated smuggling into the Gaza Strip. In an additional strike in the Khan Yunis area on Sunday, the IDF and ISA eliminated four terrorists from the Hamas and Islamic Jihad terrorist organizations: Mohammad Zakaria Al-Jamal, head of a cell in Hamas' military wing; Mohammad Amin Al-Namas, a terrorist in Hamas' military wing; Shaher Mohammad Zaarab, a Nukhba Company Commander in Hamas' military wing; and Mohammad Ali Abu Shaar, a sniper operative in the Islamic Jihad terrorist organization.
The IDF noted that the eliminated terrorists operated throughout the war, including recently, to advance terrorist plots against IDF soldiers and Israeli civilians and restore the capabilities of the terrorist organizations. These efforts "systematically violating the ceasefire. The terrorists were eliminated in aerial strikes in order to remove the threat they posed." "Prior to the strikes, measures were taken to mitigate harm to civilians, including the use of precision munitions and aerial surveillance," the IDF added.
"Security forces are deployed in the area in accordance with the agreement and will continue to operate to remove any threat."
Arutz Sheva reports the killing of six Palestinians in Khan Yunis without once using the word killed. In its own voice it calls every one of them a terrorist and states their alleged roles as fact, resting only on the Israeli military's announcement. It also miscounts the strikes, and it closes on the army's unchallenged claim to be acting within the ceasefire.
Writes the death out
Severe
“eliminate”
Why this matters
The headline uses "eliminate" for strikes that killed six people.
The impression it gives
A reader takes in a clean military result, a target removed, not people killed by Israeli airstrikes.
The context
Six people were killed. The Jerusalem Post, reporting the same strikes, says plainly that they were killed. Arutz Sheva never uses the word.
Israeli occupation forces and the Shin Bet killed six Palestinians in airstrikes in the Khan Yunis area on Sunday and Monday, the Israeli military said.
Labels people on one side's word
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“terrorist Mahmoud Jihad Mohammad Qafa”
Why this matters
Arutz Sheva puts "terrorist" in front of a dead man's name as if it were his title.
The impression it gives
A reader takes it as established fact that Qafa was a terrorist.
The context
The only source in the article is the Israeli military's own announcement of the strike. The outlet gives no independent basis for the label.
How we know
Elsewhere in the article“The IDF noted that the eliminated terrorists operated throughout the war”
Israeli strikes killed six Palestinians in Khan Yunis. The Israeli military said they were members of Hamas, Islamic Jihad and the Army of Islam. This could not be independently verified.
States one side's claim as fact
Serious
“six operatives from terrorist organizations”
Why this matters
Arutz Sheva states as plain fact that all six dead were operatives of armed groups.
The impression it gives
A reader takes the identity of the dead as settled.
The context
The only basis given is the Israeli military's statement, which the article attributes only later, in S4.
How we know
Elsewhere in the article“The IDF noted that the eliminated terrorists operated throughout the war”
The Israeli military said the six men belonged to armed groups and named their alleged roles. It gave no evidence for these claims.
Uses figures that mislead
Minor
“in two strikes on Monday”
Why this matters
Arutz Sheva says all six deaths came from two strikes on Monday.
The impression it gives
A reader thinks six people were killed in two strikes in a single day.
The context
The article's own S3 puts four of the six deaths in a separate strike on Sunday. Other coverage confirms that two were killed on Monday and four on Sunday.
How we know
Elsewhere in the article“In an additional strike in the Khan Yunis area on Sunday”
“Security forces are deployed in the area in accordance with the agreement and will continue to operate to remove any threat.”
Why this matters
Arutz Sheva ends the article on the Israeli military's claim that it is acting within the ceasefire agreement.
The impression it gives
A reader is left believing that Israel is keeping the ceasefire and that only the Palestinian side breaches it.
The context
Israeli attacks and the recorded Palestinian death toll continued after the October 2025 ceasefire. These strikes are themselves deaths recorded under that ceasefire.
How we know
On the recordNewsCord tracked Gaza coverage across major outlets and found Western mainstream output fell by about three quarters after the October 2025 ceasefire was declared, while Israeli attacks and the recorded Palestinian death toll continued.newscord.org (opens in a new tab)