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Al Jazeera airs rare footage of Muhammad Deif, documents detailing October 7 attack plans

The footage showed Hamas commanders meeting in tunnels before October 7 and Muhammad Deif, underground during the war, alongside documents allegedly detailing preparations for the attack.

Opposition calls on A-G to take legal action against PM, Likud attacks Gil over Oct 7 interview

Israel’s enemies pine for Netanyahu’s defeat - opinion

Netanyahu criticizes Gantz and Eisenkot over wartime decisions, Lebanon deal

Hamas leadership calls for kidnapping of IDF soldiers following death penalty law passing - report

In a document, Hamas described the proposed legislation as a “fascist law,” and urged members of the organization’s military wing to escalate and carry out “active operations.”

BBC slammed for rejecting all CAMERA appeals against Arabic-language Gaza coverage - report

BBC’s complaints unit rejected all CAMERA appeals over BBC Arabic’s Israel Hamas war reporting, sparking criticism from UK political figures over bias concerns.

Izz al-Din al-Haddad: The next Hamas leader at the top of Israel's assassination list

According to the IDF and Shin Bet, Izz al-Din al-Haddad is already listed as a target by Israel, alongside several senior Hamas officials located abroad.

Gazan sources claim Yahya Sinwar's wife escaped to Turkey, remarried after husband's death - report

Her escape from the strip was done as an operation to smuggle all of the families of several key Hamas leaders during the first months of the war.

Hamas military leader Mohammed Sinwar officially killed in Khan Yunis strike, IDF confirms

In addition to Sinwar, the airstrike killed the commanders of Hamas's Rafah Brigade and South Khan Yunis Brigade.

ICC prosecutor issued warrants for Netanyahu to make West 'turn against Israel' - exclusive

A senior Western diplomat with firsthand knowledge of the ICC case describes Khan's motivations in issuing arrest warrants for Israeli leaders.

ICC prosecutor's office says Palestinian probe continues with urgency

The withdrawal of the warrant for Deif means there are now no public ICC arrest warrants for any Palestinian terrorists connected to the October 7 attacks.

ICC cancels arrest warrant for Hamas leader Mohammed Deif

An arrest warrant was issued for Deif even though Israel had confirmed that he had been killed in an Israeli airstrike back in August 2024.

Senior Hamas official confirms elimination of Marwan Issa

Hamas leader Osama Hamdan confirmed the death of deputy military chief Marwan Issa in an Israeli strike, while framing ongoing hostage negotiations as a victory for the militant group.

Hamas secretly buried Muhammad Deif's body in Gaza after killed in Israeli airstrike - report

Hamas secretly buried Deif's body in an undisclosed location without publicly announcing the location.

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What we found (3)

The Jerusalem Post's tag page on Mohammed Deif turns an anonymous diplomat's account of the ICC prosecutor's motives into a headline stated as fact, casting the court's warrants for Netanyahu as a political ploy. It calls the killing of Marwan Issa an "elimination" in a headline it attributes to a Hamas official, and labels Palestinians "terrorists" in its own voice.

Headline goes beyond the article
Serious
“ICC prosecutor issued warrants for Netanyahu to make West 'turn against Israel'”
Why this matters
The headline states as fact why the warrants were issued: "to make West 'turn against Israel'". It gives no attribution. Its own teaser says the motive comes from one unnamed "senior Western diplomat".
The impression it gives
A reader believes it is established that the ICC acted from political motives to turn the West against Israel, and that the warrants are a manoeuvre rather than a judicial act.
The context
The motive is the claim of a single anonymous source. The arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Gallant are part of the documented record, issued by the International Criminal Court. The headline drops the attribution and recasts the court's warrants as a political plot.
How we know
- On the recordThe International Criminal Court has issued arrest warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant.icc-cpi.int (opens in a new tab)
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Written straight
An unnamed Western diplomat claims the ICC prosecutor sought warrants for Netanyahu to turn Western opinion against Israel. The International Criminal Court issued the arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Gallant.
Writes the death out
Minor
“Senior Hamas official confirms elimination of Marwan Issa”
Why this matters
The headline calls the killing of Marwan Issa an "elimination". It puts that word into a confirmation by a Hamas official, whose teaser speaks only of his "death".
The impression it gives
A reader takes in the killing as a neutral removal, in language that sounds like an administrative or military outcome rather than a person killed.
The context
Issa was killed in an Israeli strike, as the teaser itself says. Elsewhere on the same page the outlet writes plainly that "the airstrike killed the commanders", so it had the plain word available and chose "elimination" here.
How we know
- Elsewhere in the article“the airstrike killed the commanders of Hamas's Rafah Brigade”
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Uses a loaded word
Minor
“Palestinian terrorists connected to the October 7 attacks”
Why this matters
In its own voice the outlet calls those the ICC might pursue "Palestinian terrorists".
The impression it gives
A reader takes the label as a settled description rather than the Israeli state's designation.
The context
The page reports on an ICC warrant process for named individuals. The court's own language is not "terrorists". The label is the outlet's verdict, given without attribution.
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