Le Monde (English), on Gaza, 25 October 2026

Le Monde's headline and opening name an Israeli strike as the killer at the Islamic University, and the piece notes the army never said whether those killed were hit by accident. But it sums up a year of continued killing as a truce that "has failed to completely halt the violence", dropping the figure Le Monde itself published two weeks earlier: at least 1,450 Palestinians killed by Israeli forces since the ceasefire. It also leaves the actor out of the sentence listing five other Palestinians killed the same day.

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What we found

Drops what it reported before
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“but has failed to completely halt the violence there”
What the words do
Le Monde sums up a year of killing under the truce as a failure to "completely halt the violence", with no actor and no number.
What a reader comes away believing
That the killing since the truce has been marginal leftover violence, with no party clearly responsible for it.
What is actually the case
Le Monde reported on 9 October 2026 that Israeli forces had killed at least 1,450 people in Gaza since the ceasefire was declared, against six deaths declared on the Israeli side. None of that appears here.
How we know
- Le Monde (English) wrote earlier“Since a ceasefire was declared in October last year, Israeli forces have killed at least 1,450 people in Gaza”Gaza rescuers say Israeli fire kills seven (opens in a new tab)
- Le Monde (English) wrote earlier“Israel's military campaign in Gaza has killed more than 74,000 people”Netanyahu seeks probe into Israeli whistleblowers featured in Gaza war documentary (opens in a new tab)
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A truce has been in effect in Gaza for over a year, but Israeli forces have killed at least 1,450 Palestinians in that period, according to the territory's health ministry.
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“three in strikes around the southern city of Khan Yunis, one in central Deir al Balah and one northwest of Gaza City”
What the words do
Le Monde lists five killings and attaches no actor to any of them. The word "strikes" stands alone; the two other deaths get no cause at all.
What a reader comes away believing
That five Palestinians died in unattributed strikes, with no named party responsible.
What is actually the case
The article itself names Israeli occupation forces as firing in Gaza the same day, in the same report, so the actor was available and simply left out of this sentence.
How we know
- Elsewhere in the article“wounded by Israeli gunfire in Jabalia”
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“the civil defense agency reported five others killed elsewhere in the territory”
What the words do
The opening sentence names an "Israeli strike" for the university deaths but writes the other five deaths as simply "killed", with the actor stripped out.
What a reader comes away believing
That the five deaths elsewhere are of uncertain origin, unlike the university strike.
What is actually the case
The same report later places those deaths in strikes and alongside Israeli gunfire in Gaza, where Israeli occupation forces are the only party carrying out air strikes.
How we know
- Elsewhere in the article“said five other people were killed on Sunday”
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Israeli strike on Gaza university kills three

Mourners grieve next to the bodies of three Palestinians during their funeral at Al Shifa Hospital in Gaza City on October 25, 2026. OMAR AL-QATTAA / AFP An Israeli strike on a university in Gaza City killed three people on Sunday, October 25, staff and a local hospital said, while the civil defense agency reported five others killed elsewhere in the territory. Reached for comment on the strike at the Islamic University, the Israeli army said that it was currently under review. Al Shifa hospital reported receiving three bodies and treating eight people who were wounded in the drone strike, with two sources at the university saying the dead were employees and the injured were students. The university said the campus and its surroundings had been targeted twice on Sunday, condemning the attacks and mourning those killed in a statement. Gaza's education ministry likewise condemned the strike and said "the global silence regarding attacks on students and universities serves as encouragement for the continuation of these crimes". "This strike occurs at a time when the higher education sector is facing total annihilation, with 95 percent of the buildings belonging to academic institutions having been damaged as a result of the war," it continued. "This heinous assault is part of a continuous series of attacks on education; over the past six days, 10 students and educators have been killed by the occupation's fire." In a statement, the army said it had been "targeting a terrorist from Hamas' military wing." "Following the identification of uninvolved individuals in the area, the munition was diverted in order to mitigate harm to them. The incident is under review," it said, without specifying whether those killed at the university were hit by accident. A truce has been in effect in Gaza for over a year, but has failed to completely halt the violence there. Gaza civil defense spokesman Mahmoud Bassal said five other people were killed on Sunday, three in strikes around the southern city of Khan Yunis, one in central Deir al Balah and one northwest of Gaza City. One more person was wounded by Israeli gunfire in Jabalia refugee camp in the north. Interview Subscribers only Former UNRWA head Philippe Lazzarini: 'The destruction of Gaza has been acknowledged by the international community. It's a disgrace' Le Monde with AFP

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Israeli strike on Gaza university kills three

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