IDF forces, including combat engineers from the elite Yahalom unit, operating under the command of the Judea Brigade and the 98th Division, demolished the homes of two terrorists in Hebron on Friday. The terrorists carried out last week's attack at the Judea Junction , in which Staff Sergeant Ron Yonatan Roytman and Sergeant Yuval Shai Svilem were eliminated and three other soldiers were lightly wounded. Both terrorists were eliminated following an exchange of fire with security forces.
Left out here: Leaves out what changes the picture
The article never says that Israeli occupation forces removed residents from a Hebron neighbourhood to carry out the demolitions. Both attackers were already dead (S3), so the homes destroyed were lived in by others. Without this, a reader believes the demolition hit only the property of two dead attackers and harmed no one else.
Left out here: Leaves out what changes the picture
The article never says that Hebron is in the occupied West Bank, where the occupation is unlawful under the ICJ's 2024 advisory opinion. A reader may take the demolitions as ordinary policing inside Israel rather than military action in occupied territory.
On the recordThe International Court of Justice's July 2024 advisory opinion found Israel's occupation of the West Bank and East Jerusalem unlawful.icj-cij.org (opens in a new tab)
The IDF Spokesperson's Unit noted that the demolitions were carried out just one week after the deadly encounter, an unprecedented timeframe for the demolition of terrorists' homes. The IDF also reported that, during a separate operation in the area on Thursday, soldiers demolished three memorials commemorating terrorists linked to attacks and used to incite terrorism. "Security forces will continue to operate proactively and offensively to thwart terrorism throughout Judea and Samaria," the IDF said in a statement. (Arutz Sheva-Israel National News' North American desk is keeping you updated until the start of Shabbat in New York.
The time posted automatically on all Israel National News articles, however, is Israeli time.)
Arutz Sheva reports the demolition of two family homes in Hebron entirely through statements by Israeli occupation forces, and no Palestinian voice appears. It writes the killing of the two Palestinian attackers as "eliminated", while its headline calls the soldiers' deaths murder. It never says Hebron is in the occupied West Bank, and it leaves out the residents removed from the neighbourhood before the demolition.
Writes the death out
Severe
“Both terrorists were eliminated following an exchange of fire with security forces”
Why this matters
The word "eliminated" stands in for the killing of two men. "following an exchange of fire" separates their deaths from the forces who fired the shots.
The impression it gives
Two threats were removed in a security action, with no one shown killing anyone.
The context
Two Palestinian men were shot dead by Israeli occupation forces. Times of Israel names them as Mohammad Jaaba and Firas Jaaba. The same article writes the soldiers' deaths as murder in its headline, so only one side's dead get a word for killing.
How we know
In the headline“terrorists who murdered two soldiers”
Israeli occupation forces shot dead the two Hebron men, Mohammad Jaaba and Firas Jaaba, in an exchange of fire after the attack.
Uses a loaded word
Minor
“terrorists who murdered two soldiers”
Why this matters
In its own headline voice, the outlet calls the attackers "terrorists" and calls the killing of soldiers "murdered".
The impression it gives
The army's own verdict on the attack is settled fact.
The context
The attack targeted soldiers stationed at a military checkpoint in occupied Hebron. Times of Israel describes the same men as gunmen and the same event as a shooting attack on soldiers at a checkpoint.
The outlet passes on the army spokesperson's boast of an "unprecedented timeframe" for the demolition.
The impression it gives
The army's account is the whole story of the demolition.
The context
No Palestinian voice appears anywhere in the article: no family member, no neighbour, no Hebron official. The two men are never named, though Times of Israel names them.
The article never says that Israeli occupation forces removed residents from a Hebron neighbourhood to carry out the demolitions. Both attackers were already dead (S3), so the homes destroyed were lived in by others. Without this, a reader believes the demolition hit only the property of two dead attackers and harmed no one else.
The article never says that Hebron is in the occupied West Bank, where the occupation is unlawful under the ICJ's 2024 advisory opinion. A reader may take the demolitions as ordinary policing inside Israel rather than military action in occupied territory.
On the recordThe International Court of Justice's July 2024 advisory opinion found Israel's occupation of the West Bank and East Jerusalem unlawful.icj-cij.org (opens in a new tab)