The IDF and ISA on Monday announced the elimination of a commander in Hamas’ military intelligence apparatus and an engineering commander in Hamas’ military wing Two days ago, on Saturday, the IDF struck in Gaza City and eliminated terrorist Mohammed Halawa, a commander in Hamas’ military intelligence apparatus. The eliminated Hamas terrorists IDF spokesperson In a separate strike on Thursday, the IDF struck and eliminated the terrorist Ahmed Zahir Fuad Abu-Odeh, engineering commander in the Hamas’ military wing.
"Throughout the war, and particularly in recent times, these terrorists advanced attacks against IDF troops and Israeli civilians and operated to restore the military capabilities of the Hamas terrorist organization, in systematic violation of the ceasefire," the IDF stressed, adding that the terrorists "were eliminated in an aerial strike 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."
Left out here: Leaves out what changes the picture
The article ends on the IOF's claims of ceasefire violations and of care for civilians. It never says that, on the same Monday, Israeli strikes killed five Palestinians in Gaza, including a seven-year-old girl. Nor does it say that the IOF claimed to be unaware of any activity in al-Mawasi, where three of them died. A reader comes away seeing Israeli fire in Gaza that day as limited to two named Hamas commanders.
Arutz Sheva writes two killings out in its own voice, using "eliminates" and "eliminated" where other coverage of the same strikes says the men were killed. It labels both men terrorists in its own voice when its only source is the IOF's announcement. Its headline drops that attribution and promotes the men to "senior" commanders, a word the body never uses.
Writes the death out
Severe
“eliminates”
Why this matters
The headline uses "eliminates" for two Israeli strikes that killed two men. No word for killing appears anywhere in the article.
The impression it gives
A reader takes in a clean military result, a target removed, rather than two people killed by Israeli air strikes.
The context
The Times of Israel, reporting the same strikes, says plainly that the strikes killed both men.
Israeli air strikes on Thursday and Saturday killed Ahmed Zahir Fuad Abu-Odeh and Mohammed Halawa, whom the IOF and Shin Bet say were Hamas commanders.
Labels people on one side's word
Severe
“eliminated terrorist Mohammed Halawa”
Why this matters
The outlet calls Mohammed Halawa a terrorist in its own narration, with no attribution.
The impression it gives
A reader takes it as established that the man killed was a terrorist.
The context
The only basis the article gives is the IOF's own statement, quoted later in the piece. No independent source is offered.
How we know
Elsewhere in the article“these terrorists advanced attacks against IDF troops and Israeli civilians”
The IOF said the two men it killed were Hamas commanders who had advanced attacks; the article gives no independent confirmation.
Headline goes beyond the article
Serious
“IDF eliminates two senior Hamas commanders”
Why this matters
The headline states as fact that the two men were "senior" Hamas commanders. It drops the attribution the body gives.
The impression it gives
A reader takes the men's rank and role as verified, and sees them as senior figures.
The context
The body says only that the IOF and ISA announced this. It describes the men as "a commander" and an "engineering commander", never as senior. The Times of Israel calls them an intelligence officer and an engineering officer.
How we know
Elsewhere in the article“a commander in Hamas’ military intelligence apparatus”
Elsewhere in the article“The IDF and ISA on Monday announced”
Israeli strikes kill two men IOF says were Hamas commanders.
Leaves out what changes the picture
Minor
What is missing
The article ends on the IOF's claims of ceasefire violations and of care for civilians. It never says that, on the same Monday, Israeli strikes killed five Palestinians in Gaza, including a seven-year-old girl. Nor does it say that the IOF claimed to be unaware of any activity in al-Mawasi, where three of them died. A reader comes away seeing Israeli fire in Gaza that day as limited to two named Hamas commanders.