IDF, Shin Bet kill over 10 terrorists in Gaza, dismantle Hamas weapons workshop

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The IDF and Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) killed more than 10 terrorists in strikes across the Gaza Strip over the past week, including two who infiltrated Israel during the October 7 massacre, the military said on Friday.According to a joint IDF and Shin Bet statement, the strikes targeted "terrorists who advanced terror attacks against IDF troops and Israeli civilians and operated to restore the capabilities of the Hamas terrorist organization, in systematic violation of the ceasefire."Among those killed was Muhammad Ata Zaki Kishawi, a member of Hamas's Nukhba force who infiltrated Israel during the October 7, 2023, massacre, according to the military.

The IDF and Shin Bet also killed Hani Ibrahim Said Khudri, a supply company commander in Hamas's Sabra Battalion, as another October 7 infiltrator was killed in the strikes.A third terrorist identified in the statement was Ali Na'im Aish Abu Asei, an operative in the Saif Al-Islam faction who was involved in weapons manufacturing.

The military said Abu Asei operated at a weapons manufacturing workshop under the production headquarters of Hamas's military wing. The facility was dismantled by Israeli forces, according to the statement.

The IDF said the weapons produced at the workshop were intended to be used against Israeli civilians and military personnel.Before carrying out the strikes, the military said, "measures were taken to mitigate harm to civilians, including the use of precision munitions and aerial surveillance." Israeli security forces under the Southern Command remained deployed in the area in accordance with the ceasefire agreement and would continue operating to remove threats, according to the statement.Israel airstrikes hospital where Khan Yunis Brigade commander was reportedly hidingThe IDF and Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) carried out an airstrike on Nasser Hospital targeting Khan Yunis Brigade commander Muhammad Abu Ismail between Wednesday and Thursday.According to the Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry, six were killed in the attack, including a doctor and a child.

It was unclear whether Abu Ismail had survived or not, but there was initially wide speculation over the issue since the IDF did not issue any announcement for around half a day after initial Gazan reports about the attack.IDF sources whom The Jerusalem Post communicated with did not clarify whether the assassination might have been successful, but said that the IDF is conservative about battle damage assessments until it receives all information.Yonah Jeremy Bob and James Genn contributed to this report.

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What we found (4)

The Jerusalem Post calls every Palestinian killed in a week of Israeli strikes a terrorist in its own voice, on nothing but a joint IOF and Shin Bet statement, and its headline drops even the attribution the body gives. In the same piece it tags the Gaza health ministry as Hamas-run while stating the military's count as fact, and it tells the Nasser Hospital strike around the commander Israel was hunting, leaving the doctor and child killed there as an unnamed number.

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“kill over 10 terrorists”
Why this matters
The headline calls more than 10 people killed by Israeli strikes "terrorists" in the Jerusalem Post's own voice.
The impression it gives
That every person killed in the week's strikes was established to be a terrorist.
The context
The only basis the article gives for who the dead were is a joint statement from the IOF and Shin Bet. Only three of the more than 10 are even named, and the article offers no independent check.
How we know
- Elsewhere in the article“the military said on Friday”
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“A third terrorist identified in the statement was Ali Na'im Aish Abu Asei”
Why this matters
The outlet calls Abu Asei a "terrorist" in its own words and only then mentions the statement that identified him.
The impression it gives
That the Post has itself established that Abu Asei was a terrorist.
The context
The description comes from the military's statement alone. The article repeats it as its own label rather than attributing it.
How we know
- Elsewhere in the article“according to the statement”
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Headline goes beyond the article
Serious
“IDF, Shin Bet kill over 10 terrorists in Gaza, dismantle Hamas weapons workshop”
Why this matters
The headline states the toll, the identity of the dead and the dismantling of the workshop as plain fact.
The impression it gives
That these are confirmed facts rather than claims made by the Israeli military.
The context
The body attributes each of these points to the military's statement. The headline drops that attribution entirely.
How we know
- Elsewhere in the article“the military said on Friday”
- Elsewhere in the article“dismantled by Israeli forces, according to the statement”
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Doubts one side's dead and not the other's
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“According to the Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry”
Why this matters
The outlet attaches "Hamas-run" to the Gaza health ministry as a credibility qualifier on the only Palestinian casualty figure in the piece.
The impression it gives
That the report of six dead, including a doctor and a child, is suspect because of who reported it.
The context
The Post states the military's own count of "over 10 terrorists" killed as fact in its headline, with no comparable qualifier. One side's figures get a credibility tag and the other's become the headline.
How we know
- In the headline“kill over 10 terrorists in Gaza”
- Elsewhere in the article“killed more than 10 terrorists in strikes across the Gaza Strip”
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Written straight
According to Gaza's health ministry, six people were killed in the Israeli strike on Nasser Hospital, including a doctor and a child.
Leads with the target, buries the dead
Minor
“It was unclear whether Abu Ismail had survived or not”
Why this matters
After one sentence on the dead, the article returns to whether the target survived and ends on IOF sources' account of their damage assessments.
The impression it gives
That the open question about the hospital strike is the commander's fate, not the people it killed.
The context
The article itself reports that a doctor and a child were among six killed. It never comes back to them, while the passage closes on the IOF's view.
How we know
- Elsewhere in the article“six were killed in the attack, including a doctor and a child”
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IDF, Shin Bet kill over 10 terrorists in Gaza, dismantle Hamas weapons workshop

Labels people on one side's word

Headline goes beyond the article

Doubts one side's dead and not the other's

Leads with the target, buries the dead

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