Two terrorists involved in transferring millions of shekels to Hamas’s military wing were killed in Israeli airstrikes in Gaza last week, the IDF said. The military identified the men as Alaa Ibrahim Nimer Arshi, a Hamas cell commander killed in Gaza City on Wednesday, and Karam Riyad Hassan Abu Butaihan, an Islamic Jihad terrorist killed near Nuseirat on Tuesday. Both helped move funds from Iran and Turkey to Hamas throughout the war.
The military said the money had recently been used to rebuild Hamas’s armed capabilities and prepare attacks against Israeli soldiers and civilians. The IDF described those activities as systematic violations of the ceasefire and said the strikes were intended to remove the threat posed by the two men. Separately, an Israeli airstrike destroyed a Hamas weapons depot in central Gaza on Thursday in a joint operation with the Shin Bet, the military said.
The facility was used to store Kalashnikov rifles, a launcher and rockets. New reports say Israel gave the US intelligence that Hamas is preparing for war The IDF said it used precision munitions and aerial surveillance to reduce the risk to civilians, and issued advance warnings before striking the weapons depot. Its statement did not provide information on civilian casualties. Israeli forces remain deployed in Gaza under the ceasefire agreement, the military said, adding that operations would continue against threats and attempts by armed groups to rebuild their military capabilities.
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i24NEWS reports two killings in Gaza almost entirely through the IOF's statement. In S3 it drops the attribution, so the army's accusation that the dead men moved funds to Hamas reads as established fact. No Palestinian voice, relative or independent source appears anywhere in the article.
States one side's claim as fact
Serious
“Both helped move funds from Iran and Turkey to Hamas throughout the war.”
Why this matters
i24NEWS writes the IOF's accusation against the two dead men in its own voice. The words "Both helped move funds" carry no attribution, though the sentences around it all say "the IDF said" or "the military said".
The impression it gives
A reader takes it as established fact that the two men killed were Hamas financiers. That accusation is the justification for killing them.
The context
The only source for this is the army that killed them. Ynet, reporting the same statement, writes "According to the IDF, both men played a role". i24NEWS itself attributes the follow-on claim about the money in S4. The article gives no independent evidence for the charge.
i24NEWS lets the army that killed the two men be the sole source for who they were. No relative, medic, Gaza authority or other Palestinian voice is sought.
The impression it gives
A reader knows the dead only as the IOF describes them: a cell commander and an Islamic Jihad member.
The context
The article contains no Palestinian account of the killings at all, and S9 admits the army gave no information on civilian casualties.
How we know
Elsewhere in the article“did not provide information on civilian casualties”