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Times of Israel · Gaza · 7 Sept 2026

Passive voice hides who attacked, the headline editorialises, and one side gets far more space.

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The double standard

Palestinian deaths are reported without a named actor while Israeli soldier deaths are attributed directly to a named institution, applying a stricter standard of agency to Israeli losses than to Palestinian ones.

How it builds, in Ceasefire death toll paragraph and IDF response sentence

  1. Palestinian deaths: source discredited before figure accepted

    Since the ceasefire was announced, Israeli fire has killed more than 1,300 Palestinians in Gaza, according to figures supplied by the Hamas-run health ministry, that do not differentiate between civilians and combatants.

    Figure attributed to a source whose credibility is immediately undermined by labelling it Hamas-run and noting it cannot distinguish civilians from combatants.

  2. Israeli deaths: named institution, no qualification

    The IDF says five Israeli soldiers have also been killed in the same period.

    Figure attributed directly to the IDF with no challenge to the source's reliability or completeness.

  3. Palestinian deaths: no actor named at all

    The conflict has left tens of thousands of Palestinians dead and devastated the enclave.

    Agentless construction removes any named party responsible for the deaths.

The same decision, both sides

Source credibility qualification

Palestinian death figures are accompanied by an immediate credibility warning, naming the source as Hamas-run and noting it cannot separate civilians from combatants.

according to figures supplied by the Hamas-run health ministry, that do not differentiate between civilians and combatants

Israeli soldier death figures are attributed to the IDF with no equivalent qualification about the source's partiality or completeness.

The IDF says five Israeli soldiers have also been killed in the same period.

Attribution of agency for deaths

The broader Palestinian death toll is presented with no named actor causing those deaths.

The conflict has left tens of thousands of Palestinians dead and devastated the enclave.

Israeli soldier deaths are attributed to a specific, named institution as the reporting authority.

The IDF says five Israeli soldiers have also been killed in the same period.

What a reader is left with. A reader is left with the impression that the large Palestinian death toll is a contested, possibly inflated figure from a partisan source, while the smaller Israeli death toll is a straightforward institutional fact, making the two sets of losses feel epistemically unequal.

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Germany to fight claims at ICJ it is ‘facilitating’ Gaza genocide by arming Israel

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Germany on Monday will challenge claims at the United Nations’ top court that it is “facilitating” acts of genocide in Gaza by providing arms and other military support to Israel. Nicaragua, which launched the case at the International Court of Justice, accuses Berlin of violating the Genocide Convention and international humanitarian law. While the case centers on Germany, it indirectly takes aim at Israel’s campaign in Gaza in response to the deadly October 7, 2023 attacks by Hamas. Israel, which isn’t a party in the proceedings, strongly denies that its actions amount to acts of genocide. Monday’s hearing at the court in The Hague will address questions raised by Germany over whether the court has jurisdiction in the case. The conflict has left tens of thousands of Palestinians dead and devastated the enclave. Despite a fragile ceasefire brokered by the United States last year, violence has continued. Since the ceasefire was announced, Israeli fire has killed more than 1,300 Palestinians in Gaza, according to figures supplied by the Hamas-run health ministry, that do not differentiate between civilians and combatants. Get The Times of Israel's Daily Edition by email and never miss our top stories Newsletter email address Get it By signing up, you agree to the terms The IDF says five Israeli soldiers have also been killed in the same period. Germany has been a staunch supporter of Israel for decades and is the second-largest supplier of arms to Israel after the United States. IDF troops operate on the eastern side of the Yellow Line in southern Gaza’s Khan Younis, in a handout photo issued on November 9, 2025. (Israel Defense Forces) Berlin denies Nicaragua’s allegations. The head of Germany’s legal team, Tania von Uslar-Gleichen, told judges during an earlier hearing that Nicaragua’s claims “have no basis in fact or law.” Advertisement Last year, Germany stopped authorizing any exports of military equipment to Israel that could be used in Gaza but later lifted those restrictions. In 2024, the court rejected an emergency request from Nicaragua to order Germany to halt military and other aid to Israel in Gaza, but the 16-judge panel declined to throw out the case altogether. The proceedings are the latest legal attempt to rein in Israel’s military campaign, after South Africa accused Israel of genocide at the same court in 2023. In January 2024, judges at the ICJ ordered Israel to do all it can to prevent death, destruction and any acts of genocide in Gaza. Two months later, the court told Israel to take measures to improve the humanitarian situation in Gaza, including opening more land crossings to allow food, water, fuel and other supplies. South Africa claims that Israel largely ignored those orders. The International Court of Justice (ICJ) holds a hearing on South Africa’s request that the court order Israel to halt its military operation in Gaza, May 24, 2024. (Nick Gammon/AFP) Both South Africa’s case against Israel and Nicaragua’s case against Germany allege violations of the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide. The convention was drawn up in the wake of the Holocaust to codify a new crime: genocide. Advertisement A team of independent experts commissioned by the United Nations’ Human Rights Council and the largest professional organization of scholars studying genocide have both concluded that Israel is violating the treaty, but only an international court can make a legal determination. Israel has rejected the accusation of genocide as baseless and accused South Africa of acting as an emissary of Hamas. It says it makes every effort to avoid harming civilians and blames Hamas for their deaths because the terror group’s fighters operate out of densely populated areas. Proceedings at the ICJ can drag on for years. In 2007, the court ruled that Serbia “violated the obligation to prevent genocide” in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, when Bosnian Serb forces rounded up and murdered some 8,000 mostly Muslim men and boys in eastern Bosnia. In May, the court set a November 2027 deadline for South Africa to file its written pleadings and gave Israel until May 2029 to reply. Hearings on the core question of the case — whether Israel committed genocide in Gaza — likely won’t be heard until late 2029 at the earliest. Judges at the International Court of Justice arrive to hear South African arguments over Israel’s Rafah offensive at The Hague, May 16, 2024. (Nick Gammon/AFP) In separate proceedings at the International Criminal Court, also in The Hague, which tries cases against individuals rather than between nations, judges have issued arrest warrants for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former defense minister Yoav Gallant in connection with the conflict. The pair are charged with crimes against humanity, not genocide. The court said it found that there was reason to believe they used “starvation as a method of warfare” by restricting humanitarian aid and intentionally targeted civilians in Israel’s campaign against Hamas in Gaza — charges Israeli officials strongly deny. In response, the United States has issued sanctions against many senior court staff, including nine of the ICC’s 18 judges. 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