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.
Left out here: Leaves out what changes the picture
The article reports Israeli strikes in Gaza announced on Monday but never says that Israeli attacks killed five Palestinians, including a seven-year-old girl, that same day. Without it, a reader is left with the army's picture of precise strikes on commanders only.
"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."
Arutz Sheva reports two killings in its own voice as "eliminations" and never uses the word killed. It calls both dead men terrorists on the word of Israeli occupation forces alone, and its headline drops the attribution the body gives. It ends on the army's unverified claim that civilian harm was mitigated, with nothing set against it.
Writes the death out
Severe
“IDF eliminates”
Why this matters
The headline uses "eliminates" for two killings by Israeli occupation forces.
The impression it gives
A reader takes in a clean, technical removal rather than two men killed by airstrikes.
The context
Two men were killed in air strikes. The Times of Israel, reporting the same announcement, writes that the military "had killed two commanders". The word killed appears nowhere in this article.
Israeli occupation forces said they killed two men they identified as Hamas commanders in air strikes on Thursday and Saturday.
Labels people on one side's word
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“terrorist Mohammed Halawa”
Why this matters
The outlet calls Mohammed Halawa a "terrorist" in its own voice, outside any quotation.
The impression it gives
A reader takes it as established fact that the dead man was a terrorist.
The context
The only basis the article gives is the army's own statement. Nothing in the piece independently supports the label, and even the army's account is reported elsewhere as what the military "said".
How we know
Elsewhere in the article“the IDF stressed, adding that the terrorists”
“measures were taken to mitigate harm to civilians, including the use of precision munitions and aerial surveillance”
Why this matters
The article ends on the army's claim that it protected civilians and adds nothing after it.
The impression it gives
A reader leaves believing Israeli strikes in Gaza are precise and spare civilians.
The context
Same-day coverage reports Israeli attacks killing five Palestinians, including a seven-year-old girl, while the army said it was "unaware" of activity in al-Mawasi. Civil defence reported 13 killed in 24 hours.
The quoted charge that the dead men violated the ceasefire is the article's only mention of the ceasefire, and nothing is set against it.
The impression it gives
A reader takes it that only Hamas is breaking the ceasefire.
The context
The same day's coverage reports Israeli fire and airstrikes killing 13 people and wounding about 60 in 24 hours. The article reports none of the killing done by Israeli occupation forces during the ceasefire.
On the recordNewsCord tracked Gaza coverage across major outlets and found Western mainstream output fell by about three quarters after the October 2025 ceasefire was declared, while Israeli attacks and the recorded Palestinian death toll continued.newscord.org (opens in a new tab)
The article reports Israeli strikes in Gaza announced on Monday but never says that Israeli attacks killed five Palestinians, including a seven-year-old girl, that same day. Without it, a reader is left with the army's picture of precise strikes on commanders only.