The IDF on Wednesday announced the elimination of several terrorists from Hamad' military wing in recent Gaza strikes. On Sunday, the terrorist Anas Akram Muhammad Humaida, a Nukhba commander who inflatrated the Sufa outpost during the October 7th Massacre, was eliminated in the Khan Yunis area. Also on Sunday, the terrorist Ashraf Mahmoud Yusuf Dahlan, a company commander in the East Jabalia Battalion who infiltrated Israeli territory during the October 7th Massacre, was eliminated in Gaza City.
On Monday, the terrorist Mahmoud Othman Abdullah Alwan, a Nukhba commander in the West Jabalia Battalion, was eliminated in Gaza City. "Throughout the war, and particularly in recent days, these terrorists advanced attacks against IDF troops and Israeli civilians and operated to restore the Hamas terrorist organization’s capabilities, in systematic violation of the ceasefire," the IDF noted, adding that these terrorists "were eliminated in aerial strikes 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. "IDF troops under the Southern Command remain deployed in the area in accordance with the agreement and will continue to operate to remove any threat."
Arutz Sheva reports Israeli airstrikes that killed three named Palestinian men in Gaza, but never uses the word killed, writing each death as an elimination in its own voice. It calls every man a terrorist and states their alleged roles on 7 October as fact, when its only source is the IOF's own announcement. It ends on the IOF's unchallenged claims of ceasefire violations and care for civilians.
Writes the death out
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“eliminates”
Why this matters
The headline uses "eliminates" for airstrikes that killed people.
The impression it gives
A reader takes in a clean removal, not men killed by bombs.
The context
These were killings by airstrike. Other outlets reporting the same IOF announcements write killed.
Israeli occupation forces said on Wednesday that airstrikes in Khan Yunis and Gaza City on Sunday and Monday killed three men they named as Hamas commanders.
Labels people on one side's word
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“October 7th terrorists”
Why this matters
The headline calls the dead "terrorists" in the outlet's voice.
The impression it gives
A reader takes it as established fact that all those killed were terrorists who took part in 7 October.
The context
The only basis given is the IOF's own announcement, which the body itself credits.
How we know
Elsewhere in the article“The IDF on Wednesday announced”
The IOF said the three men it killed were Hamas commanders, two of whom it says entered Israel on 7 October. The claims could not be independently verified.
States one side's claim as fact
Serious
“a Nukhba commander who inflatrated the Sufa outpost during the October 7th Massacre”
Why this matters
The outlet states the dead man's rank and his part in 7 October in its own voice, with no attribution.
The impression it gives
A reader takes his role on 7 October as an established fact.
The context
This is the IOF's claim from its announcement. Other outlets attribute the same kind of claim to the army.
The headline drops the attribution the body gives and calls all the dead October 7th terrorists.
The impression it gives
A reader believes every man killed is proven to have taken part in 7 October.
The context
The body credits all claims to the IOF announcement. Only two of the three men are even claimed to have entered Israel on 7 October; the third is described only as a commander.
How we know
Elsewhere in the article“a Nukhba commander in the West Jabalia Battalion”
Elsewhere in the article“The IDF on Wednesday announced”
IOF says airstrikes killed three men it names as Hamas commanders
Gives a contested claim the last word
Minor
“in systematic violation of the ceasefire”
Why this matters
The article lets the IOF accuse the dead of breaking the ceasefire, with nothing set against it.
The impression it gives
A reader believes only Hamas breaches the ceasefire and the strikes were a response.
The context
The strikes themselves are Israeli attacks during the ceasefire. Israeli attacks and the Palestinian death toll continued after the October 2025 ceasefire was declared.
How we know
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)
“measures were taken to mitigate harm to civilians”
Why this matters
The article closes on the IOF's claim of care for civilians and checks nothing about who else was hurt.
The impression it gives
A reader believes no civilians were harmed in strikes on Gaza City and Khan Yunis.
The context
The article gives no casualty account beyond the three named men and no Palestinian source. The UN Commission of Inquiry found Israel has committed genocide in Gaza.
How we know
On the recordThe UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry found, on 16 September 2025, that Israel has committed genocide in the Gaza Strip.ohchr.org (opens in a new tab)