The IDF eliminated two terrorists involved in transferring millions of shekels to Hamas' military wing and destroyed a weapons storage facility in the Gaza Strip, the IDF and Israel Security Agency (ISA, Shin Bet) announced. Last Wednesday, the IDF struck in the Gaza City area, killing Alaa Ibrahim Nimer Arshi, a commander of a terrorist cell in Hamas' military wing. In a separate strike on Tuesday in the Nuseirat area, the IDF eliminated Karam Riyad Hassan Abu Butaihan, a terrorist affiliated with Palestinian Islamic Jihad who was involved in transferring funds to Hamas' military wing.
According to the joint announcement, both terrorists had been involved throughout the war in facilitating the transfer of millions of shekels from the Iranian regime and Turkey to Hamas' military wing. The funds were recently used to support Hamas' efforts to rebuild its military capabilities and plan terrorist attacks against IDF troops and Israeli civilians, in what the security agencies described as a systematic violation of the ceasefire.
The strikes were carried out to eliminate the threat posed by the two terrorists. Additionally, on Thursday, the IDF and ISA struck and destroyed a weapons storage facility in the central Gaza Strip in an aerial attack. The facility was used by Hamas' military wing to store various weapons, including Kalashnikov rifles, a launcher and rockets. The security forces said they would continue operating to disrupt terrorist organizations' ability to finance and rebuild their forces in Gaza, degrade their military capabilities and thwart attempts to rearm or obtain weapons intended to harm IDF troops.
The announcement said precautions were taken to minimize civilian casualties ahead of the strikes. These included advance warnings to residents before the attack on the weapons storage facility, the use of precision munitions and aerial surveillance. Forces under the IDF's Southern Command remain deployed in the area in accordance with the agreement and will continue operating to eliminate threats, the statement said.
Arutz Sheva turns an Israeli military announcement into its own account of two killings. It writes the deaths as eliminations, calls both dead men terrorists in its own voice, and states the military's claims about money and weapons as fact, with the headline dropping the attribution the body gives. No Palestinian source, family or medical account appears.
Writes the death out
Severe
“eliminates”
Why this matters
The headline uses "eliminates" for two killings.
The impression it gives
That a threat was removed, as if by a technical operation, not that two people were killed.
The context
Two men were killed in airstrikes. The article itself uses "killing" once, and other outlets on the same event say killed.
How we know
Elsewhere in the article“killing Alaa Ibrahim Nimer Arshi”
“IDF eliminates two terrorists who transferred millions to Hamas”
Why this matters
The headline states as plain fact that the two men were "terrorists" who "transferred millions to Hamas", with no attribution at all.
The impression it gives
That the money transfers are an established fact the outlet has confirmed.
The context
The body rests the transfer claim entirely on a joint statement from Israeli occupation forces and Shin Bet. Other outlets reporting the same event attribute it to the military. The headline drops that attribution.
How we know
Elsewhere in the article“According to the joint announcement, both terrorists had been involved”
Israeli strikes kill two men in Gaza that Israel's military says moved money to Hamas.
States one side's claim as fact
Serious
“The funds were recently used to support Hamas' efforts to rebuild its military capabilities and plan terrorist attacks against IDF troops and Israeli civilians”
Why this matters
The outlet states as fact what the money was used for. Only the "systematic violation" phrase at the end is attributed.
The impression it gives
That it is established the funds paid for rearming and attack planning.
The context
This is the military's claim. Ynet attributes it with "According to the military".
The military said the funds had recently been used to help Hamas rebuild and plan attacks, and that the building it struck stored weapons.
One side gets the space
Minor
“The announcement said precautions were taken to minimize civilian casualties ahead of the strikes.”
Why this matters
Its account of civilian harm comes only from the military's own statement, which closes out the article together with S11 and S12.
The impression it gives
That the strikes harmed no civilians.
The context
The article quotes no Palestinian source, no relatives, no medical workers and no local officials on the strikes. The only voice is the party that carried them out.
How we know
Checked against the whole articleIt never uses the words “medical” and “relatives”.