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Israeli strikes kill eight people in Gaza - medics say

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Item 1 of 4 Mourners react during the funeral of Palestinian boy Zain Owais and his father Mohammed, who were killed in an Israeli strike, according to medics, in Gaza City, November 1, 2026. REUTERS/Dawoud Abu Alkas [1/4] Mourners react during the funeral of Palestinian boy Zain Owais and his father Mohammed, who were killed in an Israeli strike, according to medics, in Gaza City, November 1, 2026. REUTERS/Dawoud... Purchase Licensing Rights , opens new tab Read more CAIRO, Nov 1 (Reuters) - Israeli strikes killed at least eight Palestinians, including five police officers, in the Gaza Strip in two separate attacks on ​Sunday, according to medics and the Hamas-run interior ministry.

Medics said ‌three people were killed in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City. The interior ministry said the five police officers were killed in another strike in western ​Khan Younis, in the south of the enclave. Sign up here. The Israeli military ​said it struck several militants in Khan Younis, without giving ⁠further information. It did not immediately comment on the Gaza ​City strike. Israel, which says the Hamas militant group has been rearming and ​launching attacks in violation of a year-old ceasefire, .

Hamas has denied trying to carry out attacks or rebuild ​its arsenal and accuses Israel of undermining the Gaza peace deal. Last ​year's US-brokered ceasefire calls for eventual reconstruction of the territory. But little progress ‌has ⁠been made as negotiators have failed to agree terms for Hamas to disarm or Israel to withdraw its troops, who control about two-thirds of the territory where they have ordered residents out. Nearly all of the ​more than 2 ​million residents live ⁠in the remaining third of the enclave among war ruins, mostly in makeshift tents and damaged buildings, ​still under effective control of Hamas.

At least 1,500 Palestinians ​have ⁠been killed in Israeli attacks in Gaza since the ceasefire, according to the territory's health officials, while Israel says four soldiers have been killed. Palestinian ⁠authorities ​say more than 74,000 people have been ​killed in Israel's assault on Gaza, launched after in ​southern Israel on October 7, 2023. Reporting by Nidal al-Mughrabi Editing by Peter Graff Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles. , opens new tab Suggested Topics: Middle East X Facebook Linkedin Email Link Purchase Licensing Rights

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Reuters reports eight Palestinians killed by Israeli strikes, including five police officers and a boy and his father, and attributes the actors clearly. But it states in its own voice that Israel's stepped-up strikes are aimed at Hamas, even as its own captions show a child among the dead. It also gives the Israeli death toll from 7 October as plain fact while placing the Palestinian toll on the word of Palestinian authorities.

  1. Doubts one side's dead and not the other's

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    “Hamas-led fighters killed about 1,200 people”

    Why this matters
    In the same sentence, Reuters puts the Palestinian toll on the word of "Palestinian authorities" but states the Israeli toll from 7 October as plain fact in its own voice.
    The impression it gives
    A reader takes the Israeli figure as settled and the Palestinian figure of more than 74,000 as a claim from one party that may not hold.
    The context
    Gaza's Ministry of Health has recorded the Israeli occupation as having killed more than 74,000 Palestinians, and other outlets report the figure plainly. Attaching a source to one side's dead and not the other's is the pattern documented in BBC complaint responses.

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    Gaza's health ministry says Israel has killed more than 74,000 Palestinians in its assault, launched after Hamas-led fighters killed about 1,200 people in southern Israel, according to Israeli figures.

  2. States one side's claim as fact

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    “has stepped up strikes on the group in recent weeks”

    Why this matters
    Reuters attributes Israel's rearming claim, but then says in its own voice that Israel has stepped up strikes "on the group", meaning Hamas.
    The impression it gives
    A reader takes it as established that the recent strikes are hitting Hamas, so the day's dead read as part of a campaign against an armed group.
    The context
    This is Israel's account of its targets. The same article's captions name a Palestinian boy, Zain Owais, and his father among the dead. The interior ministry says the other five dead were police officers. Other coverage reports the father and son were walking down a street. Who the strikes hit is contested, and the article's own facts do not support the outlet's description.

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