On Saturday, the IDF struck in the Khan Yunis area and eliminated the terrorist Muhammad Kamel Masleh Qadih, who infiltrated Kibbutz Nir Oz during the October 7th Massacre and was responsible for the operational readiness of Nukhba terrorists. In a separate strike on Saturday in the Nuseirat area, the IDF eliminated Diaa Abd al-Mohsen Muhammad Abu al-Rous, a Nukhba terrorist in Hamas' the military wing. Throughout the war, and particularly recently, the terrorists advanced terror attacks against IDF troops and Israeli civilians and operated to restore the capabilities of the Hamas terrorist organization, in systematic violation of the ceasefire.
The terrorists were eliminated in aerial strikes to remove the threat they posed. Two Nukhba terrorists eliminated IDF Spokesperson 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 prints an Israeli military statement about two Palestinians killed in Gaza strikes as its own reporting. It never uses the word killed, and it calls both men terrorists in its own voice. It also states the army's claims about their actions, the ceasefire and the care taken for civilians as settled fact.
Writes the death out
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“eliminated”
Why this matters
The headline uses "eliminated" for two men killed by Israeli air strikes.
The impression it gives
A reader takes in a neat removal of a target, not the killing of two people.
The context
Both men were killed in air strikes. Another outlet reporting the same statement says plainly that they were killed. The word kill appears nowhere in the article.
Israeli air strikes in Khan Younis and Nuseirat on Saturday killed two Palestinian men, Muhammad Kamel Masleh Qadih and Diaa Abd al-Mohsen Muhammad Abu al-Rous, the Israeli military said.
Labels people on one side's word
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“the terrorist Muhammad Kamel Masleh Qadih”
Why this matters
In its own voice the outlet calls the dead man "the terrorist".
The impression it gives
A reader takes it as established that the man killed was a terrorist.
The context
The only basis given is the Israeli military's word. Another outlet attributes the identification to the army: "whom the IDF identified". The article cites no independent source.
The Israeli military said Qadih took part in the 7 October attack on Kibbutz Nir Oz and that Abu al-Rous belonged to Hamas's Nukhba unit. Neither claim has been independently verified.
States one side's claim as fact
Serious
“the terrorists advanced terror attacks against IDF troops and Israeli civilians and operated to restore the capabilities of the Hamas terrorist organization, in systematic violation of the ceasefire”
Why this matters
It states the army's case for the strikes, that the men planned attacks and broke the ceasefire, with no attribution at all.
The impression it gives
A reader believes it is proven that these men were attacking Israelis and that they, not Israel, broke the ceasefire.
The context
These are the military's claims. Another outlet attributes them with "According to the military" and "The IDF described". This outlet's own earlier reports attributed the same lines to the army.
The Israeli military said, without giving evidence, that the men had planned attacks and broken the ceasefire, and that it had taken steps to limit harm to civilians.