Two killed in Israeli strike on vehicle in Gaza -- reports

The double standard

Palestinian deaths are reported as agentless facts while the Israeli military's unverified claim about its targets is granted direct attribution and the last word.

How it builds, in Core reporting paragraph: deaths then IDF claim

1. 1

   Deaths sourced to medical staff, actor named but claim hedged

   An Israeli airstrike killed at least two Palestinians in a vehicle and wounded 13 others in the Gaza Strip, medical staff say.

   Casualty figure attributed to medical staff, presented as at least

2. 2

   Victims unnamed, identities unknown, bodies dismembered

   Local medical staff tell Reuters that they urged people to provide information that could help identify the two people who were killed and whose bodies were dismembered by the explosion.

   Victims granted no identity; detail of dismemberment added without further sourcing

3. 3

   IDF claim printed verbatim, unverified, given final position

   The Israeli military tells Reuters the strike targeted two Hamas operatives, without giving further information.

   Military claim reproduced directly with no qualification beyond absence of further detail

The same decision, both sides

What a reader is left with. A reader is left with the impression that the two dead were probably Hamas operatives, because the IDF's unverified label closes the article while the victims themselves remain literally unidentifiable.