To the @NYTimes, dead Israeli soldiers are merely a suspect Israeli claim ~ Elder Of Ziyon

Monday, October 20, 2025

To the @NYTimes, dead Israeli soldiers are merely a suspect Israeli claim

The language that the New York Times uses is maddeningly consistent in its pro-Hamas tilt.

Israel Strikes Gaza and Temporarily Halts Aid, Saying Hamas Broke Truce
Israel launched a wave of attacks on Gaza after accusing Palestinian militants of attacking its forces across cease-fire lines.

Israel on Sunday launched its heaviest wave of attacks on Gaza since a fragile cease-fire took hold a week ago and said it had temporarily suspended humanitarian aid after accusing Hamas of violating the truce by firing on its soldiers, killing two.

If two soldiers were killed, then there is no doubt who broke the truce. Yet only Israel is framed as having acted aggressively, while Hamas actions are mere Israeli claims.

Next, the headline for a video report:

Flare-Up of Violence in Gaza Tests Cease-Fire
Israel launched a wave of attacks on Gaza and temporarily suspended aid on Sunday after accusing Hamas of firing on its soldiers.

Two dead soldiers? A mere accusation.

And today, from a third writer:

A new round of violence on Sunday showed just how arduous the road to a broader agreement in Gaza will be between the two sides, which have repeatedly accused each other of violating the truce.
Two Israeli soldiers were killed and another was wounded when Palestinian militants launched an anti-tank missile at an army vehicle, the Israeli military said. The attack took place in Rafah, in southern Gaza, on the Israeli-held eastern side of the cease-fire line. Israel called it a blatant violation of the agreement’s terms. Hamas officials were quick to disavow the attack.
Israel responded quickly, with a punishing bombardment of what it described as Hamas installations and Gaza officials said that 44 Palestinians were killed across the territory on Sunday. Israel said it was cutting off the supply of humanitarian aid to the devastated territory indefinitely, but later tempered that, saying that aid deliveries would be paused only until the bombardment was over.

Practically all the information comes from the IDF. But only IDF claims of its own attacking are considered factual, any IDF assertions of Hamas attacks are mere "claims." That language subtly makes the idea that Hamas shot the RPGs that killed two soldiers suspect.

Here are the two soldiers:

Based on NYT reporting, they may have died from falling into a ditch, or friendly fire, or a car accident. The idea that Hamas killed them is merely an Israeli claim, and we all know how unreliable those Jews are with facts. Not like the principled, factual New York Times, which righteously subjects every Israeli statement to high skepticism - especially when the virtuous Hamas denies it.