Israeli strikes kill Palestinians in Gaza around Israel's election, 27–28 October
Anadolu reports two Palestinians killed and five wounded in Gaza on Tuesday, and AFP reports five killed on Wednesday. Both say the strikes came around Israel's election and despite the October 2025 ceasefire.
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The story, neutrally told
Centre · 1Anadolu Agency reported that Israeli attacks killed two Palestinians and wounded five others across the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, citing medical sources. Anadolu AgencyN “Israeli attacks killed two Palestinians and wounded five others across the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, while a six-year-old girl and a man succumbed to wounds sustained in earlier attacks, medical sources said.” Read at Anadolu Agency ↗ Centre · 1In Anadolu's account, Israeli troops shot dead Mahmoud Samih al-Harsh, 28, in the Jabalia refugee camp, and a second man, not immediately identified, was killed in a strike in Rafah's al-Mawasi area. Anadolu AgencyN “Israeli troops shot dead Mahmoud Samih al-Harsh, 28, on al-Hawja Street in the Jabalia refugee camp”“Another Palestinian, whose identity was not immediately known, was killed in an Israeli strike near al-Alam roundabout in Rafah’s al-Mawasi area in southern Gaza.” Read at Anadolu Agency ↗ Centre · 1Anadolu also said a six-year-old girl, Tahani Mohammed Saeed Shalalfeh, and a man, Ahmed Yassin Bseiso, died of wounds from earlier Israeli attacks. Anadolu AgencyN “six-year-old Tahani Mohammed Saeed Shalalfeh died from wounds sustained when Israeli forces opened fire in al-Mawasi on Monday.”“Ahmed Yassin Bseiso also died from injuries sustained days earlier” Read at Anadolu Agency ↗
Centre · 1The wounded that day included a fisherman hit by shrapnel off Khan Younis, two people shot in separate incidents, and two more, one a child, shot east of the Bureij refugee camp. Anadolu also reported Israeli naval shelling and machine-gun fire toward the beach near al-Shati camp. Anadolu AgencyN “A fisherman was wounded by shrapnel from a bomb dropped by an Israeli drone off Khan Younis, according to civil defense sources.”“Israeli naval vessels also shelled and opened machine-gun fire toward Palestinians on the beach near the al-Shati refugee camp” Read at Anadolu Agency ↗ Right · 1On Wednesday, AFP (carried by Arab News) reported that Gaza's civil defense agency and a local hospital said Israeli strikes killed five people and wounded others. Arab NewsRC “Gaza’s civil defense agency and a local hospital said Israeli strikes killed five people and wounded others in the Palestinian territory on Wednesday.” Read at Arab News ↗ Right · 1Civil defense spokesperson Mahmoud Bassal said three people were killed in a drone attack in Rafah. The hospital said it received three bodies and 15 wounded, one of whom later died, and civil defense said another person was killed in Khan Younis. Arab NewsRC ““Three people were killed and several others wounded, some of them seriously” in a drone attack in Rafah in the south”“Gaza’s civil defense said another person was killed in a strike in Khan Younis, also in the south.” Read at Arab News ↗
Right · 1Asked by AFP for comment, the Israeli army said it had struck "terrorists in the area" and would send more information soon. Arab NewsRC “the Israeli army said “we struck terrorists in the area,” adding that it would send further information soon.” Read at Arab News ↗ Mixed · 2Both reports tie the strikes to Israel's election: Anadolu said the attacks coincided with the vote, and AFP said they came a day after a hard-fought election with no clear winner. Anadolu AgencyN “The attacks coincided with Israel’s parliamentary elections.” Read at Anadolu Agency ↗ Arab NewsRC “The strikes occurred a day after Israelis voted in a hard-fought election that produced no clear winner.” Read at Arab News ↗ Mixed · 2Both cite Gaza health ministry figures of more than 1,500 Palestinians killed since the October 2025 ceasefire. Anadolu gives more than 74,000 killed since October 2023, and AFP gives more than 74,500. Anadolu AgencyN “More than 1,500 Palestinians have been killed in the Gaza Strip since an October 2025 ceasefire went into effect.” Read at Anadolu Agency ↗ Arab NewsRC “Israel responded with a massive military campaign that has destroyed much of Gaza and killed more than 74,500 people, according to the territory’s health ministry.” Read at Arab News ↗
Right · 1AFP adds that the war began with the 7 October 2023 Hamas attack, which killed 1,221 people on an AFP tally of official Israeli figures. It describes the health ministry as operating under Hamas, with figures the United Nations considers accurate. Arab NewsRC “unprecedented attack by Hamas on southern Israel that killed 1,221 people, according to an AFP tally based on official Israeli figures.”“which operates under Hamas and whose figures are considered accurate by the United Nations” Read at Arab News ↗
Every sentence links to the reporting it rests on. The pill in front of each says where its sources sit: Left, Centre or Right when one side supplies at least half of them, Mixed when they are evenly split. The number is how many outlets it cites.
Left0 outlets
No left outlet in our sources has covered this story yet.
Centre1 outlet
- Framing
- Anadolu gives a granular, casualty-by-casualty roundup of Tuesday's incidents, using named victims and locations and attributing them to medical and civil defense sources.
- Emphasis
- Names, ages and places of victims, including a six-year-old girl and a wounded child; the number of attacks across the Strip.
- Leaves out or plays down
- Gives no Israeli military response or stated reason for the strikes.
- Charged language
- “Israel's genocidal war on Gaza”
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“Since October 2023, Israel's genocidal war on Gaza has killed more than 74,000 Palestinians” — Anadolu Agency
“Six-year-old girl and man also die from wounds sustained in earlier Israeli attacks” — Anadolu Agency
Right1 outlet
- Framing
- Arab News runs AFP's short wire report on Wednesday's strikes, leading with the health officials' death toll and including the Israeli army's brief response.
- Emphasis
- The death toll from Rafah and Khan Younis, the Israeli army statement, and the election context.
- Leaves out or plays down
- Names no victims and does not cover Tuesday's incidents. It notes that civil defense and the health ministry operate under Hamas.
- Charged language
- “terrorists”
What every side reports
- Israeli strikes or fire killed Palestinians in Gaza around Israel's election, despite the October 2025 ceasefire.
- More than 1,500 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza since the ceasefire began, according to the figures both reports cite.
- Rafah was among the areas hit.
- The overall war death toll is above 74,000, according to Gaza's health ministry.
Where accounts differ
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Casualty count and date
- Centre
- Anadolu reports two killed and five wounded on Tuesday, plus two who died of earlier wounds.
- Right
- AFP, carried by Arab News, reports five killed on Wednesday, including three in a Rafah drone attack. The two reports appear to cover different days.
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Nature of the targets
- Centre
- Anadolu describes victims as Palestinians, including a child and a fisherman, with no military context.
- Right
- The Israeli army told AFP it "struck terrorists in the area" and gave no further detail.
Left0 articles
No coverage yet.
Centre1 article
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Israeli attacks kill 2 Palestinians, wound 5 in Gaza
Sympathetic Detailed roundup of Palestinian casualties with named victims, sourced to medical staff, and using the phrase "genocidal war" in its own voice.
Right1 article
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Arab NewsRC · · via AFP
Gaza health officials say Israeli strikes kill 5
Neutral AFP wire copy giving the toll from Gaza officials with the Israeli army's short response and context on the sources' Hamas links.
- 28 Oct 04:12 First Anadolu AgencyN Israeli attacks kill 2 Palestinians, wound 5 in Gaza
- 28 Oct 19:57 +15h 45m Arab NewsRC Gaza health officials say Israeli strikes kill 5 via AFP
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