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Israel military opens criminal probes into two Gaza attacks on Palestinians

Investigations announced for killings of 5-year-old Hind Rajab and 15 paramedics, but not for three other aid worker deaths

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FILE.- Mourners gather around the bodies of 8 Red Crescent emergency responders, recovered in Rafah a week after an Israeli attack, as they are transported for burial from a hospital in Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip, on Monday, March 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana,File)

What this story says

  • Israel’s military announced criminal investigations into two Gaza attacks: the killing of 5-year-old Hind Rajab and her family, and the killing of 15 Palestinian paramedics in Rafah.
  • The military will not investigate three other attacks, including those that killed aid workers from World Central Kitchen and Doctors Without Borders.
  • The decision follows a review of 150 incidents, with only five cases receiving a determination.
  • No right-rated outlet reported on the military’s announcement.

Who covered it

Left 40%(96)Centre 41%(101)Right 19%(45)

Percentages are shares of the 242 outlets carrying a published leaning rating. 104 of the 346 outlets we know ran this story carry no rating and are not counted in them. Coverage measured .

Trust

55/100

Craft

55/100

Hype

15/100

346 sources · methodology

Missing from the right

Only 45 of the 242 outlets with a published leaning rating that ran this story are rated right.

A reader who follows the right would not have seen this. We report the absence rather than explain it: outlets choose what to cover for many reasons, and we have no evidence about which one applies here.

On 19 August 2026, Israel’s military announced it would open criminal investigations into two attacks in Gaza. The first involved the killing of 5-year-old Hind Rajab and her family in February 2024. Rajab and her relatives were attempting to flee Gaza City when Israeli troops fired on their vehicle. The second investigation covers the killing of 15 Palestinian paramedics in Rafah in May 2025. Troops opened fire on their vehicles and later bulldozed the bodies into a mass grave.

The military stated it had reviewed 150 incidents of troop conduct in Gaza and made decisions on five cases. It will not investigate three other attacks, including those that killed aid workers from World Central Kitchen and Doctors Without Borders. The military initially claimed the paramedics’ vehicles were advancing suspiciously but retracted the statement after footage contradicted it.

What the coverage left out

No right-rated outlet ran the story. None of the centre-rated digests mentioned the military’s retracted claim that the paramedics’ vehicles were advancing suspiciously, or the bulldozing of the bodies into a mass grave. The Associated Press was the only outlet to report that the military did not mention other high-profile killings it had previously pledged to investigate, including the August 2025 strikes on a hospital that killed five journalists.

Tags:#IsraelGazaConflict#MilitaryInvestigations#HindRajab#PalestinianParamedics#AidWorkerDeaths

Coverage settled. We checked this 9 times and stopped on 24 Aug 2026, 21:30. The figures above are what it finished at.

How each side covered it

Our own reading of the reporting listed below, written from the outlets’ articles rather than quoted from them. The reasoning is set out on our methodology page.

Left

96 rated outlets

  • The left-rated outlets led on Israel’s military opening criminal investigations into two attacks in Gaza: the killing of five-year-old Hind Rajab and her family, and the deaths of 15 Palestinian paramedics. All 12 digests and the Associated Press report included both incidents. The AP report added that the military declined to investigate three other attacks, including those on World Central Kitchen and Doctors Without Borders workers.
  • The Associated Press report detailed the circumstances of the attacks. It described Hind Rajab’s final call to paramedics, the Israeli military’s initial claim that the paramedics’ vehicles were advancing suspiciously, and the subsequent retraction after footage showed emergency lights flashing. The report quoted a Palestinian Red Crescent spokesperson calling the truth already proven.
  • CNN and Metro News digests highlighted the Israeli military’s admission of firing on Hind Rajab’s vehicle, a detail not mentioned in the other digests. CBC News noted that such internal investigations rarely result in convictions, citing rights groups. None of the digests included the military’s statement that it had reviewed 150 incidents of troop conduct in Gaza.

Centre

101 rated outlets

  • The eight centre-rated digests led on the military’s announcement of criminal investigations into the two attacks. All carried the military’s statement that it would not investigate three other incidents, including those involving aid workers. None of the digests included details of the attacks beyond the military’s statement, such as the bulldozing of the paramedics’ bodies or the retracted claim about the vehicles advancing suspiciously.

Right

45 rated outlets

  • The right-rated outlets reported that Israel’s military opened criminal probes into two Gaza attacks: the killing of five-year-old Hind Rajab and the deaths of Palestinian paramedics. All 12 digests named Rajab and noted the military’s admission that its troops fired on her family’s car. The date of the incident, 29 January 2024, appeared in four digests.
  • Nine digests led on the military’s decision to investigate, while three, Anadolu Ajansı, India Today and Observador, highlighted scepticism or demands for wider accountability. Anadolu Ajansı quoted the Hind Rajab Foundation calling the probe a "masquerade" to evade accountability. None of the digests mentioned the number of incidents reviewed by the military or the 150 cases cited in other coverage.
  • The digests included no Palestinian voices beyond the foundation’s statement. The military’s admission of firing on the car was reported by eight outlets, but only Observador noted that this contradicted earlier accounts. The digests did not specify whether the probes were the first of their kind during the war.

Questions about this coverage

How did the left and right cover Israel military opens criminal probes into two Gaza attacks on…?
Of the 242 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 40% are rated left, 41% are rated centre, 19% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it, which was 346. The sections above set out what each side emphasised, in its own terms.
Is Israel military opens criminal probes into two Gaza attacks on… left or right?
Neither side dominates it. Of the 242 rated outlets on this story, 40% are rated left, 41% are rated centre, 19% are rated right, and no side holds the 70% this site would want before calling a field one-sided. A story is not left or right in any case; the outlets that carried it are what carry ratings.
Is the coverage of Israel military opens criminal probes into two Gaza attacks on… biased?
Israel military opens criminal probes into two Gaza attacks on Palestinians is one event reported by 346 outlets, and this page does not rate the story as biased or unbiased. What it publishes is the spread: which outlets ran it, where named rating organisations place each of them on the spectrum, and what each side chose to lead with. A leaning rating describes an outlet's record over time, not this article, and the two should not be run together.
Which side is not reporting Israel military opens criminal probes into two Gaza attacks on…?
When we first saw this story, outlets rated right had barely covered it. Coverage accretes for hours after an event, so that is where to look rather than a verdict — the split above is the current count, and it is the one to read.
Which outlets covered Israel military opens criminal probes into two Gaza attacks on…?
346 that we know of, every one of them listed further up this page with a link to its own report and to what we hold on the publisher. Nothing here is a summary of somebody else's summary: the outlets are named so the original reporting can be read.
Which attacks will Israel’s military investigate?
The military will investigate the killing of 5-year-old Hind Rajab and her family in February 2024, and the killing of 15 Palestinian paramedics in Rafah in May 2025. These were two of five cases decided after a review of 150 incidents of troop conduct in Gaza.
Why did the military retract its claim about the paramedics’ vehicles?
The military initially said the paramedics’ vehicles were advancing suspiciously on troops without headlights or emergency signals. It retracted the claim after footage showed the vehicles driving slowly with emergency lights flashing and logos visible.
Which outlets reported on the military’s announcement?
Thirteen outlets reported the story, all rated left or centre. Five left-rated outlets and eight centre-rated outlets carried digests or full reports. No right-rated outlet ran the story.

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