Global newspapers and magazines have highlighted various themes in their coverage of Israel's war on the Gaza Strip, such as the failures of the Israeli military to achieve its outlined objectives and the targeting of journalists covering the war.
Le Figaro, a French newspaper, reported on the operational difficulties faced by the Israeli military in Gaza, noting that even though at least 100,000 buildings have been destroyed, claims of having neutralized the capabilities of Hamas in the northern part of the region were made.
The intensity of the ground battles was such that Le Figaro stated Gaza would be added to the list of historic battles such as Stalingrad and Berlin.
In Time magazine, writer Yasmeen Serhan commented on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's lack of a post-war plan for Gaza, criticizing his right to speak of what is now referred to as "the day after."
Serhan believes Netanyahu has neither addressed nor adopted his extremist ministers' calls for the relocation of Gaza's residents and the reoccupation of the territory, nor has he embraced moderate calls for possible solutions. She sees this as evidence of his confusion and the fragility of his political position.
In a similar vein, Foreign Policy magazine wrote that Israeli officials are pursuing policies that could ultimately lead to the ethnic cleansing of Gaza's residents.
According to writer Howard French, U.S. President Joe Biden could restrain Israel, with French asserting that it is not too late to do so, despite a weak track record from his administration on this issue.
Massacre of Journalists
The Washington Post touched upon the killing of journalists in the Gaza Strip, describing Israel's war on Gaza as leading to a "massacre of journalists." It cited the story of Al Jazeera correspondent Wael Al-Dahdouh as a symbol of the calamity befalling the sector and one of its most prominent faces.
The author highlighted the poignant messages exchanged between Dahdouh and his slain son Hamza just before Israel killed him, saying that the Dahdouh family's plight encapsulates the bitterness of tragedies experienced by thousands of families in Gaza.
On the website Orient XXI, French writer Alain Gresh and Tunisian Sara Karray analyzed the failures of Western media in covering the war on Gaza.
Their analysis identified intentional bias in terminology, descriptions, the prioritizing of news, and their conveyance, ultimately bolstering the Israeli narrative.
The authors added that Western media consistently condemned the Russian war on Ukraine, for example.
