Palestinian victims (who get killed almost weekly) barely get a mention in the Times. But notice that every single Israeli "victim" is given a fawning tribute and is personalized with family information in the Times. Worse, the soldier is even made to be a civilian to convince the reader that even the soldiers are innocents. "Sergeant Hazan was in a noncombat job in the air force". Combatant or non-combatant, he was a member of the Israeli terrorist armed forces. This is like saying, and the terrorist at the time that he was killed was sipping coffee and wearing his pajamas.