New York Times report under fire for questioning whether Israelis were true victims of Oct 7 terror attack

The New York Times infuriated critics on Monday with a "grotesque" report that many believe crossed a line by suggesting Israelis are not the victims of Hamas’ Oct.

7 terror attack.

Times reporter Isabel Kershner, who focuses on Israeli and Palestinian affairs, penned a piece that focuses on a documentary about the killing of Palestinians by Israeli forces in Gaza.

Midway through the article, the Times reporter noted "Israelis are deeply divided over how to apportion blame for the policy, military and intelligence failures that preceded the attack and the war," to set up a line that has prompted a firestorm of criticism.

"But Israelis still largely view themselves as the victims of Oct.

7," Kershner wrote.

NEW YORK TIMES RAISES EYEBROWS BY REFERRING TO AIPAC AS 'HARD-RIGHT' PRO-ISRAEL GROUP Journalist Eitan Fischberger, who served in the Israel Defense Forces, was stunned when he read the sentence in a straight-news report, which appeared to suggest that such a statement was opinion rather than fact.

"What’s so grotesque about this sentence is that it portrays an objective fact as some sort of Israeli victimhood mentality.

Imagine the Times writing that Americans ‘still largely view themselves as the victims of 9/11,’ or that Americans ‘still largely view themselves as the victims of Pearl Harbor,’" Fischberger told Fox News Digital.

"Whatever one thinks about the war that followed, Israelis were absolutely the victims of horrific atrocities on October 7," he continued.

"Just like Americans were the victims of 9/11 and the attack on Pearl Harbor." The New York Times and Kershner did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

NEW YORK TIMES ACCUSED OF FRAMING MUSLIMS AS TRUE VICTIMS OF 9/11 IN ANNIVERSARY COVERAGE Hamas launched a war with an unprecedented Oct.

7, 2023, terror attack on Israel that resulted in the deaths of approximately 1,200 people, with Israeli civilians being among the targeted.

Hundreds of civilians were massacred at an outdoor music festival, others were slaughtered inside their homes and Hamas took 254 hostages in the worst attack on Jews since the Holocaust.