While Kirby spoke about the Israeli casualties, he did not comment on the airstrikes in Gaza, which resulted in the deaths of hundreds of civilians, stating only, "It is very difficult to look at these images, these are people," referring solely to Israelis.
The mainstream Western media also displayed hypocrisy in their language usage. The BBC revealed its "bias" in its reporting on casualties along the Israeli-Palestinian line. When discussing casualties in Gaza, they stated "500 people died in the airstrikes," but when talking about Israel, they mentioned "700 people were killed in the attacks."