Seems quite natural to me. When dealing with sensitive issues, you may want to use less assertive instruments of speech, like "20 people were killed on the Isra

Seems quite natural to me. When dealing with sensitive issues, you may want to use less assertive instruments of speech, like "20 people were killed on the Israeli side" rather than "Palestinians killed 20 Israelis." For proper research you'd need to compare at least against other pieces of military conflicts reporting.