More NYTimes Bias

This New York Times' report has really got me mixed up:-

Israeli Offensive in Central Gaza Kills 11 Militants
By ISABEL KERSHNER

JERUSALEM, July 5 — At least 11 Palestinian militants were killed in airstrikes and armed clashes during an Israeli Army incursion into central Gaza on Thursday, Palestinian medical officials said. It was one of the bloodiest days for Hamas since it took control of the Gaza Strip three weeks ago.

Hamas officials said that seven of the dead were members of its military wing, known as the Qassam Brigades, mostly men in their early 20s. The Islamic Jihad faction said one of its men was among the dead. The affiliation of the other three was not clear.

Israeli military officials described the raid as a routine operation to root out “terrorist infrastructures” and search for weapons and wanted men

Why am I nonplussed?

a) "Militant" is used in the headline, the main attention-grabbing element;

b) "Militant" is also used in the lead-off sentence, the most important one as any journalism student can tell you;

c) But then the story acknowledges that 7 of the "militants" were members of Hamas' "military wing" and another was an Islamic Jihadist;

d) When it comes to Israel's version, the term "terrorist" is in quotation marks which means - don't believe them, that's only what they claim.

Am I really mixed up or do I really know that the semantics of the NYT's reporting is biased?

Go on, guess.