I don’t think it works that way

It does.

The other OP headlines are worse

That’s irrelevant. Things don’t magically go from bad to good just because a worse version of the same thing exists.

they directly imply the “pre-emptive” claim is true, as opposed to indirectly implying it by choosing to reference the perspective of the IDF.

Only difference is how sneaky they are about it. The bias they’re deliberately trying to spread is the same.