How are war victims portrayed in Palestinian, Israeli and German newspaper reporting since 7th of October? Which topics arise in connection to the war reporting? To what extent is a debate about genocide prevalent in the media? To answer these questions, we drew a random sample of newspaper articles published in those three countries between 7th of October 2023 and 31st of July 2024. For Palestine, the newspaper Al-Quds is analyzed (n=298), the Jerusalem Post for Israel (n=250) and the Süddeutsche Zeitung for Germany (n=249). Preliminary analyses reveal that the German newspaper outlet centers primarily on civilians, and the Israeli outlet on terrorists or Palestinians in general when reporting deaths of Palestinians. The Palestinian newspaper outlet focuses more often on resistance, which is reflected in a discourse about martyrs. It is also the only newspaper of the three, which talks about genocide. This peaked in May and June 2024 and then dropped again. The topic is almost entirely absent from the German and Israeli newspapers throughout the period of observation. If discussed, they primarily report statements from international actors or pro-Palestinian movements. The reporting of victims in Israel focuses primarily on civilians and hostages in the Israeli and German discourse. In the next steps, qualitative content analyses will be conducted to study the narratives around victimization, dehumanization and how this interacts with processes of othering.