Civilian death counts in the Israel-Hamas war have been inflated and distorted to portray Israel as deliberately targeting innocent civilians, a new thinktank study found.
A thinktank investigation into the Hamas -run Gaza Ministry of Health's fatality reports revealed widespread inaccuracies and distortion in the data collection process throughout the war.Civilian death counts in the Israel - Hamas war have been inflated and distorted to portray Israel as deliberately targeting innocent civilians, a new
Gaza officials claim more than 44,700 people have been killed following the Oct. 7 terrorist attacks on Israel, but does not acknowledge that upwards of 17,000 were Hamas terrorists — a fact the media often omits, the study found, citing Israeli and US military and intelligence reports for its data. Men were included on lists of women killed in the conflict, while adults were included on counts of child deaths, researchers found.
The errors have “led to a narrative where the Israel Defense Forces are portrayed as disproportionately targeting civilians,” the report states.
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