How Western Officials, Media Coverage Pushed to Discredit Gaza Death Toll
The IDF denied officially endorsing Hamas’s Gaza death toll after a briefing remark was misreported, highlighting disputes over casualty figures amid ongoing conflict analysis.
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Around 70,000 people have been killed in Gaza during the war, sources in the Israeli military told several Israeli media outlets.
IDF validates Hamas Gaza toll, sparks damage
The Israeli security establishment will soon publish its own data on the number of Arab casualties in the Gaza war. An updated assessment of the proportion defined as "uninvolved" who lost their lives in the conflict will also be released. The data publication will follow extended staff work by several IDF units and comes against the backdrop of a serious public diplomacy mishap that occurred last week, when a senior military officer adopted Ham…
No, the IDF Did Not Accept Hamas’ Gaza Casualty Figures
Key Takeaways: Headlines claiming the IDF “accepted” Hamas’ 70,000 death toll stemmed from an anonymous briefing remark—not official data—and were later clarified by the IDF as not reflecting its position, yet the narrative spread globally before the correction. Hamas’ published figures lump together combatants, civilians, natural deaths, and deaths caused by Hamas itself, with no breakdown—embedding an estimated ~11,000 natural deaths, ~1,000…
More than 70,000 deaths in Gaza – Israel long described this number as propaganda. Now an Israeli officer said: "The information is largely correct.
Israel’s Military Now Accepts 70,000 Killed in Gaza – But Why Did Our Media Let Them Get Away With Denying It for So Long?
I have spent the past two years debating the credibility of the Gaza Health Ministry’s numbers with supporters of Israel. It turns out the Israeli military agrees with me, not them.
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