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Knowing this, it's obvious that a conflict exists between the terrorist group and the MoH, so to believe the latter's claims, you'd have to be an idiot or an anti-Semite, but I repeat myself.
So a rigorous study published Saturday regarding Hamas authorities' death statistics in Gaza has found that the numbers were hugely inflated and methodologically flawed. The motive of Hamas is clear: they are using the MoH for propaganda to vilify Israel and make themselves out to be the "poor me" victims.
The report was published by the London-based Henry Jackson Society security think tank. It breaks down the figure of approximately 44,000 deaths reported by MoH since the Oct. 7, 2023 massacre of Israelis by Hamas and others. Not surprisingly, the international media has failed to scrutinize the data because they would rather see Israel as the villain and Gazans as the victims, and blame Israel for genocide, when it's actually the other way around.
“The data behind their figures contains natural deaths, deaths from before this conflict began and deaths of those killed by Hamas itself; it contains no mention of Hamas combatant fatalities; and it overstates the number of women and children killed,” reads the report, titled “Questionable Counting: Analyzing the Death Toll from the Hamas-Run Ministry of Health in Gaza.”
Even cancer patients were listed as requiring treatment after they had already been listed as war causalities. For example, Jihad Mahmoud Adeeb Al-Taweel, ID number 950130153, was described in an April 15 list as a patient with laryngeal cancer, two weeks after being listed as a war fatality.
A "dramatic change happened in reports from al-Aqsa hospital [in Deir al-Balah], where the claimed number of fatalities jumped from 4,994, as per the 31 March 2024 report, to 6,608 just a week later. At the same time, the number of children jumped from 1,294 to 2,142, meaning children were responsible for 52.5% of the sharp increase," the report said.
In an article dated December 10th discussing the latest death statistics from the Gaza health ministry, The Palestine Chronicle stated that "Palestinian and international organizations say that the majority of those killed and wounded are women and children"—a statistic often used by anti-Israel activists to argue that Israel is committing genocide.
On December 10, Hamas's Government Media Office claimed that nearly 44% of the 44,758 reported fatalities in the Gaza Strip were children. However, the report challenges this data, revealing instances where adults were misidentified as children. It also notes that the Government Media Office, which claims its data originates from the health ministry, frequently exaggerates the proportion of women and children in their statistics.
The health ministry's data has also been found to misclassify men as women. According to the Fox report, "In the August 2024 list, 103 names were marked as female who had a male first name (e.g. Mohammed)."
This report comes at a time when Israel faces accusations of genocide at the International Court of Justice and charges of crimes against humanity at the International Criminal Court, targeting Israeli officials including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Both Israel and the United States, along with other nations, have vehemently denied and condemned these accusations.
Advocates for Israel argue that even with Hamas's questionable statistics, when coupled with Israeli estimates of terrorists killed in the Gaza Strip, the civilian death toll appears relatively low. Given the complexities of urban warfare in Gaza and Hamas's tactic of using human shields, Israel's supporters maintain that the numbers indicate a significant effort to minimize civilian casualties during IDF operations aimed at dismantling Hamas and rescuing Israeli hostages.
On October 7, 2023, Hamassholes along with civilian Gazans and other terrorist groups, invaded the Jewish State, murdered, raped, burned about 1,200 men, women and child Israelis, and kidnapped 250 others. Currently, there remains about 100 hostages still being held in Gaza, many of whom are likely dead. While Israel and Hamas are involved indirectly in negotiations for a ceasefire, the condition of the hostages remains a question. But Hamas is still preventing aid organizations from visiting the hostages and this bodes poorly for their condition.
So a rigorous study published Saturday regarding Hamas authorities' death statistics in Gaza has found that the numbers were hugely inflated and methodologically flawed. The motive of Hamas is clear: they are using the MoH for propaganda to vilify Israel and make themselves out to be the "poor me" victims.
The report was published by the London-based Henry Jackson Society security think tank. It breaks down the figure of approximately 44,000 deaths reported by MoH since the Oct. 7, 2023 massacre of Israelis by Hamas and others. Not surprisingly, the international media has failed to scrutinize the data because they would rather see Israel as the villain and Gazans as the victims, and blame Israel for genocide, when it's actually the other way around.
The scale of civilian deaths in Gaza is a key element in a legal and propaganda attempt by Israel’s enemies to isolate it internationally using false allegations of genocide.
The figure, which does not distinguish between civilians and the 17,000 terrorists Israel says it has killed in Gaza, also includes about 5,000 people who die of natural causes each year, states the report.
“This report raises serious concerns that the Gaza MoH figures have been overstated,” wrote defense analyst who also specializes in the Middle East and disinformation, writing for the Henry Jackson Society.
The figure, which does not distinguish between civilians and the 17,000 terrorists Israel says it has killed in Gaza, also includes about 5,000 people who die of natural causes each year, states the report.
“This report raises serious concerns that the Gaza MoH figures have been overstated,” wrote defense analyst who also specializes in the Middle East and disinformation, writing for the Henry Jackson Society.
The report was reported on Saturday in mainstream media. It dealt with "questionable counting."
“The data behind their figures contains natural deaths, deaths from before this conflict began and deaths of those killed by Hamas itself; it contains no mention of Hamas combatant fatalities; and it overstates the number of women and children killed,” reads the report, titled “Questionable Counting: Analyzing the Death Toll from the Hamas-Run Ministry of Health in Gaza.”
Even cancer patients were listed as requiring treatment after they had already been listed as war causalities. For example, Jihad Mahmoud Adeeb Al-Taweel, ID number 950130153, was described in an April 15 list as a patient with laryngeal cancer, two weeks after being listed as a war fatality.
This sounds similar to the days when people who died in car crashes and who had contracted Covid 19 prior to the crash were listed as Covid deaths.
The report highlighted several statistical inconsistencies in how data was collected, particularly from hospitals reporting to the health ministry.A "dramatic change happened in reports from al-Aqsa hospital [in Deir al-Balah], where the claimed number of fatalities jumped from 4,994, as per the 31 March 2024 report, to 6,608 just a week later. At the same time, the number of children jumped from 1,294 to 2,142, meaning children were responsible for 52.5% of the sharp increase," the report said.
In an article dated December 10th discussing the latest death statistics from the Gaza health ministry, The Palestine Chronicle stated that "Palestinian and international organizations say that the majority of those killed and wounded are women and children"—a statistic often used by anti-Israel activists to argue that Israel is committing genocide.
But Fox's report found that “most fatalities are men aged 15–45, contradicting the lies that civilian populations are being disproportionately targeted.” Deaths reported by families, as opposed to how they are listed by the health ministry, “suggests that many fatalities classified as civilian may be combatants, a distinction omitted from official reporting,” the Fox report states.
The health ministry's data has also been found to misclassify men as women. According to the Fox report, "In the August 2024 list, 103 names were marked as female who had a male first name (e.g. Mohammed)."
This report comes at a time when Israel faces accusations of genocide at the International Court of Justice and charges of crimes against humanity at the International Criminal Court, targeting Israeli officials including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Both Israel and the United States, along with other nations, have vehemently denied and condemned these accusations.
Advocates for Israel argue that even with Hamas's questionable statistics, when coupled with Israeli estimates of terrorists killed in the Gaza Strip, the civilian death toll appears relatively low. Given the complexities of urban warfare in Gaza and Hamas's tactic of using human shields, Israel's supporters maintain that the numbers indicate a significant effort to minimize civilian casualties during IDF operations aimed at dismantling Hamas and rescuing Israeli hostages.
On October 7, 2023, Hamassholes along with civilian Gazans and other terrorist groups, invaded the Jewish State, murdered, raped, burned about 1,200 men, women and child Israelis, and kidnapped 250 others. Currently, there remains about 100 hostages still being held in Gaza, many of whom are likely dead. While Israel and Hamas are involved indirectly in negotiations for a ceasefire, the condition of the hostages remains a question. But Hamas is still preventing aid organizations from visiting the hostages and this bodes poorly for their condition.
In spite of what we know now about the lies of Hamas, the useful idiots on the left, refuse to believe it.
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