Will all those who have been charging Israel with “genocide” on the basis of Hamas’ casualty figures now retract and apologize? Of course not. In fact, they’ll keep repeating the same false charges.
Hamas is now saying Israel has killed 22,000, not 33,000 Gazans — meaning the combatant to noncombatant ratio in this war is greater than 1:1, which would be a phenomenal, life-saving achievement.
Unsurprisingly, legacy media is crickets.https://t.co/9lGdocpDne
— Peter Savodnik (@petersavodnik) April 12, 2024
“Hamas-Run Gaza Health Ministry Admits to Flaws in Casualty Data,” FDD, April 9, 2024:
The Hamas-run Gaza Ministry of Health said on April 6 that it had “incomplete data” for 11,371 of the 33,091 Palestinian fatalities it claims to have documented. In a statistical report, the ministry notes that it considers an individual record to be incomplete if it is missing any of the following key data points: identity number, full name, date of birth, or date of death. The health ministry also released a report on April 3 that acknowledged the presence of incomplete data but did not define what it meant by “incomplete.” In that earlier report, the ministry acknowledged the incompleteness of 12,263 records. It is unclear why, after just three more days, the number fell to 11,371 — a decrease of more than 900 records.
Prior to its admissions of incomplete data, the health ministry asserted that the information in more than 15,000 fatality records had stemmed from “reliable media sources.” However, the ministry never identified the sources in question and Gaza has no independent media….
Bruce D Watt says
war is deceit and their god says they can lie to anyone, meaning their god is deceitful..
Ray Jarman says
David D Watt,
I have a question for you. Do you know of any religion in which the supreme being advocates lying? The ancient Greeks had gods for war, love, the sea, etc., the Hindus have gods for various aspects of daily life and the ancient civilizations in North America had gods for different requirements but I don’t remember any supreme being advocating lying much less murder. Since neither its fabricated prophet nor Muhammad existed until the Arabian hordes swept across most of North Africa, Islam, in my humble mind, is much more of a political cult than a religion. Our Judo Christian faiths all revolve around a just God who only advocates that while we are here on earth, try to love each other and live an honest life.
gravenimage says
Yes–lying to disbelievers is a key tenet of the ugly creed of Islam.
Bruce David Watt says
who cant they lie to?
Bruce David Watt says
who cant Muslims lie too?
rick says
The December 2023 Gaza Health Ministry released the following statistical report: There were 6,629 fatalities broken down as follows- 1,941 women, 4,678 children and 10 men. Yes, ten men! Gaza’s male to female ratio is close to even and half of its residents are adults. So either Israel is purposely targeting children or a correction is needed here too. Did Nazi Germany release true figures of its own casualties in WW II? Never. And neither does Palestinians now. No dictatorship does.
gravenimage says
Thanks for that reference, Rick. Even given Hamas’ so often hiding behind women and children and the high birth rate in Gaza this is obviously completely ludicrous.
Yet many–perhaps host–dhimmis have been uncritically accepting Hamas’ ridiculous figures.
somehistory says
“Assassinated Iranian general involved in ‘planning and execution’ of October 7 Hamas massacre: report”
“An organization affiliated with the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran revealed that Iranian General Mohammad Reza Zahedi, who was reportedly killed by an Israeli airstrike on April 1, played a key role in the mass murder of 1,200 people, including over 30 Americans, on October 7.”
The U.S.-based Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) located the shocking admission and translated it into English. Iran’s Coalition Council of Islamic Revolution Forces published on April 3 a notice of mourning and recognition for the late Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) commander, Zahedi.
Zahedi was the IRGC’s commander of its elite Quds Force in Syria and Lebanon and was killed along with six other men in Iran’s diplomatic compound in Damascus.
“The strategic role of the martyr Zahedi in consolidating and strengthening the resistance front, and in the planning and execution of Al-Aqsa Flood, are part of the great pride that will transform the quiet efforts of this great commander into the eternal history of the struggle against the occupation by the Zionist regime,” declared the Iranian Coalition Council of Islamic Revolution Forces, according to the MEMRI translation.
The Al-Aqsa-Flood is the Hamas name for the October 7 invasion that resulted in mass rapes, deaths, and hostage-taking. There are currently over 100 hostages held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
“According to MEMRI’s analysis of the disclosure of Zahedi’s involvement in the October 7 atrocities, the research institute said, “This is essentially an official admission by a senior Iranian regime figure that Iran did indeed have a hand in the planning and execution of the October 7 attack.”
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/assassinated-iranian-general-involved-in-planning-and-execution-of-october-7-hamas-massacre-report/ar-BB1lz35h?ocid=msedgntp&pc=HCTS&cvid=335854f8f9c84a269bc849c682999557&ei=51
gravenimage says
Thanks for that link, Somehistory.
gravenimage says
Gaza’s Hamas-run ‘Health Ministry’ admits its universally accepted casualty figures were wildly inflated
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But how manby will even notice Hamas dialing back? Very few, is my guess. Even many supposed supporters of Israel have been grumbling about a “disproportionate” response from Israel based on these lies.
John Pepple says
What caused them to admit this?