Hello, of course Hamas lied about Palestinian casualty numbers.
No one capable of committing the atrocities of October 7th should be deemed trustworthy in the slightest.
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This is a guest essay written by Kiyah Willis of Growing to Truth.
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A few weeks ago, the United Nations revised their Gazan casualty statistics for the war between Israel and Gaza.
Many people are confused about this change, so let’s break it down.
The UN previously reported that around 35,000 civilians have been killed in Gaza since the beginning of the war. The original breakdown of this number was that around 15,000 deaths were children, and 10,000 deaths were women, which would make around 10,000 of the deaths adult men.
However, the UN changed the demographic breakdown. Now, they are reporting a decrease from approximately 15,000 child fatalities to 8,000, and from 10,000 adult women fatalities to 5,000. Essentially, they cut both numbers in half.
The UN still claims that the total number of casualties remains the same, although they have also admitted that they cannot independently verify any numbers coming from Gaza. They argue the shift comes from a discovery that almost 10,000 reported deaths are from “unidentified bodies” which means they don’t know whether those dead are men, women, or children.
In summary, while the UN has been repeating claims of over 30,000 dead, with 70 percent of the deaths being women and children, in reality, they do not know how many people have been killed. Further, they don’t know what percent of those killed are women, children, adult male civilians, or Hamas members.
So, what happened? Why have their statistics been unverified and incorrect?
The UN has been getting their data from the Gaza Ministry of Health, which Hamas runs as the official government of Gaza. They have been conveying false information to inflate their casualties, and this is not the first time they have done this.
For example, on October 17, 2023, the Gaza Ministry of Health (Hamas) claimed that an Israeli missile destroyed Al-Ahli hospital in Gaza and killed around 500 people. However, shortly after this claim, it turned out that the hospital was intact, with the missile hitting the parking lot, not the hospital building. It also was revealed that, more than likely, the blast that hit the parking lot came from within Gaza, not Israel.
We should all know at this point that Hamas are a bunch of lying, evil pieces of shit who have no regard for truth or human life. No one capable of committing the atrocities of October 7th should be deemed trustworthy in the slightest.
What surprises and concerns me, however, is how uncritically the UN, Western politicians, and the mainstream media have repeated everything Hamas says like it is a fact. When Hamas claimed that the hospital was destroyed earlier in the war, many politicians parroted this lie.
British Member of Parliament Jeremy Corbyn tweeted, “Israeli air strikes have hit Al Ahli hospital in Gaza. More than 500 people — patients, doctors & those sheltering — have been killed. What unspeakable horror. We will mourn their loss forever.”
In addition, U.S. Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib tweeted, “Israel just bombed the Baptist Hospital killing 500 Palestinians (doctors, children, patients) just like that.”
Mainstream media outlets also unquestioningly repeated this lie.
The New York Times tweeted, “At least 500 people were killed by an Israeli airstrike at a Gaza hospital, the Palestinian Health Ministry said.”
Similarly, BBC tweeted, “Hundreds feared dead or injured in Israeli air strike on hospital in Gaza, Palestinian officials say.”
Although all of these people were proven wrong, and we were all shown that we cannot trust Hamas to tell us the truth, many have continued to quote them as if they are a reliable source of information.
In February, U.S. Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio Cortez continued to cite casualty numbers from Hamas, tweeting: “Since October 7, 27,478 Palestinians have been killed. 70% are women and children.”
Later in March, President Joe Biden stated that “more than 30,000 Palestinians have been killed” in his State of the Union Address.
Israel has proven that it goes above and beyond to prevent civilian deaths, even when it impedes its goal of defeating Hamas. There has never been a logical reason to believe that the majority of deaths were civilians instead of military targets.
Why would anyone believe anything a terrorist organization says over what they are seeing in front of their eyes?
The reality is that Hamas knows how to exploit the emotions of some irrational Westerners. As Hamas officials have said, they “love death more than we love life.” They are aware that those of us who are not barbaric animals value life and are horrified by death and destruction.
However, to the monsters who are hiding their military bases under hospitals and preventing civilians from leaving war zones, a high casualty count simply means more martyrs that they can celebrate and use to further their cause. Every action they take is an attempt to emotionally manipulate us into turning against Israel and sympathizing with the terrorists.
We all must recognize that they do not share our moral code, and we cannot trust them or anyone who continues to claim that they provide accurate information. If people continue to follow their emotions blindly instead of valuing facts, they will remain useful idiots supporting Hamas’ evil.
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And now there's an "opinion" piece (https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(24)01169-3/fulltext) in the once-prestigious The Lancet medical publication that claims the death toll will become 186,000 Gazan deaths - a number already being repeated in other so-called news outlets. There is no bottom to people's willingness to disparage Jews.
Absolutely Correct! Casualties to Hamas are nothing more than a tool for propaganda warfare!