Posts Tagged: Gaza casualties
Grotesque Gaza Libel Reprinted by New York Times, Washington Post, MSNBC, and More
As predictable as it is frustrating, the letter penned by Rasha Khatib, Martin McKee, and Salim Yusuf and published in a supposedly respectable medical journal,...
Hamas Leader Deif’s Deadly Hideout: Media Overlook the Strategic Civilian Shield
The IDF carried out one of its most significant operations in on Saturday since the start of the war against Hamas, executing a strike that...
UN Rapporteur Promotes Widely Derided Report Claiming 186,000 People Have Died in Gaza War
The United Nations' special rapporteur on the human rights situation in the Palestinian territories has circulated a heavily disputed and unreliable claim from a medical...
Rashida Tlaib Fumes Over US House Vote to Prohibit State Department From Citing Hamas Casualty Figures
The US House of Representatives on Thursday passed a measure that would prohibit the US State Department from using funds from the international affairs budget...
Here’s What Has Happened on the Ground in Gaza Over the Past Month
The Israeli offensive in the Rafah area gradually took all the ground adjacent to the border between Gaza and Egypt. Over the past few days,...
Media Outlets Quietly Stop Referring to the Gaza Ministry of Health’s Hamas Affiliation
In the days and weeks following Hamas’ October 7 massacre in southern Israel and the beginning of the Jewish State’s military response against the Gaza-based...
The Truth About Casualties: Comparing Gaza to the Iraq War
Last December, The Wall Street Journal contrasted the number of munitions dropped in the Gaza war with numbers from the US war in Iraq. In...
The Battle Over Casualty Counts in Gaza
The war between Israel and Hamas rages not only within Gaza, where Israel has a decisive advantage, but also on the battlefield of public opinion,...
In First Two Days of Conflict, Over 70% of Gaza Casualties Caused by Israeli Strikes Were Combatants: Analysis
A study of the first two days of the recent clashes between Israel and Hamas showed that more than 70% of the casualties caused by...
Senior UNRWA Official Again Distorts Palestinian Fatality Figures from Gaza War
Despite mounting evidence that up to 50 percent of the fatalities recorded during the July-August 2014 war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza may have...
The BBC’s Ongoing, Pervasive Distortion of Gaza Casualty Figures
On September 1, the BBC News website published a feature titled "Gaza crisis: Toll of operations in Gaza," which has since become a frequent appendage...
Abbas Says Hamas Responsible for Gaza Deaths
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas may not be fond of Israel and its political leadership, but he's clear-eyed about one thing: Hamas initiated and prolonged...
Toronto Star Retracts Claim That Majority of Gaza Dead Were Women and Children
A major Canadian newspaper recently issued a correction to an article it published which asserted that the majority of casualties in Israel's current war against...
New Evidence Challenges Claims About Gaza Death Toll
As fighting resumed Friday between Hamas and other Gaza-based jihadi groups and the IDF, it's a good time to reflect on how reliable casualty counts from...
