Again, Western media have been very eager and helped to spread inflated casualty numbers by Hamas officials without questioning! Such gullibility is very disturbing!
It was almost too obvious how inflated these official Hamas numbers were that were reported so often.
How many of those so called civilian fatalities were actually Hamas militants or supporters?
"... The report begins by stating that Hamas's figures have been previously quite similar to both the UN's official figures and Israel's figures, which is why they have been given so much credence by international organizations, however reporting since the start of the ground invasion on October 27 has become less rigorous and less reliable. ...
The report suggests that reports for all fatalities after November 10 lack credibility due to their reliance on "reliable media sources," which the report says are largely composed of news clips found online or on TV. UN reports have not mentioned that they rely on such media reports for their data. ..."
How Hamas Manipulates Gaza Fatality Numbers: Examining the Male Undercount and Other Problems International media and NGOs have repeated the group's figures without caveats, giving credence to suspicions of Israeli misconduct and fueling accusations of war crimes and even genocide.
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