The past four months, as the war has raged, the Palestinian people have also suffered unimaginable pain and loss. Too many — too many of the over 27,000 Palestinians killed in this conflict have been innocent civilians and children, including thousands of children. And hundreds of thousands have no access to food, water, or other basic services.Unlike most media, he didn't add "according to Gaza authorities" or "according to the Hamas-run Ministry of Health."
But that is where the number comes from.
The Gaza Ministry of Health lies. One example was mentioned in the New York Times today:
One of the videos released by Israel showed troops rushing into the hospital and appearing to find explosives, weapons and the hostage room. In the other, Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari, chief spokesman for the Israeli military, showed off guns, explosives and other weapons that he said were found in the basement of the hospital.The video included footage of a piece of paper taped to a wall in the hospital’s basement. Admiral Hagari said the paper — a grid with Arabic words and numbers within each square — could be a schedule for guarding hostages “where every terrorist writes his name.”The Gazan health ministry said it was nothing more than a work schedule. But the calendar begins on Oct. 7, the day of the Hamas terrorist attack on Israel, and an Arabic title written at the top uses the militants’ name for the assault: “Al Aqsa Flood Battle, 7/10/2023.”
So even the NYT knows that the ministry makes things up to support Hamas' narrative.
Biden, who showed skepticism early in the war about the accuracy of the casualty numbers, now accepts them uncritically.
I don't know the real number of casualties. It is still many thousands of people, and probably thousands of civilians. But the numbers being given every day by the Hamas authorities, certainly since mid-November, appear to me to be exaggerated by about 100%. Israel reduced the number of bunker buster strikes on tunnels as troops are on the ground and able to target terror assets in a more accurate fashion. The areas they are working are mostly civilian-free.
But Hamas loses nothing by lying. They know that their numbers are now accepted with little pushback.
Even by the President of the United States.
There are some jihadists with very wide smiles today.
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