The source of the death numbers is the Gaza Health Ministry according to ...
Luke Baker, a former Reuters bureau chief in Jerusalem, is among those calling on news organisations to show scepticism.
“It seems obvious that any self-respecting news organisation would make clear that Gaza’s health ministry is run by Hamas. Hamas has a clear propaganda incentive to inflate civilian casualties as much as possible. I’m not denying there are civilians being killed,” Baker posted on X.
The Palestinian Health ministry was also the source many MSM sources that you probably believe wrote this:
Questioning of the reliability of the Gaza health ministry’s numbers follows the dispute over who was responsible for a
large explosion at al-Ahli Arab hospital, and how many died in it.
The ministry claimed there were at least 500 deaths in an Israeli airstrike. Later accounts suggested that a misfired Islamic Jihad rocket aimed at Israel was responsible and that there was a lower death toll, of between 100 and 300 people, although a final figure has not been settled on.
Now here is the important part!!!
"that a misfired Islamic Jihad rocket aimed at Israel was responsible "
Do you understand? Hamas shot the rocket that the ministry blamed Israel for 500 deaths!
As a consequence they revised the number down.
By the way here is what was hit and NOT the hospital as the Hamas first claimed!
On 17 October 2023, an explosion took place in the
parking lot of the courtyard of al-Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza City during the 2023 Israel–Hamas war, resulting in a large number of fatalities and injuries among displaced Palestinians seeking shelter there. c. 6:59–7:00 p.m.
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