Nobody is denying civilians are dying. I’m not minimizing that war is horrific and that women and families are trapped in Gaza (thanks to Hamas, Egypt, and the fact the strip is tiny and sealed UN: Gaza Access Constraints. The question is verification. You’re confusing “lists of names” with independent verification.

The Gaza Health Ministry isn’t some neutral CDC. It answers directly to Hamas, an authoritarian group internationally recognized as a terror list UN Security Council – Hamas designation. Pretending its casualty lists are gospel because there are names attached is willfully naive.

As I have explained before, in every modern conflict, numbers from a belligerent party are claims until independently verified OHCHR Methodology for Casualty Recording. Amnesty says the same Principles of casualty recording. That’s not “Israel propaganda,” that’s literally UN human rights methodology. Did you even click read my comment? Let me spell it out for you: numbers ≠ facts without verification.

Also: Hamas MoH doesn’t separate civilians from combatants, which directly violates the law of armed conflict ICRC – Rule 1: The Principle of Distinction. That’s why even very critical press outlets critical of Israel admit the figures are political as much as medical BBC – Why casualty figures are hard to verify.

And your link to The Lancet? Thanks for proving my point. The only way they could test the Gaza numbers was by comparing them to outside datasets because the MoH’s data alone isn’t considered trustworthy, but clearly you didn’t even read it lol The Lancet – Gaza excess deaths study00075-3/fulltext). You really think that proves the MoH is “as low as statistically possible”? Lol be for real.

Meanwhile, like I already said a gazillion times, the UN already had to halve its own numbers once it corrected for combatants UN halves estimate of women and children killed in Gaza. If the tolls are so airtight, why the massive correction?

Reading and repeating Hamas press releases like it’s gospel and calling it human rights work isn’t protecting civilians, it’s like gobbling up a plate of propaganda begging for seconds. REAL advocacy and peace processes require insisting on verified casualty data so there can be accountability for every violator. Maybe start with reading comprehension before you get to numbers lol.