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Gaza Casualties: Civilian or Combatant?
[CAMERA] Steven Stotsky - CAMERA examined the data collected by the Palestinian Center for Human Rights regarding the number of combatants vs. civilians killed in the recent fighting in Gaza. By cross-checking with other sources, a number of Hamas fighters and members of other Palestinian terrorist groups were identified who were either misclassified by PCHR as civilians, not identified as combatants, or omitted entirely from their tabulations. The majority of civilian fatalities recorded by PCHR are males between 15 and 40 years old, the same age profile as the combatants. As reported by the New York Times on Jan. 11, Hamas combatants were told to shed their uniforms and fight in civilian clothing.