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Hamas Admits 72 Percent of Gaza Deaths Are Combat-Aged Men
(Telegraph-UK) Melanie Swan - Hamas's March 2025 Gaza war casualty update "quietly drops 3,400 fully 'identified' deaths listed in its August and October 2024 reports including 1,080 children. These 'deaths' never happened. The numbers were falsified," said Salo Aizenberg, from U.S.-based NGO Honest Reporting. Maj. (ret.) Andrew Fox, a former British paratrooper who authored a report on Gaza casualty figures for the Henry Jackson Society in December, said the data on Hamas's lists undermines its claim that most casualties have been civilians. "We've heard the claims that about 70% of the deaths are women and children, and these lists, especially the most recent, show that's complete nonsense." About 72% of fatalities aged 13-55 are men, which is the rough age range of Hamas combatants, Fox said. "We know that Hamas uses child soldiers, and these statistics show clearly that Israel is targeting fighting-aged men."