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Responsibility for Death Toll in Gaza Lies with Hamas
(Ynet News) Ben-Dror Yemini - Recently, multiple media outlets reported that unnamed sources within the IDF were inclined to accept Hamas's casualty figures from Gaza. But who exactly were these sources? I repeatedly contacted the IDF Spokesperson's Unit and was told: "That's not our position." The IDF spokesperson to the foreign media, Nadav Shoshani, said: "The details published do not reflect the official data of the IDF." An investigation reveals that, indeed, an IDF source did say something in a background briefing. But he wasn't an authorized spokesperson. He didn't intend for his words to be understood the way they were. And his comments were twisted and distorted. But the damage? Enormous. Hamas Health Ministry figures on the numbers of dead in Gaza identify no Hamas fighters, no deaths from natural causes, or those killed by rockets misfired by Gaza terror groups. They do show that the majority are men of combat age. Hamas alone is to blame. It is Hamas that for years incited genocide against Jews. It is Hamas that launched a murderous rampage on Oct. 7.