The Israeli government has spent years dismissing the Gaza health ministry’s death toll as ‘misleading and unreliable’

The Israeli government has spent years dismissing the Gaza health ministry’s death toll as ‘misleading and unreliable’

LONDON: The Israeli military has admitted that the number of Palestinians killed in the Gaza conflict has been about 70,000 — in line with figures from the Gaza Health Ministry,…

Israel has previously cast doubt on figures from the Hamas-run health ministry, which the UN considers reliable.

The Dispute Over the Number of Fatalities May Be Approaching an End, but the Debate on Their Identities Is Still Expected to Trudge On. The Israeli Public Must Ask Itself What…

Israeli military’s U-turn in accepting official figures comes after years of attacking data as ‘Hamas propaganda’

The strikes came a day before the Rafah Crossing, a vital lifeline for aid, is set to reopen