🧵Critical Thread. Close review of Gaza casualty figures reported by UN OCHA based on daily Hamas “Ministry of Health” numbers proves they are FALSIFIED. Women & children are grossly inflated. This is easily proven but media ignores. See detailed expose below: 1/
UN OCHA publishes a daily “flash update” since Oct 8 and cites detailed Gaza casualty figures provided by Hamas. The website and data is available to the public here: Sometime in October the UN provided the data in graphic form, here is the latest. 2/ ochaopt.org/crisis
It is immediately obvious that Hamas does not report ANY combatant deaths & the numbers amazingly seem to indicate that IDF bombs & bullets disproportionately hit women, children & elderly. They IDF CANNOT seem to hit too many fighting age men. But the numbers are faked. 3/
It first becomes apparent on Oct 19 reporting where Hamas reports 3,785 deaths vs 3,478 prior day or +307. But children killed magically move up from 853 to 1,524 or +671. Oct 18 reporting deaths were 25% children but next day it jumps to 40%! UN published detail is below: 4/
No explanation is given. There is no adjustment at later dates. The running count continues from 1,524 until today. No questioning, no skepticism from UN, NGOs or media on how the children killed number jumps all of a sudden. But there are more falsifications at later dates. 5/
Oct 26 Hamas reported 7,028 fatalities vs 6,547 prior day or +481. Remarkably women & children killed jump by +626 that same day! (See my math in blue below). No men died that day apparently. Again, no hint of shame or skepticism by UN to publish these Hamas numbers. 6/
More Hamas fabricated numbers. October 29 +302 new fatalities were reported but somehow comprised of +199 women and +129 children which comes to +328 or 26 more than total fatalities! (My math shown in blue) Men came back to life? But sure, let’s rely on these statistics. 7/
More daily lies. On Oct 31, 8,525 reported fatalities vs 8,309 prior day or +216. New fatalities of women & children were +210. (Detail for Oct 30 presented by UN in text format). Which means ONLY SIX men of any age were killed that day! That’s 2.8% of that day's fatalities! 8/
There’s more. On Nov 7 Hamas reported 10,328 total fatalities vs 10,022 prior day or +306. New fatalities of women & children +302. Which means ONLY FOUR men of any age were killed that day! That’s 1.3% of that day's fatalities. This is what NGOs & UN rely upon. 9/
Another unmentioned changed: as of Nov 20 “Ministry of Health” stopped reporting numbers and since then it’s the “Media Office” taking charge. Hamas is not even pretending that these numbers are reliable anymore it's just PR. Retweet to media outlets to expose these lies. END
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🧵Hamas→ Al Jazeera→ Int'l media reported that an IDF airstrike hit the Thai restaurant in Gaza yesterday killing many. But entire incident is FAKE, easily proven, as the restaurant, under a white tent, is fully intact. Videos show "fatalities" moving. Evidence & sources: 1/
Middle East Eye issued a video of strike's aftermath, killing “women & infants” inside the place according to “witnesses.” Somehow tent roofing isn't even torn, mounted TVs & lighting are intact after an airstrike hit this exact location. Here are some still shots from video. 2/
Other videos (sources at end of thread) show lots of “dead” men inside, none with any visible injuries, not even torn clothes—yet mortally wounded after an airstrike. Worker recounts how he could not tell how many bodies were pulled out of restaurant. But the curtains are OK. 3/
🧵Hamas' human shield strategy is exposed in a groundbreaking new report by @HJS_Org. All NGO & UN reports omits this "missing chapter" because it proves Hamas is to blame for civilian harm in Gaza. @Mr_Andrew_Fox and I co-authored. Some key details: 1/ henryjacksonsociety.org/publications/h…
Hamas’ human shield strategy encompasses 10 distinct strategies, overlapping, that by design blur the line between combatant & civilian, so that the presence of civilians impede IDF attacks. It is intended to result in civilian casualties when Israel strikes Hamas targets. 2/
Most importantly in the report, massive & detailed evidence has been provided for each element of the strategy which is why it runs to 87 pages. The evidence is indisputable—very often from Hamas’ own videos. Only Hamas supporters & apologists will continue to deny it. 3/
Right now we're supposed to believe that breastfed infants are literally dying of starvation because Israel did not allow food into Gaza, while nearby gourmet cake shops & restaurants are actively serving Gazans. There are dozens of these videos daily, it's not an anomaly.
Here is an example of a fake claim of infant death by supposedly literal starvation, I won't show photo. Whatever happened is likely from pre-existing condition unrelated to literal lack of food. ~50 of these out of 60,000 births in Gaza in last 12 months have been recorded.
Several UN and NGO sources confirm about 60,000 births in Gaza in last 12 months, equal to or above pre-war pace.
đź§µNew report by @HJS_Org further evidences Hamas faked Gaza fatality numbers and hid combatants killed (specific evidence shown). Even so, Hamas data shows IDF targeted combatants. Also: foreign doctors working in Gaza lied to media about what they saw. Some key revelations: 1/
It’s already been shown that 72% of combat aged fatalities were men. New report offers more data, such as for Khan Younes deaths only. Adult men were killed at a 5x rate versus adult women – again proving no indiscriminate attacks by Israel (if so, it would be close to 1:1). 2/
As the war went on, the IDF "hit rate" on combatants went up significantly. From Oct 24 to Mar 25, 76% of new fatalities reported were male, with a large majority combat age, as chart below shows. 3/
đź§µTunnel mapping project by @honestreporting shows how Hamas militarized the Hamad luxury apartment complex by snaking tunnels under the civilian residences, using the area for combat and holding hostages. Here is the tunnel route and the neighborhood before 10/7. See detail: 1/
Hamad towers near Khan Younes consists of about 60 5-story buildings with ~3,000 apartments initiated & funded by Qatar in 2016 with over $200 million in donated costs. The towers were built & inhabited in phases as part of a new luxury neighborhood. 2/gulf-times.com/story/557266/w…
Unfortunately for civilians in Gaza, Hamas leaders & 100s of operatives embedded in these civilian towers to plan, attack, manufacture weapons, tunnels and shafts, fire rockets, etc. IDF began operation here in early March 2024 after learning about extensive Hamas presence. 3/
đź§µSee Hamas' tunnel network snaking beneath civilian Gaza, mapped for the first time by @HonestReporting. Just 10% of tunnels are verified, under schools, hospitals, mosques & homes. Check out the tool. Thread below offers some shocking highlights: 1/ tunnels.honestreporting.com
This multi km web of connected tunnels runs under dense urban areas of Khan Younes, with a long branch to Israeli border at top left. Closeup shows tunnels under schools, graveyard, homes, religious facilities, etc. This is the largest network where public info was available. 2/
These intersecting tunnels in central Gaza run right under and near medical clinics with at least one shaft identified at a clinic. They also snake under residential homes and streets. Most medical facilities in Gaza act as human shields for Hamas. 3/