Are Gaza's Casualty Numbers Accurate?

 

Time: Biden Cast Doubt on Gaza’s Death Toll. Palestinian Officials Responded With 6,747 Names 

In the past three weeks, more than 1,400 people in Israel and 7,000 Palestinians have been killed amid fighting between Israel and Hamas. That is, if you believe the casualty figures coming out of the region. This week, U.S. President Joe Biden suggested that the Palestinian death toll in Gaza, which has been under heavy bombardment by Israel following Hamas’ Oct. 7 massacre, is not to be trusted. 

“I’m sure innocents have been killed, and it’s a price of waging a war,” Biden said at a press conference on Wednesday. “But I have no confidence in the number that the Palestinians are using.” The President didn’t offer further evidence for his skepticism of the Palestinian health ministry's data, which the U.S. State Department has cited both internally and publicly, in the latter case as recently as March. (When asked to provide evidence to support Biden's statement, the White House referred TIME to comments made by U.S. National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby, who on Thursday reiterated the President’s assertion that the death toll cannot be taken “at face value” because the “Gaza Ministry of Health is just a front for Hamas.”)  

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WNU Editor: This is the current death toll .... Ministry: At least 7,000, including 2,913 children, killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza (AFP). 

More News On The Accuracy Of Casualty Numbers From Gaza  

What is Gaza’s Ministry of Health and how does it calculate the war’s death toll? (AP)  

Despite Biden's doubts, humanitarian agencies consider Gaza toll reliable (Reuters)  

Gaza health ministry publishes list of war dead as credibility attacked -- UPI

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