Thursday, November 9, 2023

U.S. Official Says Death Toll In Gaza Likely ‘Higher Than Is Being Reported’

 

The Hill: Death toll in Gaza likely ‘higher than is being reported’: US official 

A senior Biden administration official said the death toll of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip is likely far higher than the 10,000 number being reported by the health ministry amid Israel’s war against Hamas. 

Barbara Leaf, assistant secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs, told a House panel those killed more than one month into the war are likely “higher than is being cited.” 

President Biden and Israel’s staunchest supporters in Congress have cast doubt the Gaza Health Ministry is able to provide an accurate death toll from Gaza while under the control and coercion of Hamas, a U.S.-designated terrorist organization.  

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Update: US official says Gaza death toll is believed to possibly be higher than claimed (Times of Israel)  

WNU Editor: US Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Barbara Leaf's assessment on Gaza's death toll is probably correct.

5 comments:

RussInSoCal said...

Are these death toll numbers being provided by the Hamas ministry of health? Then believed by the head Pali-Marxistsfr in charge at the Biden WH? If so, the numbers are bogus. If there were anything close to 9,000 Gazans dead, the corpses would be lined up in the street for the world to see. By gleeful Hamas propagandists.

But there aren't.

Dead Gazan civilians were the whole point of the Hamas massacre of 1,400 Israelis. So far it's been a disappointment for Western media and Hamas.

Ron said...

Russia, I concur.
Can we get a list of names. The Israelis have a list of names of their dead for all to see and question.
I'll do a bit of math here and come up with a closer number. In the Hospital accidental bombing by Hamas, they said 500 dead when the actual number was about 25. (I've never seen a follow up story giving the accurate death count). So, 500 was 20 times the actual number. so, 10,000/20= 500. 500 is probably a more accurate number given their history of exaggeration.

Anonymous said...

The State Department pictured in the red sweater probably ate one of the Gazans looking at the size of her.

Hans Persson said...

Is these officials those who chanted gas the Jews?

Anonymous said...

Where are the bodies? If there were that many bodies there'd be funerals all over the Gaza and covered by their liars at Aljazeera.

Bodies would be stacked everywhere. If the death tolls 500 civilians I'd be shocked. And the dumb western media falls for it hook, line and sinker.