What proportion of Hamas fighters are among the more than 26,000 people killed in Gaza? – Liberation

The Gaza Ministry of Health does not distinguish between civilians and combatants in its figures. According to the IDF, two thirds of the victims were civilians. Other estimates indicate a higher proportion.

The death toll from Israeli operations in Gaza since October 7, recorded by the Palestinian Ministry of Health controlled by Hamas, now exceeds 26,000 deaths. A figure that is no longer really discussed. On December 4, when the death toll exceeded 15,000, the AP and AFP news agencies quoted Israeli officials as saying that the Gazan authorities’ count was incorrect. “pretty accurate”.

The time when figures were called into question, particularly after the explosion at Al-Ahli hospital, for which the Ministry of Health gave a death toll of 471 that was unanimously judged to be inflated, seems to be over. The data from the Palestinian government are even, according to various researchers, rather undervalued. In question, the method that the Ministry of Health uses to identify the more than 26,000 deaths. Gaza’s health ministry, under Hamas control, explains to CheckNews that the missing people and the bodies trapped under the rubble (estimated at 8,500 people) are not counted as deceased, just like the unidentified people who arrived at the hospital, the unidentified bodies whose bodies were