The number of civilians killed in the recent Gaza conflict is dropping almost as fast as Hamas’ credibility.
During the conflict, the Palestinian Authority wailed that Israel was slaughtering thousands of innocent civilians. One of them was supposedly an “innocent” medic named Naim. And the international press dutifully reported every word as truth.
“Following the clashes,” the Israel Defense Force announced, “the Palestinian press reported that Naim was killed and that he was a medic with the Palestinian Red Crescent. The Gaza CLA, however, produced photographs of Naim posing holding a rocket-propelled grenade launcher and a Kalashnikov assault rifle that had been posted on a Hamas Web site.”
Turns out the non-combatant casualties were substantially lower than officlal Palestinian sources had previously announced. Perhaps as much as 2/3 lower.
Please note that Naim is posing with his Kalashnikov on what appears to be the Palestinian equivalent of a baseball trading card.
We’ll give you one Moshe Dayan card for a hundred Naims.
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(IsraelNN.com) Italian journalist Lorenzo Cremonesi, who works with the Corriere della serra newspaper, reported Thursday that Hamas had vastly overstated the number of civilian deaths in Gaza. While Hamas claims that 1,330 residents of Gaza were killed in the operation and approximately 5,000 wounded, the real number of casualties was far lower, Cremonesi says.
Cremonesi's report was based on his own findings after touring hospitals in Gaza and talking to families of those killed or wounded. “It is sufficient to visit several [Gaza] hospitals to understand that the numbers don't add up,” he explained.
Cremonesi estimated that between 500 to 600 people were killed in the fighting. Most were young men between the ages of 17 and 23 who were members of Hamas....
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"Turns out the non-combatant casualties were substantially lower than officlal Palestinian sources had previously announced. Perhaps as much as 2/3 lower."
And this is true because what? You say it is?
Islam is a religion of deception hates murder and perversion. As a former Muslim I was told to do a suicide bombing against an Israel school filled with children. When I asked the Inman why his own children wont do it He called me an infidel and tried to kill me. America wake up Islam wants to kill all who do not agree with their religion of hate murder and sexual perversion of children. While they talk of peace with you they are planning to kill and destroy all who will not submit to Islam, Have you ever met a happy Muslim? Muslims live a religion of hate lies murder and death and they want to destroy and rule you!! They are taught to lie and claim they are a Christian