New Analysis Challenges Gaza Famine, Casualty Claims Using Hamas-Run Ministry Data

New analysis challenges Gaza famine, casualty claims using Hamas-run ministry data

An analysis of Gaza's Hamas-run Health Ministry data challenges claims of widespread famine and disproportionate civilian casualties during the war, citing population growth and mortality figures that its authors said contradicted widely circulated assessments.

Hamas data shows Gaza population grew, no famine, undercutting women and children death claims

The claim that Israel is prosecuting a genocide in Gaza continues to be peddled by the United Nations, U.N.-affiliated advocacy groups, and anti-Israel political candidates across the country.

Gaza's Population Grew Last Year and There Wasn't a Famine, Hamas's Own Figures Show, Debunking Claims That Most Gaza Deaths are Women and Children

The most recent mortality figures in Gaza show that the population grew by more than 1 percent last year, faster than in most of the world, and that a major hunger crisis failed to ever materialize. The data—supplied by Hamas's own Ministry of Health—undercut claims by the United Nations and other anti-Israel groups that the Gaza war is a "genocide" that has led to a deadly famine, according to an analysis of the figures. The post Gaza's Populat…