Arr, ye scurvy dogs! Them UN, human rights, and media scallywags be relyin' on a bunch o' lies 'bout Hamas death toll! Savvy?
2023-12-15
Arr, ye scurvy landlubbers! The numbers spillin' outta Gaza be nothin' but a mere "guess," claim them fancy international agencies. Yet, they be takin' the word o' them rascally scallywags called Hamas as truth! Methinks, this be troublin' to some knaves.
Media outlets, humanitarian organizations, and the United Nations continue to rely on death toll data from Hamas-run ministries in Gaza, despite recognizing that the figures are no longer reliable. The Israeli military offensive has caused a chaotic humanitarian crisis in the region. However, international bodies such as the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), as well as mainstream news outlets, continue to consider the data reliable. Western leaders should be concerned about civilian casualties, but they fail to account for Hamas manipulating the numbers and using civilians as human shields. The WHO representative in the Palestinian territory stated that they rely on figures from the Ministry of Health, but the reporting system has collapsed, and estimations are being made. The reliance on Hamas for casualty figures is due to the lack of available information. Reports have noted that some doctors in Gaza have been arrested or killed. The journalist also highlighted that Hamas benefits from promoting high death toll figures to gain sympathy and build a propaganda case. The Israeli army is working to independently clarify the death toll, but it may take a long time. In previous conflicts, Hamas inflates civilian death tolls to generate Western pressure on Israel. The media and international organizations choose to ignore evidence of systematic deception and cite statistics that match their political sympathies.