Hamas has quietly erased approximately 3,400 previously listed war casualties, including the reported deaths of 1,080 children, from its official figures, according to research by Salo Aizenberg, a board member at Honest Reporting and analyst at NGO Monitor.
Aizenberg’s review revealed that thousands of names appearing in Hamas’s casualty records during August and September 2024 were missing from the most recent report published in March 2025.
“These ‘deaths’ never happened. The numbers were falsified—again,” Aizenberg stated. “What happened? How did 1000s of supposedly confirmed, fully identified deaths just vanish? Were some actually missing persons? Sloppy records? Intentional deception? Hamas’ Ministry of Health was never reliable.”
He pointed out that Hamas has consistently exaggerated civilian and child fatalities in past conflicts. “From day one, Hamas has gamed the fatality data—from including 471 fake ‘deaths’ at al-Ahli Hospital in the official count, to claiming 70% of fatalities were women & children (then quietly backing off). Managed fakery, dressed up as precision—just like in past wars.”
Aizenberg also stressed that the revised numbers should not be interpreted as proof that the current figures are trustworthy. “Is the March 2025 list suddenly credible? No. Dropping names doesn’t equal accuracy. It includes ~8,000 natural deaths; by now it’s clear after 16 months Hamas is not keeping a separate list. Hamas may be adding real IDs to match fake casualty claims then removing them later.”
Throughout the conflict, Hamas has asserted that 70% of those killed in Gaza have been women and children. These figures are frequently cited by global media and human rights groups without clarifying that the data originates from Hamas or its health ministry, despite ample evidence that the organization has repeatedly fabricated statistics.
Israel, meanwhile, has estimated that it has eliminated approximately 20,000 Hamas fighters, making up nearly half of the total fatalities. If accurate, this would represent one of the lowest ratios of civilian to combatant deaths ever recorded in urban warfare, where the United Nations notes that typically nine civilians die for every combatant.
{Matzav.com Israel}

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