Hamas Distorts Gaza Data to Sway Opinion

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David Adesnik, director of research at the Washington-based Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD), told the National Post he suspects the discrepancy stems from the UN’s decision to quietly stop using figures provided by the Hamas-run Government Media Office (GMO).

“So you see May 6 and before, the GMO (is listed as a source); all of a sudden, May 8, they don’t cite a source,” Adesnik told the Post over the phone on Sunday. He pointed to the similarity between the new figures and those from a May 2 Gaza Health Ministry (GMH) report as a tip-off suggesting the UN had ditched the media office’s figures in favour of those from the health ministry, “even though they don’t say (the Gaza) Health Ministry in the thing.”

Since the October attack, the world press has used the Hamas-backed Government Media Office (GMO) as the source for death statistics.

While more than 9,500 women and 14,500 children were reported among the fatalities by the UN’s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) on May 6, two days later that number was revised significantly downward. Today, under 5,000 women and 8,000 children are now officially listed by the UN as casualties.

Not only did Hamas bloat the numbers they counted injuries the same as deaths.

I’ll be surprised if those new numbers don’t crater in time.

These terrorists bloat the numbers and the UN uses them to
develop policy against Israel, time after time after time.

It’s a running joke how the UN allows itself to be used by
terrorists. It’s essentially a partner with the terrorists
propagating false narratives for Israel to be hated over.

Hamas has ALWAYS LIED! But look what the UN does for them:

Hamas has control of tunnel under the UN(RWA) Gaza headquarters: IDF report (Feb 10, 2024)
https://justthenews.com/world/middle-east/hamas-has-control-tunnel-under-un-gaza-headquarters-idf-report

Israeli Minister of Defense says there’s evidence multiple (dozens) UNRWA staff played role in Oct. 7 attack (Feb 10, 2024)
https://justthenews.com/world/middle-east/israeli-minister-defense-says-theres-evidence-multiple-unrwa-staff-played-role

Directly beneath UNRWA’s Gaza headquarters (in Remal, Gaza City), IDF uncovers top secret Hamas data center (Feb 10, 2024)
https://www.timesofisrael.com/directly-beneath-unrwas-gaza-headquarters-idf-uncovers-top-secret-hamas-data-center

UNRWA did not immediately respond to requests for comment. In a tweet following the publication, the agency’s head Philippe Lazzarini denied any knowledge of the Hamas data center.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UNRWA#History_and_operations
UNRWA is the largest agency of the United Nations, employing over 30,000 staff, 99% of which are locally recruited Palestinians.

UN pledges to stand with Gazans amid reports Hamas has accepted ceasefire deal (May 6, 2024)
https://news.un.org/en/story/2024/05/1149366
the UN agency for Palestine refugees UNRWA? (UNRWA had thousands of employees, local hires in North Gaza, many were Hamas)
Sure, they have same thing in Rafa.

Yes, UN is openly trying to destroy the USA

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