FDD | August 10, 2024
Latest Developments
Israel bombed a terrorist headquarters concealed in a shelter for displaced Palestinians in Gaza City on August 10, and later refuted Hamas’s allegations that the air strike killed scores of civilians. In the morning operation, three small, guided munitions were dropped on the men’s section of a mosque located within the Tabeen school complex, which has been housing Palestinians displaced by the war. The targets, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said, were approximately 20 members of Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad who were using the site as cover for their operational planning.
By evening, the IDF published the names, pictures, and roles of 19 terrorists confirmed killed in the strike. Hamas officials sought to cast the event as a massacre, saying between 60 and 100 civilians had died. The IDF said such a scale of casualties could not have been caused by the ordnance used and accused Hamas of inflating the overall death toll.
Expert Analysis?
“Barely had the smoke cleared over another precision operation by the Israelis to take out key terrorists, and the usual suspects were already lining up to condemn them, with the media amplifying false claims by Hamas without any fact-checking. How many Hamas allegations have to be proven false before the media will start doing its job?” — Mark Dubowitz, FDD CEO
“A discernible pattern has emerged throughout the war demonstrating that Hamas and other terrorist organizations strategically exploit civilian infrastructure to plan and execute attacks against Israel. Undoubtedly, these actions place civilian lives in jeopardy. When Israel targets such infrastructure, Hamas often responds by accusing Israel of causing civilian casualties, conveniently omitting the fact that terrorists have been using the civilian population as human shields.” — Joe Truzman, FDD Senior Research Analyst at FDD’s Long War Journal
“New Report Determines Percentage of Civilian Casualties Has Fallen Sharply in Gaza,” FDD Flash Brief
“Hamas-Run Gaza Health Ministry Admits to Flaws in Casualty Data,” FDD Flash Brief
“Hamas’s Casualty Numbers Games,” by David Adesnik
“The Gaza Health Ministry Flimflam,” by David Adesnik
“I wish these fake casualty lists refutation came from Goyish rather than Jewish sources.”
Perhaps if American Jews stopped being Communists and trying to destroy the United States then maybe we will see that. I would like American Jews on the side of freedom and liberty.
I wish these fake casualty lists refutation came from Goyish rather than Jewish sources
Unverified information under the mantel of free speech is one thing, outright libel is something else. Is there no way to curb the flood of unverified libel we are served daily?