"Number of civilians killed in Gaza ‘inflated to vilify Israel’"

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The number of civilians killed in the Gaza conflict has been inflated to portray Israel as deliberately targeting innocent people, a report claims.

Researchers accuse the Gaza ministry of health of overstating casualty data by including natural deaths, failing to differentiate between civilian and combat casualties and over-reporting the numbers of women and children killed.

The study by the Henry Jackson Society, a think tank, claims the figures have been manipulated by the Hamas-run authorities in Gaza for propaganda purposes, with international media outlets happy to repeat them uncritically.

Number of civilians killed in Gaza ‘inflated to vilify Israel’

Researchers accuse Gaza ministry of health of overstating casualty data

www.telegraph.co.uk