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2023-10-27 17:32:17 UTC - HELPFUL
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The Palestinian death toll numbers come from the Gaza Health Ministry, which is run by Hamas — a terrorist organization. Hamas has a strong history of lying specifically about casualty numbers. https://www.usnews.com/opinion/articles/2014/08/12/hamas-lies-about-the-gaza-civilian-death-toll-and-the-media-bought-it https://townhall.com/columnists/marinamedvin/2019/05/07/hamas-gaza-health-ministry-lies-to-promulgate-propaganda-n2545981 https://www.haaretz.com/2010-11-09/ty-article/hamas-admits-600-700-of-its-men-were-killed-in-cast-lead/0000017f-ee02-ddba-a37f-ee6edc3f0000
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