Gaza Ministry of Health

October 8, 2025 | Clifford D. May |

Hamasniks in fox holes

They say there are no atheists in foxholes. When it comes to Hamas, that’s not reassuring. Hamas members proclaim themselves jihadis – dedicated to the proposition, clearly stated in the Hamas Charter,...

September 12, 2025 | David Adesnik, Aaron Goren

The Fine Print of the Famine Declaration in Gaza

The experts have officially declared there is a famine in Gaza. But what exactly counts as a famine? And who judges if the standard has been met? As world leaders stream into New York City this month to...

August 13, 2025 | |

Global Food Insecurity Scale Was Eased in Order to Declare ‘Famine’ in Gaza

IPC Threshold for Gaza Food Insecurity Lowered: The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) — a standardized scale for classifying food insecurity around the globe...

August 13, 2025 | Clifford D. May |

America’s fair-weather friends

France, Britain, and Germany make it harder for Trump to get a ceasefire in Gaza

July 26, 2025 | Jonathan Schanzer |

A Third-Way Endgame for Israel in Gaza

The asymmetric urban-warfare campaign launched by the remnants of Hamas is beginning to take its toll on the Israeli military. The continuous drumbeat of KIA announcements in the Israeli media...

July 2, 2025 | Clifford D. May |

The media’s misleading message

Trump and Hegseth’s complaints are justified

June 3, 2025 | |

‘Hamas Wants to Control the Food’: Israel Again Accused of Shooting Gazans Near Aid Site as Three Israeli Soldiers Killed in Jabalia

Three Israeli Soldiers Killed: A roadside bomb killed three Israeli soldiers and wounded two others on June 2 during IDF operations in northern Gaza. The casualties were named as...

April 16, 2025 | David Adesnik |

Hamas’s quiet removal of 1,850 people from death count another red flag

Media, UN take Gaza Health Ministry's numbers at face value, despite long list of irregularities

March 28, 2025 | Jonathan Schanzer, Sinan Ciddi, Melissa Sacks, Michael Rubin

Hamas and Turkey: Partners in Terror

March 18, 2025 | |

Israeli Strikes on Gaza Resume as Hamas Refuses to Release Hostages

IDF Targets Hamas and PIJ Members and Infrastructure Following the refusal of Hamas to release the remaining 59 hostages it holds captive in Gaza, less than half of whom are believed...

September 16, 2024 | David Adesnik |

How Israel Lost a Battle to Al Jazeera — and How It Must Do Better Next Time

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August 28, 2024 | Joe Truzman |

Israeli military launches extensive operation against West Bank terrorist groups

On Monday, August 27, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Israeli Security Agency (ISA), and Israel Police launched a counterterrorism operation against Palestinian armed factions and their associated...

August 27, 2024 | |

Terrorist Released in Prisoner Swap Killed During Counterterror Operation

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) eliminated a Hamas terrorist on August 26 who was released in a hostage-for-prisoner deal last November. The IDF said it struck an operations center...

June 28, 2024 | |

U.S. Legislators Bar State Department From Citing Gaza Health Ministry Fatality Statistics

An amendment to the annual State Department appropriations bill passed by the U.S. House of Representatives on June 27 bars the State Department from citing the Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry’s fatality data. Sixty-two Democrats and 207 Republicans voted for the measure, which was spearheaded by representatives Jared Moskowitz (D-FL), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Joe Wilson (R-SC), Mike Lawler (R-NY), and Carol Miller (R-WV). ...

June 3, 2024 | David Adesnik |

How the UN Got Away With Wildly Inflating the Casualty Numbers in Gaza—and the Media Bought It

On May 6, a U.N. office reported that more than 9,500 women and 14,500 children had been killed so far in Gaza. The office had been reporting similar figures for nearly two months. Yet on May 8, the...

May 15, 2024 | David Adesnik, Kevin Chen

The Gaza Health Ministry Flimflam

Its casualty data are incomplete, unsourced, manipulated, or perhaps invented—and taken as gospel

May 11, 2024 | |

UN Halves Its Estimate of Women and Children Killed in Gaza

The United Nations Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) revised its child fatality figure from the Gaza war sharply downward, reporting more than 14,500 deaths...

May 2, 2024 | David Adesnik |

Gaza Health Ministry Cannot Provide Names for More Than 10,000 It Says Have Died

The Gaza Ministry of Health cannot provide names of more than 10,000 of the 34,000 individuals it says have died during the war between Israel and Hamas. While the Health Ministry conceded earlier this...

April 26, 2024 | Natalie Ecanow |

Washington Should Clip Qatar’s Media Wing

White House spokesperson Karine Jean-Pierre recently criticized a new Israeli law that allows the government to temporarily shutter Al Jazeera’s Israel operations. “If it’s true, a move like...

April 12, 2024 | Sinan Ciddi, Melissa Sacks

Hamas’ Enablers in the Turkish Government

Links to the terrorist group rise to the top of the ruling party of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.