Gaza Ministry of Health
Mostly quiet on the Gazan front
Kinetic operations have wound down, but the cognitive war continues
Op-eds
Palestinian terrorists fire on Israeli soldiers, break ceasefire 8 times from November 13 to 21, IDF says
Palestinian terrorists in Gaza have violated phase one of the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas on at least eight occasions between November 13 and November 21, according to reports from the...
Op-eds
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,...
Op-eds
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...
Insights
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...
Flash Briefs
America’s fair-weather friends
France, Britain, and Germany make it harder for Trump to get a ceasefire in Gaza
Op-eds
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...
Op-eds
The media’s misleading message
Trump and Hegseth’s complaints are justified
Op-eds
‘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...
Flash Briefs
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
Op-eds
Hamas and Turkey: Partners in Terror
Memos
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...
Flash Briefs
How Israel Lost a Battle to Al Jazeera — and How It Must Do Better Next Time
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Op-eds
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...
Op-eds
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...
Flash Briefs
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). ...
Flash Briefs
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...
Op-eds
The Gaza Health Ministry Flimflam
Its casualty data are incomplete, unsourced, manipulated, or perhaps invented—and taken as gospel
Op-eds
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...