FACT CHECK · GENOCIDE, ICJ/ICC/UN, GAZA DEATH TOLL
Claim: The Guardian/+972 '83% civilians' story
MISLEADINGTHE ANSWER
Its 8,900 were NAMED Hamas and PIJ fighters an IDF database listed as dead or probably dead by May 2025, against ~53,000 deaths then. Unnamed fighters aren't in it: a floor for fighters, not a count.
The IDF did not deny the database; it said the article's figures were 'incorrect', without saying which.
SOURCE
Guardian/+972/Local Call, 21 Aug 2025 (via Al Jazeera)
aljazeera.com
aljazeera.com
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