FACT CHECK · OCTOBER 7
Claim: Oct 7 only hit soldiers and armed settlers
FALSETHE ANSWER
Whole families died at home: the Kutz family, Kfar Aza (parents + 3 kids); the Siman Tov family, Nir Oz (parents, twins 5, Omer 2); the Sharabi mother and 2 girls, Be'eri. 37 dead were children.
SOURCE
AFP 12 Oct 2024; UN SG CAAC report Jun 2024; Israel NII memorial; Times of Israel
philstar.com · un.org · laad.btl.gov.il
philstar.com · un.org · laad.btl.gov.il
PEOPLE ALSO SAY
- “Only soldiers”
- “Only killed soldiers”
- “Military targets only”
- “Armed settlers”
- “They were all soldiers”
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