General Discussion

The source claimed that the Gaza Health Ministry figures are now regularly presented in military meetings and briefings after being found to be “reliable” in a review. “At every status briefing, when everyone updates each other on what’s happening, there’s a slide that shows the current number of civilians killed in Gaza. And that’s largely based exclusively on the Hamas Health Ministry,” he said.

"They characterized these databases, as a source, and asked whether it can be trusted or not. The conclusion is that overall, yes," the source said. "We assume that there is a gap between the data and reality and that it is possible that they are manipulating, but they checked, and it is reliable. They also saw that in previous rounds the reports from the Ministry of Health in Gaza were reliable. And also, we have no other source.