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The United Nations has come under scrutiny for its handling of casualty figures in the Gaza conflict, amid Israeli anger. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) recently altered the death toll it reports from Palestinian sources. Critics, including Gabriel Epstein, argue that the agency should exercise greater caution in its claims, as the figures may include natural deaths and unidentified casualties based on media reports. This has led to accusations that the UN is uncritically relaying information from Hamas, which has been accused of using hospitals and schools as military bases, thus committing war crimes. Graeme Wood has also criticized the UN's statistics, suggesting they make no sense.
I just wonder whether people like this guy really believe what they write, or have just resolved to be propaganda machines. Hamas was using hospitals and schools as bases *while there were still patients, doctors, students, and teachers in them," ie committing war crimes by… https://t.co/gGgu7yrvku
I just wonder whether people like this guy really believe what they right, or have just resolved to be propaganda machines. Hamas was using hospitals and schools as bases *while there were still patients, doctors, students, and teachers in them," ie committing war crimes by… https://t.co/gGgu7yrvku
Graeme Wood (@gcaw) in @TheAtlantic on why 'The UN’s Gaza Statistics Make No Sense.' https://t.co/xfQI2tTCYT
The #United_Nations "operating a statistics laundromat for #HAMAS's media wing is embarrassing", writes @gcaw. Nor is this just a "fog of war" issue. Gaza has been under totalitarian rule for 15 years and everyone knows the mendacity of such systems. https://t.co/lN01NX3Wrl
'Maybe Hamas is just really good at counting civilian deaths': The imagined thoughts of the UN https://t.co/iAl2Fo86OI https://t.co/jQMhm35Cs8
The UN has to stop parroting Hamas casualty figures that it has already disavowed, which include natural deaths and unidentified casualties based on “media reports”. https://t.co/9cFgVXOQNG
How does @UNOCHA report #Gaza fatalities? @GabrielEpsteinX explains that a recent shift in the total number of women and children killed during the war points to deeper problems in the way #OCHA is relaying data and handling questionable sources. https://t.co/EvSEnANXNZ
Recently, @UNOCHA altered the #Gaza death toll it relays from #Palestinian sources. While accurately counting the dead in a conflict is a challenge, the agency should be exceedingly careful when making claims about the death toll, writes @GabrielEpsteinX. https://t.co/EvSEnANXNZ
Gaza war: UN defends casualty tally amid Israeli anger https://t.co/kNiHN4IWN8