Summary
The Washington Institute analyst whose May 2025 study of the Gaza death toll is cited in Debunking the Genocide Allegations as independently finding serious problems with Gaza Ministry of Health data for reasons overlapping the work’s own (Debunking the Genocide Allegations: A Reexamination of the Israel-Hamas War from October 7, 2023 to June 1, 2025, PDF p.142, p.149).
Details
- His assessment is quoted in the speculative-estimate section: “a large portion of unreported deaths are likely to be combatants who have died in unknown and difficult-to-access areas, and whose families are under extensive pressure from Hamas not to acknowledge militant losses” (PDF p.140).
- His study, “Assessing the Gaza Death Toll After Eighteen Months of War”, Policy Notes no.158 (May 2025), Washington Institute for Near East Policy, is cited especially at pp.19-20 (PDF p.142).
- The authors align with him in not believing the total number of casualties enumerated by the GMOH is significantly higher, or significantly lower, than reality, while holding that its gender and age distribution diverges from reality to a limited but significant extent (PDF p.149).
Related pages
Debunking the Genocide Allegations: A Reexamination of the Israel-Hamas War from October 7, 2023 to June 1, 2025, Gaza Ministry of Health, Michael Spagat