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Israel accepts health authorities’ Gaza death toll is broadly accurate, saying 70,000 have died
« on: February 14, 2026, 07:47:31 am »
Israel accepts health authorities’ Gaza death toll is broadly accurate, saying 70,000 have died
Israeli military’s U-turn in accepting official figures comes after years of attacking data as ‘Hamas propaganda’
The Guardian/UK, Jan 30, 2026

Israel’s military has accepted the death toll compiled by health authorities in Gaza is broadly accurate, marking a U-turn after years of official attacks on the data.

A senior security official briefed Israeli journalists, saying about 70,000 Palestinians had been killed by Israeli attacks on the territory since October 2023, excluding those missing.

It is the first time Israel has publicly estimated the toll from the war in Gaza. Previously the government and military had only provided figures for militants Israel claimed to have killed.

Gaza health authorities said the direct toll from Israeli attacks had exceeded 71,660 people, with at least 10,000 presumed buried in the rubble of bombed buildings.

For more than two years, Israeli officials and media had attacked the Palestinian figures as “Hamas propaganda” and dismissed them as “not accurate”.

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Israel was still reviewing how many of the dead were civilians, the Times of Israel said, but believed the overall toll compiled by Gaza health authorities was “largely accurate”.

The Palestinian database does not provide a breakdown of fighters and non-combatants. It does identify most of the dead by name, date of birth and Israeli-issued identity numbers.


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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/30/israel-military-gaza-death-toll-broadly-accurate





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Re: Israel accepts health authorities’ Gaza death toll is broadly accurate, saying 70,000 have died
« Reply #1 on: February 14, 2026, 07:54:48 am »
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There was little coverage or discussion of the death toll in Israeli media.
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Re: Israel accepts health authorities’ Gaza death toll is broadly accurate, saying 70,000 have died
« Reply #2 on: February 14, 2026, 11:17:41 am »
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Re: Israel accepts health authorities’ Gaza death toll is broadly accurate, saying 70,000 have died
« Reply #3 on: February 15, 2026, 01:22:21 pm »
ICYMI ...
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Re: Israel accepts health authorities’ Gaza death toll is broadly accurate, saying 70,000 have died
« Reply #4 on: February 15, 2026, 02:38:42 pm »
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Re: Israel accepts health authorities’ Gaza death toll is broadly accurate, saying 70,000 have died
« Reply #5 on: February 15, 2026, 02:59:20 pm »
70,000 human shields for Hamas.  70,000 Palestinian lives that Hamas sacrificed in order to protect their own.
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Re: Israel accepts health authorities’ Gaza death toll is broadly accurate, saying 70,000 have died
« Reply #6 on: February 15, 2026, 03:36:43 pm »
No tears, sorry (not sorry).
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Re: Israel accepts health authorities’ Gaza death toll is broadly accurate, saying 70,000 have died
« Reply #7 on: February 15, 2026, 04:01:42 pm »
Agree with mountaineer.
Where's Seinfeld with the popcorn...?

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Re: Israel accepts health authorities’ Gaza death toll is broadly accurate, saying 70,000 have died
« Reply #8 on: February 15, 2026, 11:43:57 pm »
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No tears, sorry (not sorry).

Please excuse the interruption, but.no tears are being asked for.  This agreement with the Palestinian health authorities by the IDF is a first in 58 years of war.  This is also the first time there has been publication of the existence of a registration logging system of all Gazans with Israel --- without pushback from Israel.

Sea changes don't usually happen in Israel, nevermind two in an election year in the shadow of active war.  It's just an interesting "hmmm" moment.   *hmmmm*.


That's all.





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Re: Israel accepts health authorities’ Gaza death toll is broadly accurate, saying 70,000 have died
« Reply #9 on: February 16, 2026, 01:13:40 am »
Quote from: original Source Times of Israel
Briefing reporters on condition of anonymity, the security official said that the IDF believes the Gaza death count

So an anonymous person is the source.. ??

https://www.timesofisrael.com/idf-believes-70000-gazans-killed-in-war-as-claimed-by-hamas/
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Re: Israel accepts health authorities’ Gaza death toll is broadly accurate, saying 70,000 have died
« Reply #10 on: February 16, 2026, 07:24:05 am »
Quote from: Sighlass on February 16, 2026, 01:13:40 am
Israel has said it seeks to minimize civilian fatalities and stresses that Hamas uses Gaza’s civilians as human shields, fighting from civilian areas, including homes, hospitals, schools, and mosques.

In other words, Hamas is responsible for however many civilian deaths they claim.
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Re: Israel accepts health authorities’ Gaza death toll is broadly accurate, saying 70,000 have died
« Reply #11 on: February 16, 2026, 09:20:10 am »
70,000 fewer HAMAS supporters.  Cry me a fecking river.
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« Reply #12 on: Today at 12:06:41 pm »
Fox News anchor says that Palestinians told her America is the main course, Israel was just the appetizer on October 7.

https://twitter.com/MarinaMedvin/status/2025037862412997052
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