Hamas Admit Their Casualty Statistics Are Inaccurate

Following proof that Hamas have been faking their casualty numbers, they have now basically admitted to it – at least to their own followers.

Via the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD):

The Hamas-run Gaza Ministry of Health said on April 6 that it had “incomplete data” for 11,371 of the 33,091 Palestinian fatalities it claims to have documented. In a statistical report, the ministry notes that it considers an individual record to be incomplete if it is missing any of the following key data points: identity number, full name, date of birth, or date of death. The health ministry also released a report on April 3 that acknowledged the presence of incomplete data but did not define what it meant by “incomplete.” In that earlier report, the ministry acknowledged the incompleteness of 12,263 records. It is unclear why, after just three more days, the number fell to 11,371 — a decrease of more than 900 records.

Prior to its admissions of incomplete data, the health ministry asserted that the information in more than 15,000 fatality records had stemmed from “reliable media sources.” However, the ministry never identified the sources in question and Gaza has no independent media.

You will notice FDD linked to the Gaza Ministry of Health Telegram Channel. A deeper dive into it reveals a source of their numbers: this online form.

🇵🇸 Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza 🇵🇸*
Notice
💫 Attached is the link for registering data on martyrs and missing persons in the war on Gaza since the seventh of last October.
We call on the families of the martyrs and missing persons to complete their data by registering via the attached link, in order to complete all data through the records of the Ministry of Health.
The link👈

[https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScndnMojIJoflfSPTD25uqkZSzUH–G05AMwcbbyJB42bNQcw/viewform?usp=sharing]

Absolutely anyone could have filled this out and claimed anyone as missing or killed, especially given that Hamas accepted the data even when it was missing identity number, full name, date of birth, or date of death.

Now, these fields are mandatory, but I just filled out the form with some nonsense names and ID numbers, and the form was sent. Whether or not Hamas accept my entry هيو جاس (Hugh Jass) as a casualty remains to be seen.