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1. Micah Lee (micahflee@infosec.exchange)'s status on Saturday, 28-Oct-2023 05:17:41 JST Micah Lee

   For all those doubting the Gaza Health Ministry numbers (which right now is 7,326 dead, including 3,038 children, and another 18,967 injured), here's a good summary of how the numbers are counted:

   > The Gaza casualty numbers come mostly from doctors who diligently count every body brought into struggling hospitals, then send the numbers on to the Health Ministry for tabulation, The Associated Press explained regarding the accuracy of the death count. And while Hamas exerts control over the ministry, it's partly funded and run by the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank — a key Hamas rival — and many of its civil servants predate Gaza's Hamas takeover. The United Nations and other international institutions and experts "say the Gaza ministry has long made a good-faith effort to account for the dead under the most difficult conditions," AP reported, and "in previous wars, the ministry's counts have held up to U.N. scrutiny, independent investigations and even Israel's tallies."

   Source: https://theweek.com/defence/how-trustworthy-are-the-gaza-health-ministrys-casualty-numbers
   Original AP source: https://apnews.com/article/israel-hamas-war-gaza-health-ministry-health-death-toll-59470820308b31f1faf73c703400b033

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   • Steven Zekowski (steve_zeke@freeradical.zone)'s status on Saturday, 28-Oct-2023 05:17:41 JST Steven Zekowski

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     @micahflee
     And GHM has published names and ID numbers of the dead.
     https://www.democracynow.org/2023/10/27/headlines/gaza_health_ministry_publishes_names_of_nearly_7_000_palestinians_killed_in_israeli_strikes