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IBT Multiplies Palestinian Casualty Figures by 100

In what can only be assumed to be a serious typo, an article in the International Business Times on the lack of Gazan reconstruction aid includes the following paragraph: It’s bad enough that…

Simon Plosker
February 19, 2015
12:00 am

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In what can only be assumed to be a serious typo, an article in the International Business Times on the lack of Gazan reconstruction aid includes the following paragraph:

It’s bad enough that most media have accepted Gaza casualty figures from the 2014 war without questioning their veracity. In this case, it’s compounded by multiplying the figure by 100.

Gaza casualties, including terrorists, are widely reported to be around 2,000, not 200,000 as the IBT has written.

An email has been sent requesting an immediate correction.

UPDATE

Thanks to the IBT for promptly amending the casualty figure, which now reads “2,200 people.” It’s still regrettable, however, that the IBT along with most mainstream media still cite Gaza casualty figures as provided by the UN courtesy of the Hamas-controlled Gaza Health Ministry.

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Tags: casualty figures, distorted facts, Gaza, IBT, International Business Times, success

Simon Plosker

With over two decades of experience in various non-governmental organizations in the UK and Israel, Simon Plosker returned to HonestReporting in October 2022 as Editorial Director having previously been part of the organization’s management team from 2005 to 2020. Prior to his first spell at HonestReporting, Simon worked in Israel for NGO Monitor, BICOM, and served for a short period in the IDF Spokesperson’s Unit. He was Managing Editor of the Geneva-based NGO United Nations Watch for two years before moving back to the frontline defending Israel from media bias. Simon has a BSoc.Sc in International Studies and Political Science from the University of Birmingham and an MSc in History of International Relations from the London School of Economics. He immigrated to Israel in 2001 from London.

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