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Oops, doctor lets cat out of bag

January 22, 2009 16:19
2 min read

It appears that someone didn't tell the doctors at Gaza's Shifa Hospital that the party line is that "more than 1,300 Palestinians were killed in Operation Cast Lead".]
According to a report in Ynet,

Gazan doctor says death toll inflated

Physician [Eyad Sarragh] at Gaza's Shifa Hospital tells Italian newspaper number of dead in Israeli offensive 'stands at no more than 500 or 600, most of them youths recruited to Hamas' ranks'. Senior Palestinian Health Ministry official denies claims, IDF estimate on 1,200 casualties in Strip remains unchanged

What really is behind the numbers reported on the number of civilian casualties in the Gaza Strip? Italian newspaper Corriere Della Sera reported Thursday that a doctor working in Gaza's Shifa Hospital claimed that Hamas has intentionally inflated the number of casualties resulting from Israel's Operation Cast Lead.

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