UK - Hamas Fatality Figures Falsified
The percentage of women and children killed in Gaza during the course of Israel’s war against Hamas following the October 7 atrocities is far lower than claimed by the terror group’s media propaganda agency, according to a new study.
The new paper, published by professors Lewi Stone and Gregory Rose, argues that the relatively lower rate of women and children fatalities, combined with the high percentage of women and children in the general Gaza population, demonstrates that the IDF has taken systematic measures to avoid civilian casualties.
Stone is a professor of Mathematical Epidemiology at RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia, while Rose is an honorary professor of law at the University of Wollongong, Australia. Their paper was published by the Henry Jackson Society think tank based in London.
It also used a case study of the IDF’s campaign in the southern Gazan city of Khan Younis in 2024 to show that the percentage of women and children killed during the operation was 34% of the total to further underline this claim.
Using this data, Stone and Rose provided a detailed breakdown of fatalities by age and sex during the IDF’s operation in Khan Younis from January to May 2024.
The study identified 2,154 fatalities in the Khan Younis operation, of which 1,411 were adult men, over the age of 18, or 65.5%.
Of the child fatalities, 188 were female, or some 9%, compared to 278 male child fatalities, or 13%.
Stone and Rose stated that the higher rate of male child fatalities suggested that a “substantial portion” of boys under the age of 18 were engaged in combat roles during the war.
“This is a strong signal that IDF ground troops were attempting to target combatants despite the difficulties of conditions of urban warfare,” Stone and Rose contended.
-www.timesofisrael.com, 6 May 2025
Arno's Commentary
One must understand that Isael is the only military force in the world that deliberately teaches their troops not to hate.
Those of us who have traveled in Israel extensively can testify to the virtual absence of hate.
Another thing to consider is that over 5,000 Hamas terrorists were instructed to kill women, children, and the elderly indiscriminately. Thus, if hate were to be justified, Israel could claim such a right. Yet, during the operation against Hamas murderous terrorists, they proceeded with utter caution. In most cases, Israel warned residents of certain buildings before they were to be destroyed by the IDF. There is ample documentation where the terrorists hid behind women and children, disregarding the lives of their own people. Their one purpose? To kill Jews.
How will it all end? Israel will be more secure than ever, and many more Jews from the Diaspora will find reasons to return to the land of their fathers, the Promised Land. Isaiah 61:7 proclaims: “For your shame ye shall have double; and for confusion they shall rejoice in their portion: therefore in their land they shall possess the double: everlasting joy shall be unto them.”
Arno Froese is the executive director of Midnight Call Ministries and editor-in-chief of the acclaimed prophetic magazines Midnight Call and News From Israel. He has authored a number of well-received books, and has sponsored many prophecy conferences in the U.S., Canada, and Israel. His extensive travels have contributed to his keen insight into Bible prophecy, as he sees it from an international perspective.
