Death toll in Gaza hospital blast greatly exaggerated - independent intel

Local Hamas-run Gazan sources allege that 471 people were killed at the hospital; foreign independent intelligence sources claimed instead that the number was closer to 10-50.

People are assisted at Shifa Hospital after many Palestinians were killed in a blast at Al-Ahli hospital in Gaza on October 18, 2023.

People are assisted at Shifa Hospital after many Palestinians were killed in a blast at Al-Ahli hospital in Gaza on October 18, 2023.

(photo credit: REUTERS/MOHAMMED AL-MASRI)

ByMAYA ZANGER-NADIS

OCTOBER 19, 2023 19:32

Updated: OCTOBER 19, 2023 21:47

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