Israel reduced the death toll from the attack by the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas on October 7 from 1,400 to 1,200, a spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs indicated this Friday.
“This is an updated estimate”said Lior Haiat, without giving an explanation for the new figure. “This figure includes foreign workers and people of other nationalities”specified a separate statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
“This balance is not definitive. “This is a new estimate that may still evolve depending on the identification of bodies.”adds that bulletin.
The new toll of 1,200 deaths, mostly civilians, was initially mentioned in a statement from the Foreign Ministry.
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“Hamas terrorists murdered 1,200 people in cold blood and kidnapped 240, including babies, children, women and the elderly.”says the statement.
Since the attack on October 7, the most serious since the creation of Israel in 1948, the country’s authorities have carried out a complex job of identifying the bodies found in different places in the south of its territory.
The previous toll of 1,400 deaths was established progressively in the week after the attacks and had remained stable since then.
The action of the Hamas militiamen triggered the war in which Israel has proposed to annihilate this Palestinian Islamist movement that controls the Gaza Strip.
The incessant Israeli bombings on this territory have left more than 11,000 dead, mostly civilians, including more than 4,500 children, according to the latest balance sheet from the Hamas Ministry of Health.
