Naama Doplet (sitting) joined by family members and friends mourns the loss of her fiance, Israeli soldier Capt. Kafir Yitzhak Franco during his funeral on November 16, 2023 in Jerusalem. (Photo by Amir Levy/Getty Images)
He said that there were some unidentified bodies that they now believe belong to Hamas fighters and not Israelis, according to AFP.
Soldiers carry the coffin during a funeral for Capt. Kafir Yitzhak Franco on November 16, 2023 in Jerusalem. (Photo by Amir Levy/Getty Images)
Mourners grieve for Liel Hetzroni , 12-years-old, and her aunt, Ila (Illios) Hetzroni who were killed at kibbutz Be’eri on October 7th by Hamas, during a funeral and farewell-ceremony at Kibbutz Revivim on November 15, 2023 in Revivim, Israel. (Photo by Alexi J. Rosenfeld/Getty Images)
“As time passes, information will become better,” the conflict data tracking group told Vox.
The immediate family of Yitzhak Seitan, 76, his wife, Hannah Seitan, 73, their son, Tal Seitan, 49, and his aunt Pesi Cohen, 68, grieve during the funeral at the Hod Ha’sharon cemetery, on October 18, 2023 in Hod HaSharon, Israel. (Photo by Alexi J. Rosenfeld/Getty Images)
Injured Palestinians taken to Al-Shifa Hospital following Israeli airstrike on Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital in Gaza City, Gaza on October 17, 2023. (Photo by Ali Jadallah/Anadolu via Getty Images)
It later revised the death toll down to 471, but US officials said only about 100 to 300 people died, creating widespread distrust of the health ministry.
Palestinians injured in an Israeli air strike await treatment at the Nasser hospital in Khan Yunis in the southern of Gaza Strip, on October 17, 2023. (Photo by Mahmud HAMS / AFP) (Photo by MAHMUD HAMS/AFP via Getty Images)
Injured Palestinians taken to Al-Shifa Hospital following Israeli airstrike on Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital in Gaza City, Gaza on October 17, 2023. (Photo by Ali Jadallah/Anadolu via Getty Images)
However, figures from the Gaza Health Ministry have consistently proven to be credible in the past and have “held up to UN scrutiny, independent investigations and even Israel’s tallies,” according to AP.
A Palestinian child sits next to the wrapped bodies of those killed in Israeli bombardment, prior to the corpses being taken from the Shuhada Al-Aqsa hospital for burial, in Deir el-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip on November 6, 2023, amid the ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas. (Photo by MAHMUD HAMS/AFP via Getty Images)
More than 11,000 Palestinians in Gaza, including more than 4,700 children, have been killed by Israeli airstrikes and a ground offensive since Oct. 7, according to the ministry.
An aerial view of relatives of Palestinians who died in the Israeli airstrikes gathering around the bodies taken from the morgue of Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital ahead of the funeral ceremony in Deir Al-Balah, Gaza on November 06, 2023. (Photo by Ashraf Amra/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Both the death counts of 1,200 Israelis and over 11,000 Palestinians do not currently distinguish between soldiers and civilians.
A Palestinian man reacts while holding the body of a relative killed following Israeli bombardment, during a funeral service in Deir Al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip on October 31, 2023, amid ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas movement. (Photo by MAHMUD HAMS/AFP via Getty Images)