Although the article is behind a paywall, Haaretz reports that "IDF Accepts Gaza Health Ministry Death Toll of Over 71,000 Palestinians Killed During the War" adding: "The IDF has accepted the estimate of the Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry that approximately 71,000 Palestinians were killed during the Israel-Gaza war, noting that the number does not include missing residents who are potentially buried under rubble." The Jerusalem Post similarly reports:
The IDF, for the first time on Wednesday, confirmed that approximately 70,000 Gazans were killed during the Israel-Hamas War, while disputing the percentage of civilian deaths claimed by the UN and declaring that no healthy persons died from starvation.
Nevertheless, the IDF still contests what percentage of these 71,000 were civilians and argues that many of the deaths were caused by the misfiring rockets used by Hamas or were executed by Hamas. But Hamas was not the one leveling whole apartment blocks.
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