‘It will not make mainstream news’: Why Pro-Israel influencers pushed debunked claim that U.N. cut Gaza death toll in half

Pro-Israel influencers distorted a recent report from Gaza’s Ministry of Health that detailed updated figures on the total number of identified bodies stemming from Israel’s assault on Palestine.

The report states that among the roughly 35,000 estimated deaths in Palestine, 24,686 of those people have been positively identified. Accounts on X in support of Israel, however, incorrectly assumed that the number of identified individuals represented the total number of deaths in the war...