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Study disputes Gaza genocide charges, finds flawed data amid Hamas-driven narrative
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FIRST ON FOX: A new study disputes claims that Israel committed genocide in Gaza following Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, massacre, arguing that allegations of starvation, indiscriminate bombing and deliberate civilian killings lack verifiable evidence.
The report by researchers from the Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies at Bar-Ilan University, «Debunking the Genocide Allegations: A Reexamination of the Israel-Hamas War» (2023-2025), contends that the genocide narrative has been driven by faulty data, uncritical sourcing and a humanitarian system vulnerable to manipulation.
A key element of the genocide accusations is the claim that Israel deliberately starved Gaza’s population. The study argues that «claims of starvation prior to March 2, 2025, were based on erroneous data, circular citations, and a failure to critically review sources.» While U.N. officials and rights groups maintained that 500 trucks a day were needed to prevent famine, prewar U.N. figures show Gaza averaged 292 daily in 2022—only 73 of them carrying food.
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The Chief of the General Staff, LTG Eyal Zamir, conducted a field tour in the Gaza Strip. (IDF Spokesman’s Unit)
«That was completely adequate to meet demand,» report co-author Danny Orbach, a military historian from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, told Fox News Digital.
The study says Israel regularly surpassed the food supply needed during the war, averaging more than 100 trucks a day through March 2025. During a ceasefire-for-hostage deal, that number climbed to about 600 daily.
«The idea that Hamas didn’t seize aid is absurd,» Orbach said. «In every conflict, armed groups take the bulk of humanitarian supplies. We have documents and testimonies proving Hamas did so.»
The report argues that genocide allegations spread through what Orbach called an «inverted funnel of information.» Journalists and aid workers in Gaza often depended on Hamas-linked translators and fixers, whose accounts filtered into U.N. reports, mainstream media and online platforms.
«The average Westerner sees dozens of reports about Israeli crimes and assumes they must be true. But they all trace back to a handful of Hamas-affiliated sources,» Orbach said.
Israeli air strikes on Gaza a day after Hamas terrorists invaded parts of southern Israel. Oct 2023. (Mustafa Hassona/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
The second factor is «humanitarian bias»—the tendency to exaggerate conditions to prompt action. «Organizations warn of famine before it happens, relying on dubious facts to change reality. Questioning becomes an immoral act,» Orbach said.
The genocide allegation also rests on claims that Israel intentionally targeted civilians, but the study acknowledges civilian deaths while finding no evidence of a systematic policy of massacre.
Orbach cited BBC data showing that between May 2024 and January 2025, 550 people were killed in designated safe zones—just 2.1% to 3.5% of total casualties, even though half of Gaza’s population was concentrated there for much of the period.
Hamas terrorists take up positions ahead of a hostage release in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip on Feb. 8, 2025. (AP)
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«That indicates the zones were relatively safe, despite Hamas using them to launch rockets,» Orbach stated.
The report notes that context is crucial, stating that Hamas deliberately positioned itself in civilian areas, used human shields, and blocked evacuations to increase civilian casualties and international condemnation of Israel.
«Hamas exposes its own people to danger intentionally so Israel will be blamed,» Orbach said.
A Gazan man mourns relatives killed in Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip, at a hospital morgue in Deir al-Balah, Tuesday, July 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
While critics have accused the Israeli Air Force of indiscriminate bombing, the study finds that strikes generally targeted military objectives, though civilian casualties were inevitable.
«The IDF is the first army in history to issue focused warnings, deliver large-scale aid into enemy territory, and sacrifice surprise to protect civilians,» he said. «You cannot fight an enemy embedded in 500 kilometers of tunnels, dressed as civilians without massive destruction.»
The study pays particular attention to casualty figures published by the Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry, claiming they were manipulated to create misleading impressions of the demographics of the dead. It presents alternative statistical models suggesting combatant fatalities may have been underreported, distorting the civilian-to-combatant ratio.
Hamas terrorists carrying clubs and firearms secure and divert humanitarian aid trucks in the northern Gaza area of Jabaliya on June. 25 (TPS-IL)
The report says that genocide requires systematic intent to destroy a people—something it finds absent in Gaza. «You don’t see the hallmarks of genocidal warfare here,» Orbach said. «There are no campaigns of rape, frontal massacres or close-range executions. In other conflicts in the Middle East, dozens of such atrocities occurred in just a few hours of fighting.»
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The IDF announced its troops are now operating in Rafah. Its troops are continuing ground activity in northern and central Gaza. (IDF)
Orbach and his fellow authors conclude that allegations of genocide against Israel rely on politicized narratives, selective data and the exploitation of humanitarian discourse.
«Analyzing devastation or civilian deaths without understanding Hamas’ tactics is absurd,» he stated.
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Otro golpe para el ex príncipe Andrés: quieren eliminarlo de la línea de sucesión al trono británico por sus vínculos con Jeffrey Epstein
El ex príncipe Andrés será eliminado de la línea de sucesión al trono británico. Por ser el hijo de la reina Isabel ocupa el octavo lugar, tras haber sido segundo antes que nacieran los príncipes William, Harry y sus hijos. Downing St considerará introducir una ley para destituir al octavo en la sucesión al trono, una vez finalizada la investigación policial sobre el caso Epstein.
El primer ministro británico Sir Keir Starmer considerará aprobar una ley para destituir a Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor de la sucesión al trono. Cualquier cambio en la legislación se produciría una vez concluida la investigación policial sobre el ex príncipe caído en desgracia.
Esta histórica medida se produce tras el breve arresto de Mountbatten-Windsor el jueves, bajo sospecha de mala conducta en el ejercicio de un cargo público.
Mountbatten-Windsor ha sido despojado del título de príncipe, pero sigue siendo el octavo en la sucesión al trono, después de William, Harry y sus hijos.
El cambio requiere una ley del Parlamento. Downing Street consultará con los demás reinos de la Commonwealth antes de realizar cualquier cambio.
Todos los demás países donde Carlos III es rey, incluyendo Australia, Canadá y Nueva Zelanda, tendrían que aprobar la legislación para destituirlo.
El viernes, Andrew Bowie, secretario en la sombra para Escocia, declaró a GB News: «Creo que sería lo correcto. Por supuesto, si es declarado culpable de esto, creo que el Parlamento estaría en su derecho de actuar para eliminarlo de la línea de sucesión”.
«Pero, recordemos, todavía no ha sido declarado culpable de nada:aún no se le ha imputado ningún delito. Así que debemos dejar que la investigación policial siga su curso, y creo que todos deberíamos actuar en consecuencia», dijo.
Mountbatten-Windsor se convirtió en el primer miembro de la familia real en la historia moderna en ser arrestado el jueves, día que también coincidió con su 66° cumpleaños.
La policía allanó la residencia temporal del ex príncipe, Wood Farm, en Sandringham, a la hora del desayuno, antes de llevarlo a la comisaría de Aylsham, en Norfolk. Pasó casi 12 horas detenido antes de ser puesto en libertad bajo investigación.
Los correos electrónicos publicados como parte de los archivos de Epstein parecían demostrar que Mountbatten-Windsor filtró documentos confidenciales a Jeffrey Epstein mientras trabajaba como enviado comercial de Gran Bretaña, representando a la difunta reina Isabel II y al país en el extranjero.
Si el ex príncipe fuera declarado culpable de mala conducta en un cargo público, podría enfrentarse a la cárcel.
El viernes, la policía continuó registrando del Royal en Windsor, la antigua residencia del Sr. Mountbatten-Windsor, tras su liberación. Continuará investigando allí hasta el lunes.También ha comenzado a interrogar a los oficiales de la policía que lo custodiaran para ver si recuerdan hechos.
Por otra parte, la policía de West Yorkshire se convirtió en la décima fuerza policial en confirmar que estaba revisando material del tramo de archivos de Epstein, publicado por el Departamento de Justicia de Estados Unidos.
Un portavoz declaró que la fuerza policial estaba «evaluando los detalles de la información que se ha hecho pública para determinar cualquier posible vínculo con la zona de West Yorkshire».
El rey Eduardo VIII y sus descendientes fueron eliminados de la línea de sucesión cuando abdicó en 1936. El príncipe Michel de Kent también fue eliminado, en virtud de la Ley de Establecimiento de 1701, al contraer matrimonio con una católica en 1978. Sin embargo, fue restituido con la Ley de Sucesión a la Corona en 2013.
Este viernes, Sir Ed Davey, líder del Partido Liberal Demócrata, expresó su apoyo a la monarquía. Pero añadió: «Creo que deberíamos tener presentes a los sobrevivientes y víctimas de Epstein, que tienen que ver toda esta información y posiblemente revivir sus traumas. Es una situación bastante impactante. Dejemos que la policía haga su trabajo».
Se le preguntó a Sir Ed sobre las peticiones de los Demócratas Liberales en los últimos meses para que el ex príncipe comparezca ante el Parlamento para declarar ante los diputados y los pares.
Declaró a la BBC: «Creo que, en términos generales, de cara al futuro, necesitamos más transparencia. Y el Parlamento desempeña un papel fundamental».
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Omar calls GOP probe into husband’s $30M business surge a ‘political stunt’ as records deadline passes
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The office of Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., on Friday called a GOP-led investigation into her family’s finances a «stunt,» one day after a House deadline for her husband to turn over records tied to his companies’ rapid growth.
The House Oversight Committee had set Feb. 19 as a deadline for Tim Mynett, Omar’s husband, to provide information about the sudden success of two of his companies to the House Oversight Committee.
«This is all a political stunt. These sham accusations were referred to the Ethics Committee, and our office has not received any follow-up because this is a baseless, headline-generating speculation and a politically targeted attack on the Congresswoman,» a spokesperson for Omar told Fox News Digital.
Omar’s office declined to say whether it had submitted the business records as requested by lawmakers.
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Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., sits with husband Tim Mynett during the first day of the Democratic National Convention at the United Center on Aug. 19, 2024, in Chicago, Illinois. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)
eStCru LLC, a winery, and Rose Lake Capital LLC, a consulting firm, both owned partially by Mynett, increased sharply in reported value between 2023 and 2024, drawing questions from lawmakers about the source of the pair’s wealth.
In just one year, the two companies added roughly $30 million in combined value.
The Oversight Committee, led by Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., asked Mynett to produce communications regarding the companies’ latest audits and with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), correspondence with any other federal agencies, and travel records to or from the United Arab Emirates, Somalia or Kenya.
Omar’s office called the probe a GOP-led distraction from other hot-topic issues.
«If Republicans were interested in real oversight, they would be looking at Trump and his family enriching their net worth by billions of dollars, as well as their connections to their pedophile friend, Jeffrey Epstein,» Omar’s spokesperson said.
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President Donald Trump pushed for a financial investigation into Democrat Rep. Ilhan Omar in January. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
When asked if Omar and Mynett had turned in the requested documentation, a spokesperson for the House Oversight Committee told Fox News Digital that the committee has referred the matter to the House Ethics Committee, the body tasked with investigating financial disclosure statements and member misconduct.
«Americans have concerns about Rep. Omar’s skyrocketing wealth while in public office. The House Oversight Committee initiated a probe into these concerns and has asked the House Ethics Committee to do its job and review this matter,» a spokesperson for the House Oversight Committee told Fox News Digital.
In its letter to Mynett sent earlier this year, the Oversight Committee said it needed the business details to ensure Omar wasn’t being unduly influenced by her husband’s success.
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Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., left, pictured alongside Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., right. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images; Brandon Bell/Getty Images)
«Financial disclosure forms, filed by your wife, Representative Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, show eStCru LLC and Rose Lake Capital LLC, which you hold ownership stakes in, went from being worth as much as $51,000 in 2023 to as much as $30 million in 2024,» the committee wrote.
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«Given that these companies do not publicly list their investors or where their money comes from, this sudden jump in value raises concerns that unknown individuals may be investing to gain influence with your wife,» the Oversight Committee added.
The House Ethics Committee declined to comment on whether it would open a probe into Omar or her husband.
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Trump gives Iran 10-day ultimatum, but experts signal talks may be buying time for strike
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President Trump said in June he would decide «within the next two weeks» whether to strike Iran. He made the decision two days later.
On Thursday, he gave Tehran another clock, saying the Islamic Republic has 10 to 15 days to come to the negotiating table or face consequences.
The compressed timeline now sits at the center of a new round of high-stakes nuclear diplomacy. But with Trump, deadlines can serve as both warning and weapon.
Jason Brodsky, policy director at United Against Nuclear Iran, told Fox News Digital, «The Iranian regime has been operating under a grand delusion that they can turn President Trump into President Obama and President Trump has made it clear that that’s not happening.»
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Map of US naval ships in the Middle East. (Fox News )
Brodsky said there is little expectation inside the administration that diplomacy will produce a breakthrough. «I think there’s deep skepticism in the Trump administration that this negotiation is going to produce any acceptable outcome.»
Instead, he said, the talks may be serving a dual purpose. «They’re using the diplomatic process to sharpen the choices of the Iranian leadership and to buy time to make sure that we have the appropriate military assets in the region.»
A Middle Eastern source with knowledge of the negotiations told Fox News Digital that Tehran understands how close the risk of war feels and is unlikely to deliberately provoke Trump at this stage.
However, the source said Iran cannot accept limitations on its short-range missile program, describing the issue as a firm red line set by Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. Iranian negotiators are not authorized to cross that boundary, and conceding on missiles would be viewed internally as equivalent to losing a war.
The source indicated there may be more flexibility around uranium enrichment parameters if sanctions relief is part of the equation.
According to Brodsky, Iran’s core positions remain unchanged. «They’re trying to engage in a lot of distraction… shiny objects, to distract from the fact that they’re not prepared to make the concessions that President Trump is requiring of them,» he said. «The Iranian positions do not change and have not changed fundamentally. They refuse to accept President Trump’s position on zero enrichment. They refuse to dismantle their nuclear infrastructure. They refuse limitations on Iran’s missile program, and they refuse to end support for terror groups.»
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USS Gerald R. Ford pictured in the Mediterranean Sea. (U.S Naval Forces Central Command / U.S. 6th Fleet / Handout via Reuters)
Behnam Taleblu, senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, warned that Tehran may be preparing a different kind of proposal altogether.
«The first kind of deal that we have to be worried about… they may pitch an agreement that is based more on transposing the current reality onto paper… these kinds of agreements are more like understandings,» Taleblu said.
«You take the present reality, and you transpose that onto paper, and then you make the U.S. pay for something it already achieved.»
Taleblu outlined what he sees as Tehran’s strategic objectives. «The Iranians want three things, essentially. The first is they want to deter and prevent a strike.»
«The second is that they are actually using negotiations… to take the wind out of the wings of Iranian dissidents. And then the third is… they actually do want some kind of foreign financial stabilization and sanctions relief.»
«What the Iranians want is to play for time… an agreement like this doesn’t really require the Iranians to offer anything.»
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Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei pictured sitting next to senior military official in Iran. (Getty Images)
At the same time, Taleblu said the administration’s intentions remain deliberately opaque. «It’s hard to read the tea leaves of the administration here. Obviously, they don’t want a nuclear Iran, but also obviously they don’t want a long war in the Middle East.»
«The military architecture they’re moving into the region is signaling that they’re prepared to engage in one anyway. The question that the administration has not resolved politically… is: What is the political end state of the strikes? That’s the cultivation of ambiguity that the president excels at.»
Jacob Olidort, Chief Research Officer and Director of American Security at the America First Policy Institute, told Fox News Digital, «The President has been clear that he wants to give diplomacy a chance. However, if, in his estimation, diplomatic efforts prove unsuccessful, he will almost certainly turn to military options. What is rightfully unpredictable is the specific objective and scope of military action the President may take.»
«Specifically, will military action serve as a new layer of diplomatic pressure towards creating a new opportunity to make Iran agree to our demands — military force as coercive diplomacy — or simply achieve the intended objectives that diplomacy could not? Regardless, the President has a record of taking bold action to protect the American people from Iran’s threats.»
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Iranians gather while blocking a street during a protest in Tehran, Iran on Jan. 9, 2026. (MAHSA / Middle East Images / AFP via Getty Images)
Public sentiment inside Iran remains deeply divided, Iranian sources told Fox News Digital. Many view a foreign military invasion as unacceptable, while anger over the killing of young protesters continues to fuel domestic tensions and uncertainty.
With a 10 to 15-day window ticking, Trump’s deadline may function less as a calendar marker and more as leverage.
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