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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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Trump admin agencies coordinating to expose Biden admin’s ‘prolific and dangerous’ weaponization of government
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EXCLUSIVE: Trump administration agencies are working to expose the Biden administration’s «prolific and dangerous weaponization of government,» Fox News Digital has learned.
The Interagency Weaponization Working Group (IWWG) is made up of officials from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, the Justice Department, the FBI, the CIA and more.
Officials told Fox News Digital that Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard initiated the Interagency Weaponization Working Group, which has been meeting biweekly since April to «share information, coordinate, and execute.»
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard announced on Tuesday the revocation of former intelligence officials’ credentials. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
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«The American people made a clear choice when they elected President Trump — to stop the Biden administration’s prolific and dangerous weaponization of government agencies against the American people and the Constitution,» Gabbard told Fox News Digital. «I stood up this working group to start the important work of interagency coordination under President Trump’s leadership to deliver accountability.»
She added: «True accountability is the first step toward lasting change.»
Officials told Fox News Digital the group was created to streamline information sharing across the government in support of the Trump executive order.
Attorney General Pam Bondi is sworn in before a Senate Judiciary Committee oversight hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2025. (Jose Luis Magana/AP Photo)
«Joe Biden’s Department of Justice targeted President Trump and anyone close to him, prosecuted pro-life advocates, treated parents at school board meetings as domestic terrorists, and destroyed public trust in federal law enforcement,» Attorney General Pam Bondi told Fox News Digital.
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«Under President Trump, we are working every day alongside our partners to end weaponization and restore one tier of justice for all,» Bondi said.
Meanwhile, FBI Director Kash Patel told Fox News Digital that, «for years, Biden’s DOJ turned federal law enforcement into a political weapon.»
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«Going after President Trump, pro-life Americans, and parents at school boards while letting real criminals run wild,» Patel told Fox News Digital. «Under Preisdent Trump, we’ve ripped that agenda out by the roots.»
Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Kash Patel testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on Sept. 16, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
Patel added: «We’re restoring equal justice under the law, one standard, one mission: Protect the American people.»
Officials involved pointed Fox News Digital to President Trump’s executive order, which says interagency coordination is needed to «ensure accountability for the previous administration’s weaponization of the federal government against the American people.»
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The executive order had directed Gabbard, in consultation with the heads of other appropriate departments and agencies within the intelligence community, to «take all appropriate action to review the activities of the intelligence community over the last four years and identify any instances» of the weaponization of government.
Officials told Fox News Digital that the interagency group is «working to undo the Biden administration’s whole-of-government approach to abuse the powers of government against the American people.»
«The weaponization of government against Americans did not happen in one agency, one time,» an official explained. «It happened repeatedly over the duration of the Biden administration.»
Attorney General Pam Bondi, left, FBI Director Kash Patel, center, and Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, center right, are seen on Wednesday, March 5, awaiting Muhammed Sharifullah’s arrival in the U.S. following his arrest overseas. (Justice Department)
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«That’s why, in order to depoliticize and deweaponize the government, it is important to understand what agencies carried out, what roles, and why,» the official continued. «The IWWG is essential for coordinating across agencies.»
But officials said the media has attempted to «negatively spin lawful oversight and accountability» by claiming it is a way for the Trump administration to weaponize the government against its political opponents.
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«The irony is, accusing the Interagency Weaponization Working Group of targeting the president’s political opponents is classic projection and could not be further from the truth,» an official said.
The official said that there is «no targeting of any individual person for retribution.»
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«IWWG is simply looking at available facts and evidence that may point to actions, reports, agencies, individuals, and more who illegally weaponized the government in order to carry out political attacks,» the official said.
«The only people who fear accountability are the ones who never expected to face it,» the official continued. «Oversight is not the problem—abuse of power is.»
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El Gobierno de Brasil estima que el nuevo horizonte petrolero frente al río Amazonas, cuya exploración fue autorizada este lunes por la agencia ambiental del país, atraerá inversiones por unos 300.000 millones de reales (55.000 millones de dólares).
El Instituto Brasileño de Medio Ambiente (Ibama) concedió a la petrolera estatal Petrobras el permiso para perforar un pozo exploratorio en una zona del Atlántico situada a unos 500 kilómetros de la desembocadura del Amazonas y a unos 175 kilómetros de la costa.
La decisión, cuestionada por las organizaciones ecologistas, se produjo a menos de un mes de que comience la cumbre climática de la ONU (COP30), que se celebrará en la ciudad amazónica de Belém.
Sin embargo, el ministro de Minas y Energía, Alexandre Silveira, afirmó que ese nuevo horizonte petrolero, cuyo potencial es de 10.000 millones de barriles recuperables, representa “el futuro de la soberanía energética” de Brasil.
“Brasil no puede renunciar a conocer su potencial. Hicimos una defensa firme y técnica para garantizar que la exploración se realice con total responsabilidad ambiental (…) Nuestro petróleo es uno de los más sostenibles del mundo”, aseguró en una nota.
Según estimaciones oficiales, además de atraer una cantidad importante de inversiones, si finalmente se materializa la explotación de hidrocarburos en la región, conocida como Margen Ecuatorial, el Estado brasileño recaudará “un billón de reales (cerca de 200.000 millones de dólares) en las próximas décadas”.
Además, el Ejecutivo del presidente Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva prevé la creación de 300.000 empleos directos e indirectos.
Silveira subrayó que la exploración del territorio se llevará a cabo “bajo los más altos estándares de sostenibilidad, conciliando la preservación ambiental con la generación de empleo e ingresos”.
Y recordó que Petrobras montó “la mayor estructura de respuesta del país, con 13 embarcaciones a disposición para apenas un pozo”.
“La decisión refuerza el compromiso del Gobierno con una transición energética justa, inclusiva y equilibrada, en la que el desarrollo de las actividades de exploración y producción de petróleo y gas avanza de la mano con las políticas de descarbonización y expansión de los biocombustibles”, señaló el ministro.
Por otra parte, ONG ambientalistas cargaron este lunes contra la concesión de la licencia. El Observatorio do Clima, un red formada por 130 organizaciones, señaló en un comunicado que se trata de una decisión “desastrosa” desde el punto de vista ambiental y pedirán ante la justicia que el permiso sea “anulado” por las “fallas técnicas” en el proceso de licenciamiento.
La red ambientalista apuntó, además, a la contradicción que supone dar esta licencia a menos de un mes del inicio de la COP30.
La decisión es un “sabotaje” a la COP30 y “va en dirección contraria al papel de líder climático reivindicado por el presidente Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva”, de acuerdo con el Observatorio do Clima.
Asimismo, la licencia para explorar esta área, situada a unos 500 kilómetros de la desembocadura, choca, según los ambientalistas, con las metas del Gobierno brasileño, que se ha comprometido a reducir entre un 59 % y un 67 % las emisiones contaminantes hasta 2035.
“En un escenario de emergencia climática como el actual, la apertura de nuevos pozo de petróleo contradice los compromisos del país con la transición energética y refuerza patrones excluyentes e insostenibles”, señaló la portavoz de Greenpeace Mariana Andrade, en declaraciones distribuidas a los medios.
Brasil, según los ambientalistas, debería invertir más en energías renovables, en vez de ampliar su producción de petróleo.
“Necesitamos invertir en alternativas que generen desarrollo inclusivo y sostenible, como las energías renovables y la bioeconomía; insistir en el petróleo es ir en dirección contraria al mundo”, dijo, a su vez, Ricardo Fuji, especialista en conservación de WWF en Brasil.
Alrededor del área objeto de la licencia hay reservas ambientales, territorios indígenas, manglares y arrecifes de coral, así como una variada diversidad marina con especies en peligro de extinción.
La petrolera tiene planes para explorar la región desde 2022, pero el proceso de autorización se alargó durante casi cinco años, ante los pedidos de información adicional por parte del Instituto Brasileño de Medio Ambiente (Ibama), la entidad responsable de emitir los permisos.
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NYC mayoral rivals unite against billionaire ‘election interference’ as campaign enters final stretch
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With two weeks until Election Day, Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani and Republican nominee Curtis Sliwa have landed on unlikely common ground: rejecting billionaire influence in the New York City mayoral election.
Two billionaires, Red Apple Media CEO John Catsimatidis and hedge fund CEO Bill Ackman, are calling on Sliwa to drop out of the mayoral race in order to clear a pathway to victory for former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who is running as an Independent candidate.
«The billionaires can conspire to pick their candidate,» Sliwa said during a press conference in Manhattan on Monday. «I trust the people. They will make the decision. I will not drop out.»
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New York City mayoral nominee Curtis Sliwa speaks to reporters in Manhattan on Monday, Oct. 20, 2025, with two weeks until Election Day. (Fox News Digital/Deirdre Heavey)
Several blocks downtown at his own press conference Monday morning, Mamdani admitted his surprise to agree with Sliwa.
«I never thought I would say this, but here we are, where the only candidates who agree that billionaires shouldn’t control the future of this city are the Republican nominee and the Democratic nominee,» Mamdani said.
Catsimatidis, who is also the CEO of WABC Radio, publicly urged Sliwa to drop out of the race on Monday. Sliwa has long hosted a radio program on WABC but is on leave while he runs for mayor.
«Curtis would make the best mayor of all the candidates … but Curtis has to realize that he should love New York more than anything else,» he said. «It certainly looks like Curtis should pull out right now.»
«I’m not dropping out,» Sliwa reaffirmed to reporters on Monday while responding to Catsimatidis’ plea.
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New York City Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani fields reporter questions in Manhattan on Monday, Oct. 20, 2025. (Fox News Digital/Deirdre Heavey)
A recent Fox News survey of the mayoral race, conducted Oct. 10–14, asked voters about their second-choice candidate. If both Adams and Sliwa are out, the results show Mamdani keeping a significant lead, even as support for Cuomo increases.
With Sliwa out, the poll found Mamdani would pick up 50% compared to 37% to Cuomo.
Yet, Cuomo on Monday said that when New Yorkers realize that Sliwa dropping out would create a head-to-head matchup with Mamdani, «they’ll discard the spoiler Curtis Sliwa and rally behind Cuomo to save the city.»
When asked who bears responsibility if Mamdani is elected mayor, Sliwa told Fox News Digital on Monday, «We blame Andrew Cuomo.»
«I would suggest to Andrew Cuomo, stop this nonsense. You are the one who is responsible for Zohran Mamdani. You got beaten mightily in a Democratic primary,» Sliwa said when asked about Cuomo calling him a «spoiler.»
Mamdani on Sunday responded to a viral clip of Sliwa reiterating that he will stay in the race, despite pleas from billionaires, like Ackman.
«It’s genuinely positive for our democracy that there’s another candidate in this race who believes NYC voters should pick their next mayor, not billionaires who mostly live somewhere else,» Mamdani said in the post.
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Republican candidate Curtis Sliwa, left, speaks while participating in a mayoral debate with Democratic candidate Zohran Mamdani, right, and independent candidate former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (not pictured), Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis, Pool)
Ackman and Catsimatidis are among those billionaires arguing that a vote for Sliwa is a vote for Mamdani.
«Like that Ackman, out in Chappaqua, what does he know about New York City?» Sliwa questioned on Monday, telling reporters that billionaires «have paved the way for Zohran Mamdani because every time they fail, it makes it easier for Zohran Mamdani to campaign.»
«They should stay out of it, focus on Wall Street, hedge funds. They know nothing about the streets, as clearly evidenced by their panic,» Sliwa said, urging billionaires to «let the people decide.»
«Billionaires should be ashamed of themselves for interfering with this election. I call it election interference. Let the people decide. That’s the way I was raised. That’s the way everybody was raised. Nobody was ever told the billionaires were going to pick the person who wins an election.»
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Mamdani agreed with his Republican opponent on Monday, arguing that New Yorkers «no matter what they think about our politics, want to make their own decisions, and that is one place where Curtis and I agree, which is that it’s time for New Yorkers to make this decision, not for billionaire donors to decide who gets to run this city.»
«To have a candidate spending all his time pleading with another candidate to get, it shows that he doesn’t have much to share with New Yorkers himself,» Mamdani said of Cuomo.
Fox News Digital reached out to Cuomo for comment but did not immediately receive a response.
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