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UN inquiry member says some genocide claims against Israel unverified as Gaza reports population growth
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The allegations of genocide against Israel took more hits this week following the reported admission by a senior member of the U.N. Commission of Inquiry on Israel that claims had not been independently verified. This comes as the Palestinian Ministry of Health data shows Gaza’s population grew in 2025.
Critics say the accusations fueled antisemitism around the world and that those pushing the genocide claims — including major international media outlets — need to be made accountable for their words.
In Sept. 2025, the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem and Israel (COI) released a report stating that Israel had committed genocide in Gaza since Oct. 2023. In the report, the COI cited an article from the Guardian stating that 83% of Gazans killed in the conflict were civilians.
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Chair of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel, South African judge Navanethem «Navi» Pillay (R), speaks next to Commission Member Chris Sidoti during a press conference in Geneva on September 16, 2025. The Inquiry Commission on September 16, 2025 accused Israel of committing «genocide» in Gaza in a bid to «destroy the Palestinians» there, and blamed Israel’s prime minister and other top officials for incitement. (Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP via Getty Images)
Following the release of data from the COI commissioner, Chris Sidoti, in an interview last week reported by JNS and posted on X was asked whether the COI had independently established that the remainder of Palestinians said to be killed in the fighting were civilians, Sidoti said, «No, we didn’t because we don’t have that information…We literally do not know, nor does anybody else know, including the IDF, how many militants were there.»
The former chair of the committee, Navay Pillay, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize last week.
Israeli soldiers inspect the burnt cars of festival-goers at the site of an attack on the Nova Festival by Hamas gunmen from Gaza, near Israel’s border with the Gaza Strip, in southern Israel, Oct. 13, 2023. (REUTERS/Amir Cohen)
The Palestinian MOH Health Information Unit recently released statistics on overall mortality in Gaza for 2025. This is the first update to include non-violent deaths since 2022, prior to the outbreak of conflict following the terror attacks of Oct. 7, 2023.
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The MOH reported that 24,650 deaths were registered in 2025, with 18,085 (73.4%) being males and 6,565 (26.6%) being females. 70.1% of deaths, or 17,286 cases, were attributed to direct targeting in the war.
The MOH also reported 50,227 live births in 2025. Fox News Digital reached out to officials at the ministry but did not get a response by press time.
Elliot Malin, president at Stratos Council, told Fox News Digital that the MOH data is further evidence against accusations of genocide. With the number of live births in 2025 far greater than the number of deaths, Malin says it is «very hard for us to infer the intent of Israel was to destroy Palestinians in Gaza to a substantial portion.»
Gazans walk with boxes of humanitarian aid they received at a distribution centre run by the US and Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF). (Eyad Baba/AFP via Getty Images)
«We’re not seeing a population under threat. We are seeing that it is actually able to sustain itself,» Malin said. He took issue with the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) declaration last year that famine had reached Gaza in the summer of 2025. Malin said that «if the population is sustaining and growing through this, what they call a famine, it indicates that there is enough caloric intake to sustain the population.»
Gabriel Epstein, senior policy associate at Israel Policy Forum, also told Fox News Digital that widespread allegations of genocide are not supported by the MOH report. First, the report «absolutely» demonstrates population growth in 2025, according to Epstein, who added it would «be surprising» if the population of Gaza, «one of the youngest…in the world,» was not growing.
While he says that it is impossible to discern the actual rate of population growth given factors like emigration and immigration, Epstein said that «the argument that we would need to make to say that there was negative population growth in 2025 would be to more than double the number of both violent and non-violent deaths.»
A woman covers her hair with a Palestinian keffiyeh scarf and raises her fist while holding a placard reading «Gaza Genocide» during an anti-Israel rally on Oct. 09, 2026 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The sign is part of a series of downloadable pre-made graphics created by organizers of the global protest. (Annice Lyn/Getty Images)
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Andrew Fox, senior associate fellow at the Henry Jackson Society, told Fox News Digital that «the data now shows that there was no famine in Gaza.» He said that the allegations play into «the ages-old blood libel of Jews killing children and undoubtedly stoked the global fires of antisemitism. Agencies and the media who shared these false allegations have blood on their hands.»
Epstein said that the latest MOH data is strong proof against the statements from external organizations who used estimates and ratios of non-violent deaths from other conflict zones to suppose that the MOH’s ongoing count of the death toll in Gaza was inaccurate, and that deaths had likely reached multiple hundreds of thousands. These estimated figures were largely used to drive the narrative that Israel was committing genocide in Gaza. He said that current MOH figures «really eliminate the possibility that there is a much higher death toll driven by non-violent or non-trauma deaths.»
Palestinians carry aid supplies, that entered Gaza on trucks through Israel, in Beit Lahia, in the northern Gaza Strip July 29, 2025. (REUTERS/Dawoud Abu Alkas)
He noted that comparing the latest report with ongoing MOH data on overall casualties throughout the war shows that the MOH was not «missing the vast, vast majority of [malnutrition-related] deaths you would have needed to be missing to justify the IPC’s assessment» that famine had reached parts of Gaza in summer 2025.
The IPC did not respond to Fox News Digital’s questions about how new information impacts its prior declaration of famine.
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Palestinians attend a rally calling for an end to the war, in Beit Lahia, in the northern Gaza Strip, on March 25, 2025. (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)
In the MOH’s favor, Epstein said that the current tranche of figures supports a real attempt at honest accounting from the health organization, which was accused of inflating civilian casualties – particularly those of women and children– during the early days of the war.
In its latest report, however, the MOH does not distinguish how many terrorists were among those killed in the conflict. In fact, it states that, «The number of deaths among males was approximately 4.9 times the number of deaths among females within this group – attributed principally to the direct targeting of working-age men during military operations.»
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Smoke rises and ball of fire over a buildings in Gaza City on Oct. 9, 2023 during an Israeli air strike. (Photo by Sameh Rahmi/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
A spokesperson from the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) told Fox News Digital that, «The IDF targets terrorists and military objectives, not civilians based on their age or gender. The fact that more military-age men are disproportionately among those eliminated is consistent with the fact that terrorist organizations are predominantly composed of men in this age group. It does not demonstrate that the IDF targets individuals because they are men or of a certain age.»
The spokesperson added that, «Targets are selected based on their military nature or an individual’s involvement in terrorist organizations or participation in hostilities, in accordance with international law and IDF directives. Unlike Hamas, which deliberately targets Israeli civilians, the IDF takes all feasible precautions to mitigate harm to civilians and operates under a structured targeting framework designed to ensure the identification of lawful military objectives. «
Members of Hamas, march with guns in the streets of the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip on May 28, 2021. (NurPhoto via Getty Images)
Epstein also pushed back against the MOH claim that working-aged men are being purposefully targeted. Epstein said that «military-aged men aren’t appearing disproportionately because the IDF was targeting military-aged men as such, but because the vast majority of militants come from that range.» He said that «Gaza is unique in how heavily militarized its male population is.»
Epstein added that available 2025 data does not support the claim that the IDF acted with the intent to cause harm to the population. Not only do the Oct. 7, 2023 attacks and hybridization of civilian and military structures in Gaza provide a rationale for military targeting, Epstein emphasized that the IDF has taken numerous mitigation measures to avoid civilian casualties.
Requests for comment to the Palestinian Ministry of Health were not returned by press time.
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Woke megachurch pastor, Dem nominee called for repentance over White privilege in wake of George Floyd, BLM
A former pastor and candidate running to make history in deep-red Kansas once suggested that people should repent for their White privilege as protests against the death of George Floyd rippled through the country.
During the tumultuous summer of 2020, just days after Floyd’s killing in Minnesota, Adam Hamilton called on his congregation at the Church of the Resurrection to recognize their White privilege and repent.
«Like part of what I know is that, is that I grew up in a way that I’m blind to certain things in our society,» Hamilton said during a sermon dubbed «Jesus, Protests and Repentance.» «I just am. And I have certain benefits by virtue of being educated, White and male, right?»
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«And we don’t like to hear that, especially White folks don’t like to hear that. But there are benefits that come along with that,» he continued.
Hamilton is running against Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kan., in what has become one of the tightest races of this midterm cycle, despite Kansas’ near-century-long history of not sending a Democratic candidate to the Senate.
«Roger Marshall wants to talk about anything other than his history of suing and jailing mothers and protecting predators by voting against releasing the Epstein Files,» Tyson Brody, a spokesperson for Hamilton’s campaign, told Digital. «Once again, he’s attacking Adam for something Roger said himself. Roger’s own pastor called Adam ‘middle of the road.’ Kansans are tired of high gas and grocery prices and ready for a senator who won’t divide us by race, religion, income, or ability to pay a medical bill at 18% interest.»
Republicans acknowledge that they are facing headwinds going into November’s election, but until recently, the contest between Marshall and Hamilton wasn’t of much concern for the GOP.
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Now, the race has taken a turn and been rated a toss-up by the Cook Political Report as voters fume over the cost of fuel, groceries and other economic pain. In response, national Republicans are beginning to dump more resources into the contest to ensure that they maintain the seat.
Throughout the race, Marshall has largely aligned himself with President Donald Trump, only rarely breaking from the administration on certain decisions — last month he called for more advance notice and cooperation between the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Kansas government after federal immigration agents descended on the southern part of the state.
Marshall has painted Hamilton as a «woke» megachurch pastor, delivering left-leaning ideals from the pulpit.
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So has an outside group based in Massachusetts, the Main Street Fund, which ran an ad in Kansas that spliced portions of two different sermons and charged that Hamilton was «way too woke for Kansas,» shortly after Hamilton won his primary, The Kansas City Star reported.
During the sermon from June 2020 amid the Black Lives Matter (BLM) protests, Hamilton pushed back against rioting and looting, and argued that while the BLM movement was the focal point at the time, all lives matters.
«Of course all lives matter,» Hamilton said. «Everybody understands white lives matter, blue lives matter.»
Hamilton continued in his sermon posted on the church’s YouTube page in June 2020 amid the Black Lives Matter protests, «When I’m stopped by the police, I’m never afraid that they’re gonna pull a gun on me.»
«But every African American man that I know is worried about what might happen when a police pull him over,» Hamilton said at the time. «It’s not that all the police are bad, they’re gonna do something like that, but there’s this fear underneath there. And so the hands go on the steering wheel at 10 and 2. They’ve been taught that from the time they were children. Right?»
«I wasn’t taught that, because I don’t have to be afraid of that. Right? And there’s a whole host of other things that are just a part of life. You know, I can … well, you get the idea. There are benefits and privileges to my place in life. I have to recognize that,» he continued. «To see that. And then I have to listen. I have to listen and understand, and finally be able to see the brokenness in myself, and my indifference. Before I can do anything to help anyone else, I have to have a conversion. I have to repent.»
And Marshall, who was running for his first term in the Senate at the time, struck a similar somber tone as Hamilton six years ago.
In various posts to social media and interviews with local outlets, Marshall condemned Floyd’s slaying and pushed for reforms that would ensure what happened in Minnesota and to federal Protective Services Officer Patrick Underwood, who was killed in a drive-by shooting just days after Floyd’s death.
«Additionally, Republicans called on Congressional Democrats to work across the aisle to make sure that what happened to George Floyd and Patrick Underwood never happens again, and significant bipartisan reform can be passed,» Marshall said on Facebook following a House Judiciary hearing on police practices and law enforcement accountability.
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Avanza el desmontaje de estaciones del Sitramss tras años sin funcionamiento en El Salvador
Los trabajos recientes en las estaciones que funcionaron para el Sistema Integrado de Transporte del Área Metropolitana de San Salvador (Sitramss) se enmarcan, por ahora, en un proceso de reordenamiento, según explicó Nelson Reyes, viceministro de Transporte, durante una entrevista en Frente a Frente.
El funcionario mencionó que en esos espacios se habían registrado problemas de suciedad, desorden en su uso y casos en los que eran utilizados como estacionamiento.
Reyes no adelantó si las intervenciones podrían estar asociadas a un nuevo proyecto de transporte. Consultado sobre las labores en las estaciones, indicó que actualmente se trabaja en su ordenamiento y en mantener organizada esa zona de la ciudad.
Las intervenciones coinciden con trabajos de desmontaje en algunas estructuras. El 10 de octubre se reportó el retiro del techo de la estación ubicada frente al Parque Infantil, en labores vinculadas al desmantelamiento de esa instalación, según Diario El Mundo.
En ese punto, ya se había retirado la cubierta y permanecía parte de la estructura metálica que la sostenía. Otros materiales se encontraban en el lugar, a la espera de ser desmontados.
También se informó que la estación frente al Hospital Médico Quirúrgico, sobre la alameda Juan Pablo II, presentaba un avance mayor en las labores de demolición.
En algunos casos, se colocaron barreras metálicas, mallas, cordones y rótulos para restringir el acceso peatonal y evitar que los espacios fueran utilizados como parqueo.
El Sitramss fue construido como un corredor de transporte masivo
La construcción del carril segregado del Sitramss comenzó a inicios de junio de 2013 en el arriate del bulevar del Ejército. La obra fue proyectada en un tramo desde la intersección de la avenida El Rosario, en Soyapango, hasta el sector de la 50.ª avenida norte, cerca de Molsa.
El proyecto buscaba conectar Soyapango con San Salvador mediante un sistema de transporte masivo y reducir la presión vehicular en ese corredor.
En ese momento, el entonces ministro de Obras Públicas, Gerson Martínez, planteó evaluar cambios en el recorrido de los buses procedentes del oriente y centro del país para que no llegaran hasta la Terminal de Oriente.
La infraestructura de los carriles segregados, estaciones y terminal fue financiada con un préstamo de $ 45 millones, aprobado en enero de 2012 a 25 años.
Las operaciones comenzaron en 2015
El Sitramss inició pruebas piloto sin pasajeros el 11 de enero de 2015. Las unidades realizaron recorridos entre Soyapango y el Hospital Médico Quirúrgico para medir los tiempos de traslado.
Después comenzó una fase con pasajeros y pasaje gratuito. El 12 de mayo de 2015, el Sitramss inició de forma progresiva el cobro de una tarifa autorizada de $ 0.33 en el recorrido entre Soyapango y la Plaza Salvador del Mundo.
El sistema contaba con estaciones en el Hospital Médico Quirúrgico, Parque Infantil, Parque Centenario, Reloj de Flores, Fenadesal, Amatepec y Antekirta. El recorrido también incluía la Terminal de Integración de Soyapango, en la avenida Rosario Sur.
En julio de 2016, las autoridades entregaron la Terminal de Integración del Sitramss, construida con una inversión de $ 5.7 millones. La infraestructura incluía cuatro andenes peatonales, túnel para cruces internos, oficinas administrativas, espacios comerciales y un sistema de videovigilancia.
La terminal fue diseñada como un punto de transbordo entre buses alimentadores, unidades urbanas y buses articulados. También incluía señalización para orientar a los usuarios y accesos para personas con discapacidad o movilidad reducida.
Las demandas cuestionaron el uso exclusivo de los carriles
El uso exclusivo de los carriles segregados y las estaciones fue cuestionado mediante demandas de inconstitucionalidad. Una de ellas fue presentada el 12 de mayo de 2015 por los transportistas Génaro Ramírez y Juan Pablo Álvarez.
Los demandantes cuestionaban que la explotación exclusiva de los carriles y de las estaciones no hubiera sido autorizada mediante una concesión de la Asamblea Legislativa.
En mayo de 2017, la Sala de lo Constitucional emitió una medida cautelar que eliminó la exclusividad de los carriles para las unidades del Sitramss. A partir del 11 de mayo de ese año, los vehículos particulares también pudieron circular por esas vías.
En junio de 2019, la Sala declaró inconstitucional la resolución de la Dirección General de Tránsito del Viceministerio de Transporte que había establecido el uso privativo del carril segregado y de las estaciones.
La sentencia otorgó un plazo a la Asamblea Legislativa para decidir sobre una concesión de explotación. También estableció que, de no cumplirse ese procedimiento, debían habilitarse los carriles para el tránsito general y retirarse las señales de uso exclusivo.
En marzo de 2022, la Sala concedió un nuevo plazo de 12 meses a la Asamblea Legislativa para resolver si autorizaba o no la explotación del carril segregado del Sitramss.
El sistema dejó de operar en 2020
El Sitramss dejó de operar durante la suspensión del transporte público decretada en abril de 2020, en el contexto de la pandemia de covid-19. Cuando se reanudó la circulación del transporte colectivo, las unidades no retomaron sus operaciones regulares.
Tras la suspensión del servicio en 2020, el Ministerio de Obras Públicas multó con cerca de $ 500,000 a la empresa Sipago-Sitramss por no prestar el servicio de transporte.
Las estaciones permanecieron sin su función original después de la salida del sistema. Con el tiempo, algunas fueron utilizadas por personas en situación de calle y otras registraron problemas de suciedad, acceso no autorizado y uso como estacionamiento.
El desmontaje de estructuras y las labores de ordenamiento descritas por el viceministro Reyes ocurren después de ese período sin operación regular del sistema.
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Most dramatic moments from Rep Mike Lawler’s fiery debate against Dem Cait Conley in battle for House control
Tensions flared on the debate stage Wednesday night, where Rep. Mike Lawler, R-N.Y., faced off against Democrat military veteran Cait Conley to represent their suburban New York district in Congress.
Lawler is vying for a third term representing the Empire State’s 17th Congressional District.
One of the few swing seats left in Congress, the race could prove decisive for which party controls the House of Representatives for the latter half of President Donald Trump’s term.
Below are some of the most dramatic moments during their one-hour head-to-head on PIX11 News:
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While the debate was filled with the two political rivals criticizing each other, one tense moment came when Lawler turned his ire on moderator Dan Mannarino.
Mannarino had asked both Conley and Lawler what should be done to rein in Immigration and U.S. Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents who run afoul of their own guidelines, invoking the recent shooting of an illegal immigrant in the Bronx by federal officers while the man’s five-year-old was in the car.
Lawler pointed to the man’s rap sheet and accused Democrat state leaders of creating the situation with their sanctuary policies and Gov. Kathy Hochul’s recent bail reforms. He also accused Conley of supporting those policies.
The moderator began, «Mr. Lawler, I just want to follow up. The question was, how do you ensure if ICE agents do not follow through objectives, and what’s the discipline —»
«I understand the question,» Lawler said amid the cross-talk.
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«But you didn’t answer the question,» Mannarino said.
«I understand the question. But here’s the problem, Danny,» Lawler shot back. «You guys want to focus on a gangbanger who has put people in harm’s way? I want to make sure that our communities are safe.»
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The GOP incumbent notably used the immigration standoff to pivot to the case of Sheridan Gorman, a teen from his district who was shot and killed near her college campus in Chicago earlier this year. The accused is an illegal immigrant who was previously arrested for shoplifting but was never turned over to ICE due to Chicago’s sanctuary policies.
Conley called Gorman’s death an «atrocious crime,» while Lawler repeatedly said over her, «It was preventable.»
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«Can I finish?» an irate Conley shot back. «It was an atrocious crime committed in Chicago. And that man should have been deported. And I do support federal agents and federal law enforcement, federal immigration enforcement, making sure that we deport violent criminals.»
Lawler then pointed out, however, that the man would only have been deported if the sanctuary laws were not in place — laws he has repeatedly accused Conley of supporting along with her fellow Democrats.
«This is important,» Lawler began as the moderator tried to regain control. «If you think he should have been deported when he was arrested for shoplifting, he should have been turned over to ICE. Under the new law that you support, he will not be turned over to ICE and he will be released under cashless bail.»
«Mr. Lawler, there’s not a cross-examination round, so thank you,» the moderator said.
Conley quipped at her GOP rival, «If you wanted to be the moderator, you should have volunteered.»
At another point, the candidates were asked whether there should be a federal definition or law for consent to help stop sexual assault.
Conley took the moment to attack Lawler for being allied with Rep. Max Miller, R-Ohio, a fellow House Republican who has been accused of domestic violence by his wife. Miller has denied the allegations.
Lawler said their matter was «tragic’ and should be dealt with in family court without blaming either side. He then accused Conley of taking money from former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer, who was revealed to be a client in a 2008 federal probe into a prostitution ring. Spitzer was never criminally prosecuted and resigned from his governorship amid the scandal.
«I’m sorry. I do not need — I do not need you to mansplain to me, domestic abuse and sexual assault against women,» Conley snapped. «Don’t start. I do not need you to mansplain to me, Mike.»
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