'Israel' on blast as media exposes report discrepancies in Gaza ambush
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Israeli media reports reveal inconsistencies in casualty figures from northern Gaza, raising concerns over military censorship and efforts to conceal the true scale of losses from the public.
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Israeli soldiers are seen in Beit Hanoun ahead of an operation by the al-Qassam Brigades, undated. (Al-Qassam Brigades Military Media)
"Israel" is facing mounting scrutiny and accusations of suppressing real-time information from the public, following a deadly ambush by the Palestinian Resistance in northern Gaza that was initially misreported.
On Tuesday, the Israeli military confirmed that five soldiers from the Netzah Yehuda Battalion were killed and two others seriously wounded after explosive devices detonated during battles in the area. The announcement came only after Israeli media had circulated inaccurate preliminary casualty figures.
Later reports indicated that the total number of wounded occupation soldiers had reached 14, including two in critical condition, six with moderate injuries, and six with minor wounds.
The discrepancy between the initial and updated figures sparked public scrutiny over the concealment of accurate casualty data, raising further concerns about the deliberate withholding of critical data from the public.
Censorship to control public consciousness
Hadashot B’zman consequently accused the occupation military’s spokesperson of intentionally hiding the true number of casualties, arguing that this is part of a broader strategy aimed at "engineering Israeli public consciousness" by concealing human losses to preserve "civil resilience" amid continued warfare.
The platform compared the incident to previous state efforts to downplay suicide rates among both soldiers and civilians, noting that since 2018, institutions like the Ministry of Health have withheld real statistics, following reports of over 1,280 suicides in a single year, despite official claims of a decline.
Hadashot B’zman further questioned whether Israelis would have known the reality without platforms such as WhatsApp and Telegram, stating, "Certainly not from official or mainstream media."
Soldiers fall in Resistance ambush
Palestinian Resistance fighters carried out a deadly ambush targeting Israeli occupation forces in northern Gaza late on Monday.
Some of the soldiers were reportedly burned to death during the assault, which closely resembled a previous ambush on June 24, when seven Israeli troops were killed after Palestinian Resistance fighters targeted an armored combat engineering unit.
The latest operation is believed to have occurred in Beit Hanoun, a town in northern Gaza that has been under relentless Israeli bombardment since October 7, 2023.
Israeli media described the operation as "extremely serious" and one of the most complex confrontations since the war began.
Read more: 3 Israeli soldiers killed by Resistance gunfire in south, north Gaza
