by Dave DeCamp at AntiWar.com
Update: The Pentagon walked back Austin’s comments, claiming he was referring to total Palestinian deaths based on numbers from Gaza’s Health Ministry, not just women and children.
Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said on Thursday that Israel has killed over 25,000 Palestinian women and children in Gaza since October 7.
When asked how many women and children have been killed during a House Armed Services Committee, Austin replied, “It’s over 25,000.”
The number is higher than the estimate that’s been put out by Gaza’s Health Ministry. The ministry said on Thursday that over 30,000 have been killed so far and has consistently said about 70% of the casualties are women and children, which puts the women and child death toll around 21,000.
Gaza’s Health Ministry does not account for the thousands of civilians who are missing and…
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