Israel downsizes death toll from Oct, 7 attacks by 200

JERUSALEM

The Israeli Foreign Ministry corrected on Friday the death toll from attacks since Oct. 7 to 1,200 which was previously listed as 1,400.

It published a statement in reaction to a decision Friday by the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) regarding the situation in the Gaza Strip in which it said that “the resolution totally ignores the October 7 massacre by Hamas terrorists, who brutally murdered about 1200 people in cold blood.”

Israel has launched relentless air and ground attacks on the Gaza Strip – including hospitals, residences, and houses of worship – since a cross-border attack by the Palestinian resistance group Hamas on Oct. 7.

At least 11,078 Palestinians have been killed, including 4,506 children and 3,027 women.

*Writing by Ikram Kouachi