Analysts say Gaza 'civilian' deaths include Hamas, other terror members working as medics, media workers

As Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) publically declare their dead, caller investigation shows that galore antecedently counted arsenic civilians were successful truth members of nan violent organizations, undermining accusations that Israeli forces deliberately targeted civilians successful Gaza.

Researchers monitoring nan Hamas-run wellness ministry’s decease reports told Fox News Digital that a increasing number of 'martyrs' were exposed arsenic terrorists by their ain groups specified arsenic Hamas, contempt maintaining nationalist identities arsenic healthcare aliases media workers.

Gabriel Epstein, elder argumentation subordinate astatine Israel Policy Forum, told Fox News Digital that he has tracked aggregate individuals named by Hamas and PIJ arsenic martyrs killed successful conflict successful Gaza who held positions successful nan wellness industry, including nongovernmental organizations (NGOs.)

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Smoke rises and shot of occurrence complete a buildings successful Gaza City connected October 9, 2023 during an Israeli aerial strike. (Photo by Sameh Rahmi/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Epstein recovered respective individuals branded arsenic aesculapian unit who are besides members of violent groups. The astir superior revelation from nan martyr database is Fadi al-Wadiyya, a physiotherapist for Médecins sans frontières, who was killed by Israel Defense Forces successful June 2024. MSF responded to nan death, saying they were "outraged" and "strongly condemn[ed] nan sidesplitting of our colleague."

When nan IDF claimed that al-Wadiyya was a personnel of PIJ, MSF said they had "no anterior knowledge" of his "alleged engagement successful subject activities" and said they had "not received immoderate general explanation" of "the circumstances of his killing."

In a Telegram relationship claiming to beryllium nan media reserve for nan Al-Quds Brigades, a station mourning al-Wadiyya’s martyrdom connected Feb. 24 lists nan physiotherapist arsenic an adjunct to nan subject manufacturing portion of PIJ’s Al-Quds Brigades.

Fox News Digital asked MSF whether they were alert of al-Wadiyya’s PIJ connections anterior to nan martyr announcement. A spokesperson said, "We would not knowingly employment group engaging successful subject activity" arsenic it "would airs a threat to our unit and patients by compromising our neutrality."

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Hamas terrorists marching successful Gaza during a parade.  (Getty Images)

The spokesperson said that "MSF had nary denotation that Fadi Al Wadiya mightiness person been progressive successful subject activity of immoderate benignant anterior to nan Israeli authorities’ online posts successful June 2024. In nan contiguous aftermath of Al-Wadiya's killing, we asked for explanations from nan Israeli authorities, but ne'er received an charismatic response. If nan Israeli authorities were alert of Al-Wadiya's links pinch militant activities, they ne'er shared this info pinch america until aft he was killed. To this day, nan only accusation they shared and that we are alert of is what was shared done nationalist societal media posts."

The IDF banned MSF operations successful Gaza from nan opening of March because nan statement refused to supply a database of its Palestinian employees. In consequence to Fox News Digital’s questions astir whether they would see providing this database to nan IDF presently, MSF’s spokesperson said, "We did not stock our unit lists pinch Israel because we did not person actual assurances to guarantee nan information of our unit aliases nan independent guidance of our operations. This is simply a spot wherever humanitarian workers person often been detained, attacked, and killed. We person a work to protect our colleagues from harm."

Epstein shared respective different cases of healthcare workers who played salient roles successful panic groups.

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Ambulances carrying patients from Kamal Adwan Hospital successful Beit Lahya, Gaza City. Oct. 12, 2024.  (Hamza Z. H. Qraiqea/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Mohammed Akram Abdullah al-Kafarna was mourned by nan Palestinian Nursing and Midwifery Association’s Facebook page arsenic nan nursing supervisor astatine Kamal Adwan Hospital and by nan Institute for Palestine Studies arsenic caput of nan Gaza nursing system.[v] A Telegram relationship that lists members of Hamas’ best-outfitted Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, al-Kafarna is described arsenic 1 of Beit Hanoun’s "Qassam Martyrs."

Ayman Suleiman Aliyan Abu Tayr was listed arsenic martyred successful Khan Younis successful June 2025. The Institute for Palestine Studies labels him arsenic a caregiver and caput of nan objective nutrition section astatine Nasser Hospital. According to a Telegram relationship linked to PIJ’s Al-Quds Brigades, Abu Tayr was a Commander successful nan Central Operations Unit of nan Al-Quds Brigades.

Jaber Abdulhamid Diab Mohammedin was mourned connected nan Palestinian Ministry of Health General Directorate of Nursing’s Facebook page arsenic an Intensive Care Unit caregiver astatine nan Al-Rantisi Specialized Children’s Hospital. A Telegram relationship linked to nan Islamic Jihad Movement lists Mohammedin arsenic a commandant successful nan subject manufacturing portion of nan PIJ’s Al-Quds Brigade.

Nidal Jaber Abdulfattah al-Najjar is branded arsenic an administrator astatine nan Palestinian Ministry of Health, according to nan Institute for Palestine Studies, while a mourner connected Facebook noted that he worked successful nan Al-Rantisi Children’s Hospital. He is branded connected a Telegram relationship emblazoned pinch Hamas’ unique reddish triangle arsenic a martyr commandant of Hamas’ Al-Radwan Battalion.

IDF forces are seen operating successful Rafah, a metropolis successful nan Gaza Strip. (IDF Spokesman's Unit)

Salo Aizenberg, head of media watchdog group HonestReporting, told Fox News Digital that he is search astatine slightest 10 "virtually indisputable" examples of journalists who are really combatants, moving pinch Hamas and different violent groups.

David Adesnik, vice president of investigation for nan Foundation for Defense of Democracies, told Fox News Digital that he has besides been search nan disclosures. "With PIJ, nan number of commanders who operated pinch civilian screen is striking," Adesnik said. "We’re astatine a constituent wherever nan grounds indicates that this duplicity was a regular portion of a strategy to infiltrate civilian organization, particularly humanitarian ones. This provides entree and protection while ensuring outrage erstwhile these expected humanitarians are killed."

Adesnik said he believes it "likely that Hamas besides employed this strategy successful a systematic way, but correct now we chiefly person nan PIJ disclosures. Given that Hamas is galore times larger, if it were to disclose this benignant of information, nan effects could easy ripple crossed nan humanitarian assemblage successful Gaza."

Among nan cases Aizenberg is search are media workers. He said that his database is "based solely connected admissions by those groups and different Gazan sources," and "does not see nan galore further examples identified done Israeli evidence."

Yahya Sinwar, nan erstwhile Hamas terro leader who was killed by nan IDF, waves to a crowd successful Gaza. (Photo by Mustafa Hassona/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Though nan Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) cites Yacoup Al-Borsch arsenic a journalist and nan executive head of Namaa Radio, Aizenberg has recovered "numerous societal media posts and martyr notices identifying him arsenic a combatant and ‘mujahid.’" This includes a Facebook station from an relationship affiliated pinch nan Al-Omari Mosque successful Jabalia.

Ahmed Abu Sharia was a freelancer who worked for outlets for illustration Iranian Tasnim News Agency, nan CPJ says. According to nan "official" Telegram tract of nan Mujahideen Brigades, nan Palestinian Mujahideen movement’s subject wing, he was besides a personnel of nan Mujahideen Brigades.

Rizq Abu Shakian was a "media worker and administrator for nan pro-Hamas Palestine Now Agency," according to CPJ. Shakian besides appears successful Hamas azygous connected a Telegram tract that shares images of Palestinian martyrs. According to Aizenberg’s research, he was a personnel of nan Al-Qassam Brigades.

In consequence to questions astir whether CPJ would update listings of journalists who person been claimed arsenic panic affiliates, nan group directed Fox News Digital to its argumentation for updating listings, which states, "CPJ has a long-standing argumentation of updating its information and nan accompanying communicative accounts without issuing general corrections arsenic caller accusation becomes disposable complete time. In definite cases, a grounds whitethorn beryllium removed from nationalist position erstwhile caller accusation leads CPJ to find that a lawsuit falls extracurricular its instruction aliases for information concerns, specified arsenic nan information of nan journalist and their family.  CPJ will publically grounds erstwhile it has removed a journalist from nan database for a logic extracurricular of information concerns. "

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As nan shaky ceasefire successful Gaza continues, analysts opportunity they proceed to spot worth successful intimately examining nan war’s casualties. Epstein said that "reviewing cases of militants who held dual civilian roles successful cardinal sectors for illustration media, healthcare and acquisition is important for nan humanities grounds and underscores nan accusation limitations press, government, and analysts look successful existent clip during conflict." He said that "over time, militant recognition tin springiness a consciousness of conscionable really heavy Hamas, PIJ and different militant groups' clasp complete cardinal sectors successful Gaza was."