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Gaza Population Data Challenges Famine Narratives · Israel Today: Ongoing War Report

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  Speaker 1: You're listening to Israel Today ongoing war report. I'm Noah Levi.
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  Speaker 1: New analysis of data from Hamas's own Ministry of Health
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  Speaker 1: indicates Gaza's population grew by 1.2% in 2025, a rate
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  Speaker 1: higher than in most of the world. This finding, according
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  Speaker 1: to an assessment by the Australia-Israel and Jewish Affairs Council,
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  Speaker 1: challenges widespread international claims of genocide and famine. The analysis
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  Speaker 1: of the figures also suggests that non-violent deaths were lower
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  Speaker 1: than in 2022 and that most casualties were military-aged males,
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  Speaker 1: contrary to widely circulated claims about women and children. While
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  Speaker 1: acknowledging historical unreliability of Hamas's data, the Council notes it
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  Speaker 1: still contradicts extreme narratives. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued a
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  Speaker 1: strong warning this week, stating that a government dependent on
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  Speaker 1: Islamist parties would threaten Israel's national survival and tear us
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  Speaker 1: apart from within. He called for a broad national unity
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  Speaker 1: government and accused opposition leaders of prioritising political interests. Domestically,
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  Speaker 1: opposition leaders are demanding a vote to elect a new
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  Speaker 1: Knesset speaker by Tuesday. Current speaker Amir Ohana maintains the
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  Speaker 1: date will be set when the government is formed. Reports
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  Speaker 1: from the opposition bloc also allege a Likud plan to
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  Speaker 1: physically disrupt the vote by blocking lawmakers' entry into the plenum. Meanwhile,
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  Speaker 1: opposition parties continue internal discussions to agree on a candidate
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  Speaker 1: to replace Ohana. In Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's corruption trial,
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  Speaker 1: judges are considering a request to involve current Attorney-General Ghali
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  Speaker 1: Baharav Miara in future discussions, following questions raised during former
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  Speaker 1: Attorney-General Avichai Mandelblit's testimony. In a significant political statement, Mansa
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  Speaker 1: Arbas of the Rayam Party announced that his party has
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  Speaker 1: recommended Gahdi Eisenkot for the position of Prime Minister. In
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  Speaker 1: economic news, an international operation led by German prosecutors has
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  Speaker 1: uncovered a suspected investment fraud network reportedly operating from Israel
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  Speaker 1: and Cyprus. This network allegedly provided crime-as-a-service infrastructure to criminal
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  Speaker 1: organisations across Europe, with investigators estimating financial losses exceeding € 4 million.
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  Speaker 1: On the judicial front, police have detained a doctor and
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  Speaker 1: two employees at Kaplan Hospital in Rehovot, on suspicion of
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  Speaker 1: taking blood samples from patients without approval. Separately, senior officials
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  Speaker 1: from the Ministry of Education are set to meet with
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  Speaker 1: parents concerning an abuse case in Ariel, acknowledging the situation
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  Speaker 1: as a serious failure. In community news, the Jerusalem municipality
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  Speaker 1: is implementing new measures to care for its homeless population,
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  Speaker 1: underscoring a commitment to leave no one behind. The CEO
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  Speaker 1: of the president's office shared personal family experiences in an interview.
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  Speaker 1: detailing efforts in combating boycotts. And in international relations, reports
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  Speaker 1: indicate Israel has formed a surprising alliance with an Asian
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  Speaker 1: island nation, involving severed diplomatic ties and significant arms purchases. Finally,
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  Speaker 1: a surprising statistic suggests that popular children may perceive school
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  Speaker 1: bullying as enhancing their popularity. For continuing coverage of antisemitism
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  Speaker 1: around the world, listen to Antisemitism Watch from Clockwork Media.
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  Speaker 1: Find it at clockwickmedia.org slash watch. I'm Noah Levi, thank
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