Tim Kennedy on israel-hamas war: what the evidence says · JRE #2055
SUBJECT: ISRAEL-HAMAS WAR
Not a true/false call. Every claim is logged with its sources; read the exhibits below.
IDF said that 80 of all of the victims in within the kibbutzes were tortured before they were murdered. 80% of all of the victims.
What the evidence says 01 / RECORD
No official IDF report or Israeli government statistic states that 80% of all October 7 kibbutz victims were tortured before death. FactCheck.org reported that Rabbi Israel Weiss, Israel's former army chief rabbi and one of the officials overseeing identification of the dead, said many bodies showed signs of torture and rape, but that the military personnel overseeing the identification process did not present any forensic evidence, such as photos or medical records, to support that characterization. That reporting does not include or corroborate a specific 80% figure, and no verified IDF-sourced statistic quantifying an 80% torture rate among kibbutz victims has been identified. The claim as stated, attributing a specific 80% figure to an official IDF report, is unsupported by available evidence.