# Discussion thread for the Hamas Attacks Israel thread, October 2023 **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** israel-hamas-war\ **Created:** [October 9, 2023, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-hamas-attacks-israel-thread-october-2023/991317 "2023-10-09T15:10:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 807
**Author:** ![Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b487fb/32.png) [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2023, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-hamas-attacks-israel-thread-october-2023/991317/807 "2023-11-02T03:27:25Z")
Are you still claiming it was 30-50 people killed in the Al-Ahli Arab Hospital explosion? > [@Will Israel destroy Hamas](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-israel-destroy-hamas/991277/432): > > Which is exactly why Hamas lied and balooned 30-50 dead into 500. Here are various estimates of the number of dead from that incident. Gaza Health Ministry: 471 Director of the nearby al-Shifa Hospital: 250 American Friends of the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem: 200 US intelligence agencies: 100 to 300 people, and that the actual number was likely on the low end of that range --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-hamas-attacks-israel-thread-october-2023/991317)._