‘Ignorant’ journalists allowed Hamas terrorists to ‘write their headlines’

Sky News Digital Editor Jack Houghton says certain news organisations are still attributing unverifiable death toll figures in the Israel-Hamas conflict.

Mr Houghton said it was "increasingly important" to attribute information correctly as the war between Israel and terror group Hamas intensifies.

“If you have a terrorist organisation which is holding hundreds of hostages, you cannot rely solely on any information its leadership releases,” Mr Houghton said.

“One week on from that failure and news bulletins are still being led with unverifiable death tolls figures which entirely come from this terror group.”

Mr Houghton's remarks come after certain newsrooms quickly blamed Israel for the death of hundreds of people following an explosion at a Gaza hospital.

“When you consider that the hospital bombing allegations make up 500 of that figure, you start to see how wildly inflated these figures could be,” he said.

"No doubt there have been civilian casualties, but the figures coming out of Hamas are completely unverifiable.

"We now know the hospital itself was not bombed, but instead, it was a car park, and many military experts say the damage of the car park is more consistent with a death toll of 50, rather than 500."

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