Israel Revises Death Toll From Hamas Oct 7 Terror Attack Down to ‘Around 1,200’

Israeli authorities suspected that “a lot of” unidentified corpses previously included in the tally were Hamas terrorists who died in the attack.

A view of a junction shows the aftermath of a mass-infiltration by Hamas terrorists from the Gaza Strip, in the Sderot area, southern Israel, on Oct. 7, 2023. Ammar Awad/Reuters

Israel on Friday revised the death toll from the Oct. 7 terror attack by Hamas to around 1,200, down from a previous government estimate of 1,400, according to an Israeli foreign ministry spokesperson.

“Around 1,200 is the official number of victims of the October 7 massacre,” foreign ministry spokesperson Lior Haiat was quoted as saying by Reuters.