concrete proof that idf downplays and hides casualties concrete proof that idf downplays and hides casualties concrete proof that idf downplays and hides casualties concrete proof that idf downplays and hides casualties concrete proof that idf downplays and hides casualties haaretz article:   > an examination conducted by haaretz with the hospitals where the wounded soldiers have been and are treated shows a considerable and unexplained gap between the data reported by the military and that from the hospitals. the hospitals' data shows that the number of wounded soldiers to be twice as high as the army's numbers. > the idf spokesperson's tight oversight regarding wounded military personnel has recently come under much criticism from hospital spokespeople. > in a letter to hospital spokespeople by the head of media at the idf spokesperson's unit, lt. col. adi barel-even, the hospitals were asked to report the condition of the soldiers hospitalized at their facilities only once a day, at 1 p.m., and to disseminate only data from the preceding 24 hours, without specifying soldiers whose injuries had not been reported in the preceding idf spokesperson's announcement. > barel-even explained the change in the procedures was a "desire to protect the dignity of the wounded and their families." the spokespeople were further asked to "refrain from publishing announcements hinting at the arrival of wounded soldiers at your facility, in the course of operational incidents, prior to an official idf spokesperson's announcement."
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