Piers Morgan has clashed with an Israeli war veteran over the death toll in Gaza, which could have surpassed 90,000.
Numbers shared by the Gaza health ministry suggest that Israel has killed more than 65,000 Palestinians since October 7, 2023, with another 165,697 people wounded.
But Benjamin Anthony, former Israeli Defence Forces sergeant, appeared to slip up on Piers Morgan’s Uncensored.
Tensions rose when he was questioned on the number of civilians killed in Gaza.
Piers asked: ‘Just to be clear, what is the total number of who have been civilians killed?’
Benjamin replied: ‘So the estimate currently is that there is something in the realm of one terrorist killed, and in that context, two civilians killed.’
Piers interjected, ‘So 60,000 civilians have been killed?’.
In the heated exchange, Piers breaks down the numbers suggesting that the former IDF sergeant believes the death toll is closer to 90,000 rather than the 60,000 as reported by the Palestinian health ministry.
Piers said: ‘Two civilians to one terrorist. 30,000 terrorists, two times that is 60, that’s 90,000 people have been killed.
‘That is way higher than the numbers given by the Gaza Health Ministry which you’ve tried to say are wrong.’
Civilians in Gaza City continue to face shelling as Israeli military push deeper into the enclave.
Local media in Gaza have reported the death toll stands at 51 today.
On Tuesday, the UN commission of inquiry said that Israel was committing genocide of Palestinians in Gaza, but Israel denies the allegations.
‘What we are witnessing in Gaza is not only an unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe, but what the UN Commission of Inquiry has now concluded is a genocide,’ a statement read.
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