Israeli PM Campaign Ad

First campaign ad Benny Gantz, candidate for Prime Minister of Israel, currently trailing Netanyahu by 10%

Title: 6,231 targets destroyed - parts of Gaza returned to the Stone Age

As chief of general staff of the Israeli Defense Forces, Gantz led the offensive that bombarded Gaza for 51 days, killing – as the ad boasts – “1,364 terrorists” and bringing “3.5 years of quiet.”

  Haaretz notes that even the official Israeli military figures counts less than half of the Palestinian casualties as militants – meaning Gantz included close to 500 “uncategorized” casualties in his “terrorist” tally.

- Fact-check: Did Netanyahu Challenger Benny Gantz Really Kill 1,364 'Terrorists' in Gaza?

Actual statisitics from 2014 Gaza 'war':

• 2,251 Palestinians, including 1,462 civilians, were killed. ...
• Of the Palestinian fatalities, 551 were children and 299 women.
• 11,231 Palestinians were injured including 3,436 children and 3,540 women, 10 percent of whom suffer permanent disability.
• More than 1,500 Palestinian children were orphaned.