Confirmed: Hamas inflated casualty numbers; UPDATE: IDF denies story

A reporter for the Italian daily Corriere Della Sera has been told by a doctor in Gaza's Shifa Hospital that no more than 500-600 'Palestinians' died in Operation Cast Lead, most of whom were armed young men who were acting on behalf of Hamas. "The number of deceased stands at no more than 500 to 600. Most of them are youths between the ages of 17 to 23 who were recruited to the ranks of Hamas,