The U.S. State Department on October 22nd, 2025, issued a statement condemning the International Court of Justice's (ICJ) "advisory opinion" as "corrupt" and "nakedly politicized," asserting it unfairly "bashes Israel" and grants UNRWA "a free pass" for its alleged entanglement with Hamas. The statement, posted to X at 7:03 PM UTC, claimed the ICJ is a "partisan political tool" that "can be weaponized against Americans." Separately, a post on X from @Osint613 on October 22nd, 2025, at 6:58 PM UTC, alleged that ABC News featured a "civil defense" spokesman from Gaza who is an "active Hamas operative." The post questioned whether ABC News was unaware of this affiliation, which it deemed "alarming," or chose to omit the information, stating "One option isn’t better than the other." Previous reports from October 22nd, 2025, indicated that the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs also "categorically rejected" the ICJ's "advisory opinion" regarding UNRWA, citing alleged Hamas infiltration and the employment of over 1,400 Hamas operatives by the organization. Geo-analyst Ben-Zion Makles estimated on the same day that approximately 62 percent of buildings in Gaza were destroyed during the "Eighth Assembly War."
