KCPQ – TV (Channel 13), Fox News’ Seattle affiliate, grossly inflated the Palestinian death toll during the Israel-Hamas war as “hundreds of thousands.” In the Feb. 13 “Washington News Wrap” broadcast, KCPQ reporter Matthew Smith egregiously misreported: “In fact, we heard from a former Amazon worker who was fired up after he spoke up about how Amazon was impacting the violence in Gaza, leading to Palestinians dying after an attack on Israel led to counterattacks and hundreds of thousands of deaths.” 

Yet, even according to the Hamas-run Gaza Ministry of Health, the death toll is a minuscule fraction of what Smith claimed. As Fox News reported on Jan. 31, 2026: “The Gaza Health Ministry currently reports 71,667 deaths, including more than 450 since the October 2025 ceasefire, though Israeli officials said the estimate does not include bodies believed to be buried under rubble.” [Emphasis added.]

Furthermore, Smith failed to challenge an on-air statement by former Amazon employee Ahmed Shahrour, who unbelievably inflated even beyond Smith’s own egregiously overstated figure. Shahrour appeared in the broadcast stating:  “I was fired three months ago for daring to speak up against executives and educate my colleagues about Project Nimbus, a $1.2 billion project between Amazon and the Israeli military used to commit a genocide that has wiped out nearly half the population in Gaza.”