‘Total BULL*** From a LYING Military’’ IDF Takes On Piers Morgan, Mehdi Hasan and Hasan Piker
October 5, 2026
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5 min readThe episode opens with a striking admission: the IDF spent days teasing a dossier that would prove it wasn't killing real journalists in Gaza, then sent nobody to defend it when Piers Morgan offered them a seat on his show. The empty chair becomes the episode's central metaphor for what Mehdi Hassan calls "total bullshit from a lying military."
The journalist death toll and the IDF's dossier
The conversation begins with a factual baseline that all participants accept: the Committee to Protect Journalists lists 190 Palestinian journalists and media workers killed in Gaza since the war began. Reporters Without Borders puts the number at 220, the International Federation of Journalists at 240. The United Nations has called this the deadliest conflict for journalists in history. Targeting journalists is a war crime under international law.
The IDF responded by publishing a list of 170 people it claimed were militants masquerading as journalists. Mehdi Hassan and his researcher Mohammed Shahada went through every entry. They found that 59 entries — more than one in three — offered no evidence at all, just "multiple intelligence sources." Some entries didn't even say that. One example Hassan held up on air: a man named Hassan Marzouk Hassan Samur, listed as "military operative in Hamas" with no supporting information whatsoever.
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What you'll learn
- 1 (00:04) **IDF Dossier on Journalists and the Empty Chair** - Piers Morgan introduces the episode’s main topic: the IDF’s propaganda campaign and dossier claiming to prove killed journalists were Hamas militants, but the IDF failed to send a representative to debate.
- 2 (04:31) **Mehdi Hasan on the IDF’s “Trust Me, Bro” Evidence** - Mehdi Hasan, featured in the IDF video, explains why he chuckled at the dossier and why the IDF’s refusal to appear is telling.
- 3 (06:59) **The Overlap Problem: CPJ vs. IDF Lists** - The discussion turns to the minimal overlap between the independent CPJ list and the IDF list, exposing the dossier’s straw man argument.
- 4 (10:51) **The Irony of the Media Ban** - The panel highlights the fundamental contradiction: the IDF releases a dossier while banning independent verification.
- 5 (13:53) **Jonathan Conricus Defends the IDF’s List** - Former IDF spokesman Jonathan Conricus argues the dossier should be taken seriously, but is immediately challenged on the numbers.
- 6 (16:56) **Conricus on Civilian Casualty Numbers** - Piers presses Conricus to give his own estimate of total deaths in Gaza, leading to a dispute over trust in sources.
- 7 (24:49) **Omar Bada: “You Lose the Benefit of the Doubt”** - Palestinian-American commentator Omar Bada argues the IDF’s history of lying means they forfeit any presumption of credibility.
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Guests on this episode
Show Notes
A new row has erupted between the IDF and Piers Morgan over his coverage of journalists killed during the war, with Israel challenging the claims surrounding their deaths.
In tonight’s Uncensored, Piers is joined by founder of Zeteo Mehdi Hasan, Israeli broadcaster Amit Segal, Palestinian-American journalist and commentator Omar Baddar and senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies Jonathan Conricus to debate the evidence and controversy over journalists reporting from the conflict.
Plus, Piers speaks to Daniel Schlichter, a witness aboard the Israel-bound Flydubai flight, and former commercial pilot Captain Steve Scheibner about the alleged hijacking and the Omani pilot at the centre of the story.
(00:00:00) Introduction
(00:03:58) Mehdi Hasan
(00:11:44) IDF’s ban on international journalists in Gaza
(00:20:00) Piers vs Jonathan Conricus on casualty numbers
(00:27:00) Amit Segal on Gaza media ban
(00:41:00) Mehdi Hasan vs Jonathan Conricus
(00:46:11) FlyDubai hijacking attempt
(00:57:00 Passenger Daniel Schlichter
(01:06:57) Captain Steve Scheibner
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