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[–] redcalcium@lemmy.institute 35 points 10 months ago (11 children)

That's 1.1% of Gaza's population killed in just 3 month!

[–] fosforus@sopuli.xyz -2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (4 children)

~~Dunno how you calculated that, but if the 22600 figure is correct, it's 2.8%. Gaza population is currently 800,636 (edit I guess this is could be an estimate, not an exact figure). Still growing even with this war, apparently.~~ edit2 <= junk figures based on shit source I guess.

Against Palestine population it's 0.4%.

Does Hamas report itself how many of its soldiers are in that 22600, or is it claiming that all of these fatalities are actual civilians?

[–] polyploy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The 22,600 figure is most likely a severe underestimate of the people murdered by occupation forces in Gaza (and elsewhere, because they've been murdering people in the West Bank and Lebanon as well). I shared this in another comment but The Lancet published this which determined there was no evidence that the Gaza Ministry of Health is inflating these statistics, if anything they are being under reported.

As for how many are "actual civilians" the way that is being reported currently heavily favors the narrative of the occupation because the assumption is simply that all males over the age of 13 are combatants, and even using this absurd framing around 61% of those killed are women and children. The occupation forces have proportionately killed more journalists and UN aid workers than in any other conflict in recent history.

History will judge Israel and its supporters harshly.

[–] fosforus@sopuli.xyz -2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

As for how many are “actual civilians” the way that is being reported currently heavily favors the narrative of the occupation because the assumption is simply that all males over the age of 13 are combatants, and even using this absurd framing around 61% of those killed are women and children. The occupation forces have proportionately killed more journalists and UN aid workers than in any other conflict in recent history.

Sure, perhaps, but the number of Hamas deaths is certainly higher than 0. Would be interesting to know the actual number, however impossible such a figure is to get in this situation.

History will judge Israel and its supporters harshly.

Eh. We'll see.

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