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Originally Posted by crazy_eoj
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Hamas considers every death a civilian casualty.
Amnesty International came to these conclusions regarding civilian deaths compared to militant deaths from the conflict in 2009.
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Difficulties in ascertaining an accurate Palestinian casualty count have been attributed to a number of factors. It was reported that Hamas fighters had been ordered not to wear military uniforms during the fighting. This practice led to the over-counting of civilian casualties and under-counting Hamas military casualties, as Palestinian casualties arrived at hospitals without weapons or any other signs revealing they were actually fighters. Further difficulties were encountered due to differing definitions of who should be counted as a combatant, and the lack of access to the conflict zone by independent media or human rights workers due to Israel's strict blockade of the borders before, during, and after the conflict.
Based on data collected by Amnesty International delegates in Gaza and on cases documented by local NGOs, Amnesty concluded that an overall figure of some 1,400 fatalities is accurate and that, in addition to some 300 children, 115 women and 85 men aged over 50, some 200 men aged less than 50 were unarmed civilians who took no part in the hostilities."
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casualties_of_the_Gaza_War
Doing the math, that is about 40 to 50% militant deaths, consistent with what Israel and other sources have said as well.