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Originally Posted by crazy_eoj
Ok so then do you agree that Hamas really is guilty of grossly inflating their civilian casualties in order to demonize Israel?
Further I reject your claim that "Every country involved in a conflict does [lies about civilian casualties] favorably to their own cause" based on your evidence that an unnamed US official misjudged victims of drone strikes by 10 or so people. Do you have further evidence to back your claim?
No that's not what I said at all.
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Yeah, I do agree that Hamas is guilty of inflating civilian casualties in order to demonise Israel, where did I suggest anything even remotely otherwise?
That article, had you read it, said the US estimated no more than 20 to 30 over the stretch of two years. The group confirmed 30 deaths between just 9 drone strikes, how many drone strikes were there total over two years? Over 150...
The US has under-reported the civilian deaths caused by drone strikes repeatedly. This is partially because they count every military aged male (16-55 I believe) killed as a militant, no matter what. The actual civilian death toll as of 2011 was above 200 according to multiple journalistic and human rights agencies. The total according to US officials? 50, at most.
The point is, Hamas and IDF are both completely unreliable if you're looking for accurate totals concerning civilian deaths. Hamas is going to over-report, IDF is going to under report. The real number will be somewhere in the middle, likely reported by an organisation that is not Gaza or Israel based.