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Originally Posted by Harry Lime
Since when have historically fairly trustworthy civilian death numbers been supplied by hamas? They might be murdering, raping monsters, but their arithmetic has always been right on point!
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Throughout four wars and numerous bloody skirmishes between Israel and Hamas, U.N. agencies have cited the Health Ministry’s death tolls in regular reports. The International Committee of the Red Cross and Palestinian Red Crescent also use the numbers.
In the aftermath of war, the U.N. humanitarian office has published final death tolls based on its own research into medical records.
In all cases the U.N.'s counts have largely been consistent with the Gaza Health Ministry’s, with small discrepancies.
— 2008 war: The ministry reported 1,440 Palestinians killed; the U.N. reported 1,385.
— 2014 war: The ministry reported 2,310 Palestinians killed; the U.N. reported 2,251.
— 2021 war: The ministry reported 260 Palestinians killed; the U.N. reported 256.
While Israel and the Palestinians disagree over the numbers of militants versus civilians killed in past wars, Israel’s accounts of Palestinian casualties have come close to the Gaza ministry’s. For instance, Israel’s Foreign Ministry said the 2014 war killed 2,125 Palestinians — just a bit lower than the ministry’s toll.
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https://apnews.com/article/israel-ha...f73c703400b033
Article is worth a read even just in regards to understanding more about how the numbers come to be, the issues with them, and whatever else you want to know.
Believe it or not, there are Palestinians in Gaza who don’t do the murdering and raping. Some are even doctors whose job it is to count dead Palestinians. Crazy, but true.