Israeli forces have reached the coast of Gaza, splitting the besieged area in half and essentially cutting off the north from the south.

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    1 year ago

    Israel is still counting the victims of the October 7th massacre, but Hamas gives their numbers every day.

    How on Earth can you know how many bodies are there, and how many of them are civilians?

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      1 year ago

      Palestine explicitly does not distinguish between civilians and militants. Also clearly the health ministry does not care about accuracy in this war because 1 hour after the hospital bombing they literally made up a number.

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        1 year ago

        Why do we even have statistics, if after not seeing your parents for a day you can just assume that 10000 are dead?