QuantumSpecter@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agoIsraeli strike hits Rafah area after Hamas barragewww.bbc.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square186fedilinkarrow-up1230arrow-down118
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minus-squareNatanael@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 months agoAbout 2/3 dead are women and children according to most sources I see. 15K Hamas of 37K dead exceeds 1/3, so that can only be possible if you count numerous women and children as Hamas and valid military targets.
minus-squareFlowVoid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·edit-26 months agoThe most recent UN figures I saw count 4,959 women, 7,797 children, 10,006 men, and about 10,000 unknown. So that’s still in keeping with 15,000 adult male combatants.
minus-squareNatanael@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 months agoThat’s a lot of heavy lifting from the assumptions that the missing is majority men and also that all fighting age males would be Hamas
About 2/3 dead are women and children according to most sources I see. 15K Hamas of 37K dead exceeds 1/3, so that can only be possible if you count numerous women and children as Hamas and valid military targets.
The most recent UN figures I saw count 4,959 women, 7,797 children, 10,006 men, and about 10,000 unknown. So that’s still in keeping with 15,000 adult male combatants.
That’s a lot of heavy lifting from the assumptions that the missing is majority men and also that all fighting age males would be Hamas
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