Gaza publishes identities of 34,344 Palestinians killed in war with Israel | The Guardian (www.theguardian.com)

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The identified people include 169 babies born after the Hamas attacks of 7 October that began the war, and a man born in 1922 who had survived more than a century of war and upheaval. More than 100 pages are filled with the names of victims under 10 years old, and the first adult names do not appear until page 215.

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[-] sqgl@beehaw.org 2 points 1 month ago

Israel claims it has killed 17,000 militants, without providing evidence. It does not provide an estimate of civilians killed in Gaza.

And Hamas doesn't provide an estimate of militants killed.

[-] floofloof@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

It does not distinguish between civilians and fighters, but a majority of the 34,344 dead can be identified as civilians based on age and gender alone. It includes 11,355 children, 2,955 people aged 60 or older, and 6,297 women. There are also many civilian men of fighting age who have been killed.

Israel claims it has killed 17,000 militants, without providing evidence. It does not provide an estimate of civilians killed in Gaza.

There are only 13,107 of the dead who could be men of working age, so Israel's claim of 17,000 militants killed is very unlikely to be true unless Hamas fighters include a lot of women, children and old people, or unless Israel is saying it knows it has killed very many more people than reported.

[-] sqgl@beehaw.org 2 points 1 month ago

Fair point.

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