These numbers show the staggering toll of the Israel-Hamas war
These numbers show the staggering toll of the Israel-Hamas war
The latest Israel-Hamas war has become the deadliest and most destructive in the long history of the bitter enemies.
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9,227 -- The number of Palestinians killed in Gaza.
144 -- The number of Palestinians killed in the West Bank.
1,400 -- The number of people killed in Israel.
24 -- The number of Israeli soldiers killed since the start of the ground offensive.
23,516 -- The number of Palestinians injured in Gaza.
2,200 -- The number of Palestinians injured in the West Bank.
5,400 -- The number of Israelis injured.
250,000 -- The number of Israelis displaced.
More than 1.4 million -- The number of Palestinians displaced in Gaza.
At least 241 -- The number of soldiers and civilians being held hostage in Gaza.
5 -- The number of hostages released or rescued.
421 -- The number of aid trucks let into Gaza.
33,960 -- The number of residential units destroyed in Gaza.
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Conveniently left out the number of rockets Palestinians have launched indiscriminately at Israeli cities, and they're sourcing statistics from the Gaza Health Ministry, which is literally Hamas.
26 0 ReplyHow many people did those rockets kill? Was it a lot?
9 0 ReplyThe air defense system mitigates a lot, which does to lead people like you hand-waving tens of thousands of rockets fired indiscriminately.
Even those systems have weakness, as Oct 7th proved, they can simply be overwhelmed.
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The US and UN have used trusted the GHM numbers for decades. Now that there is a genocide they're being questioned.
It also implies some smaller number is more acceptable. What is it? 6000? 4000? 2000? How many dead civilians would you like there to be?
8 0 ReplyI was told elsewhere that genocides only count if you mean it.
"Israel, Hamas, and the accidental genocide: Benni made a boo boo"2 0 ReplyNo, questioning Hamas's bullshit has always been a thing. Btw, call it what you will it's still Hamas.
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