The UN’s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) stated on May 6 that over 9,500 women and 14,500 children had been killed in Gaza.

Two days later, OCHA officially listed under 5,000 women and 8,000 children as casualties.

The Hamas-run Government Media Office has previously served as the source for the UN’s casualty figures, according to the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies.

  • NoIWontPickAName@kbin.earth
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    6 months ago

    Meh, I’ve always used Israel’s own reported numbers on deaths of hummus, the currently say around 15,000 so that’s still 20,000

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      6 months ago

      That ratio is comparable to other embedded urban warfare. The UN estimates that 90% of casualties in modern wars have been civilians.

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        6 months ago

        Ok?

        Still too high, I said the same shit about Afghanistan.

        If you can’t do it without killing civilians, then you have just decided that human life is worthless to you.