Revealed: Israeli military’s own data indicates civilian death rate of 83% in Gaza war - Guardian
Figures from a classified Israeli military intelligence database indicate five out of six Palestinians killed by Israeli forces in Gaza have been civilians, an extreme rate of slaughter rarely matched in recent decades of warfare.
As of May, 19 months into the war, Israeli intelligence officials listed 8,900 named fighters from Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad as dead or “probably dead”, a joint investigation by the Guardian, the Israeli-Palestinian publication +972 Magazine and the Hebrew-language outlet Local Call has found.
At that time *53,000 Palestinians had been killed by Israeli attacks, according to health authorities in Gaza, a toll that included combatants and civilians. Fighters named in the Israeli military intelligence database accounted for just 17% of the total, which indicates that 83% of the dead were civilians.
* Well under many estimates by humanitarian groups.
So 83% is deliberate collateral damage.
This does not include injured or maimed. [150,000].
Psychologically traumatized or starved.
In two years of slaughter, they have not even kept up with recruitment.
Exclusive: Hamas has added up to 15,000 fighters since start of war, US figures show — Reuters
NEW YORK, Jan 24 (Reuters) - The Palestinian militant group Hamas has recruited between 10,000 and 15,000 members since the start of
its war with Israel, according to two congressional sources briefed on U.S. intelligence, suggesting the Iran-backed fighters could remain a persistent threat to Israel.
The intelligence indicates a similar number of Hamas fighters have been killed during that period, the sources said. The latest official U.S. estimates have not been previously reported.
Netanyahu’s prime command: Eliminate Hamas.
Well done, sir!
Hamas was believed to have 40,000 fighters prewar. [various estimates excluding nonsense]
They are back to full strength if you credit the IDF figures.
How long is this meant to continue? Ah, yes, the forever war.
The figures stack up for that one.
Can we please stop fueling this tragedy with weapons?
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