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Here are the latest casualty figures as of October 24, 2.40pm local time (11:40 GMT):

Gaza

Killed: At least 5,791

Including at least:

2,360 children

1,292 women

Injured: More than 16,297

Occupied West Bank

Killed: At least 96

Injured: At least 1,828

Israel

Killed: At least 1,405

Injured: At least 5,431

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Why doesn't it include women and children counts for both?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Because Al Jazeera is a biased source. If you want to look for yourself, you can go through a partial list of the Israeli fatalities here. Google translate is decent. Not all include an age, and Israelis have many unisex names.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

I can't trust either side. But I can guarantee that number is bigger than zero.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Israel: Hamas beheaded 40 babies

Israel: We never said that

Israel: But actually we have footage of it

Israel: But we're not going to show you

Israel: Ok some journalists can see it but they have to put their phones in Yondr™ pouches because we're filming a special for Netflix

[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Israel indeed never said it. What I've seen is that some reporter that said that they beheaded babies, and 40 babies were killed, then somehow it for turned to 40 beheaded babies on social media.
So basically Israeli officials never claimed that.

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/internet/unverified-allegations-beheaded-babies-israel-hamas-war-inflame-social-rcna119902

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago (2 children)

In a response to questions by The Washington Post, a White House spokesperson said the president’s comments were based on news reports and claims by the Israeli government.

“The president based his comments about the alleged atrocities on the claims from Netanyahu’s spokesman and media reports from Israel, according to the White House.”

The Israeli army has said that it cannot confirm the claims, which were repeated on Wednesday by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s spokesperson Tal Heinrich.

But Israeli military officials have told a number of media outlets that women and children were “brutally butchered in an ISIS way of action”.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/10/12/white-house-walks-back-bidens-claim-he-saw-children-beheaded-by-hamas#:~:text=The%20White%20House%20has%20walked,leaders%20at%20the%20White%20House.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

That's good and all but still the claim of "40 babies were beheaded" never existed.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

The Israeli army has said that it cannot confirm the claims, which were repeated on Wednesday by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s spokesperson Tal Heinrich.

What are you disagreeing with?

Are you trying to say Tal Heinrich is not a spokesperson for the IDF? Because NewsNation, IndiaTimes, Australian Financial Review 9news[dot]au, and the NY Post all refer to her as such. Ohh and theres this piece from JewishInsider

The Prime Minister’s Office has put together a task force that includes some past staff, such as Netanyahu’s former spokesman and diplomatic adviser, Mark Regev, and President Isaac Herzog’s former spokesman, Eylon Levy, as well as new faces such as journalist Tal Heinrich, to help with wartime communications.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 10 months ago

Why does Aljazeera spread nonsense numbers from terrorists that try to milk sympathy after live streaming the most horrendous and torture and murder?

Because people love it and jerk wildly to the ever higher number of dead people in Gaza.