this post was submitted on 26 Jan 2024
51 points (91.8% liked)

Israel and Palestine Politics Discussion

312 readers
3 users here now

The sole purpose of this community is to discuss Israeli and Palestinian issues. It is not the place for hurling insults, rehashing grudges, or making up history. Any conversation that veers into the "if only your people had" realm will be deleted or locked right away. I started this community in the potentially fruitless hope that we may have a civil conversation about this issue.

Rules:

  1. References to historical events must include a reputable source. The definition of reputable is up to the mods. Keep that in mind.
  2. Articles from reputable sources only.
  3. No name-calling. That's what DMs are for. /s
  4. Keep it in English. If I don't understand the word, it gets removed. Obvious exceptions would be the use of proper names and references. For example, "wadi" when used to refer to a place is acceptable.
  5. Discussions that are heading into the probability of becoming a flame war will be locked.
  6. Repeat offenders will be forced to find another community.
  7. Anti-Zionism is ok. Anti-Semitism is not.
  8. Whataboutism is for toddlers. Try to grow up.
  9. Posting articles about current events is encouraged. Posting the same story from 20 different sources is not.
  10. Posting an article purely for the purpose of saying "Look what monsters they are" is discouraged unless it can generate an honest discussion. This is probably the most difficult rule to follow.
  11. No calling anyone a terrorist.
  12. No YouTube links. Some of us can read.

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
[email protected]
51
Israeli Intelligence Has Deemed Hamas-Run Health Ministry's Death Toll Figures Generally Accurate (www.vice.com)
submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
4 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

“The numbers are heavily relied up for official briefings on civilian casualties because with the exception of strikes on high-value targets, where senior officials are briefed on collateral damage, no civilian casualty figures or estimates are collected,” said the Israeli official, who cannot be identified in the media. “A lot of targets have been hit without prior analysis or estimates and there’s never any follow up collection.”

top 4 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] [email protected] 12 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Interesting that anyone should care about their opinion, as all other organizations like Amnesty International, the UN, the Red Cross/Crescent, etc all already independently agreed that the Palestinians' numbers have been accurate throughout this genocide.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

Just to help shutup the voices that keep saying "hamas health minister" discrediting the numbers of civilians death. It also help when civil right group attempts to block support for Israel in different countries.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago (1 children)

It's an undercount. Everyone knows this. It doesn't include the bodies buried under the rubble

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago

Or those who most likely will die soon of illness, child birth, lack of food, lack of medicine and many other forms that intintioally ignore by media, and governments.