• FuglyDuck@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Even if you halve that number, it still more than 2,500 people so far.

    It’s appropriate to call Hamas terrorists and monsters.

    It’s also appropriate to call the Israeli response extremely excessive- and appropriate to point out that the powers that are created this mess specifically to gain/keep power in Israel.

    Both things can be true.

    It’s also worth pointing out, that if you figure for every civilian killed, they’re making another Hamas soldier? Or whatever it is that comes after Hamas?

    EDIT: NPR hourly newsupdate quoted seven thousand now. Granted that’s probably from the Ministry of Health and suspect… (it was a 30 second blurb while I was driving home.)

    It’s probably officially more than died in the last gaza invasion, and it’s only going to get worse.

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      1 year ago

      It’s also appropriate to call the Israeli response extremely excessive- and appropriate to point out that the powers that are created this mess specifically to gain/keep power in Israel. Both things can be true.

      I absolute agree!

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      1 year ago

      It’s also reasonable to assume that given any number you choose to accept of Palestinian casualties. Statistically speaking, its highly probable that at least half of them have been under 16 years of age, children.