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Re:The pro-Israel information war by bitcurious on Friday December 08, 2023 @09:28PM (#38577839)
> 20k deaths in just two months is a massive death toll for such a short conflict.

This is the number provided by Hamas. Per Israel, 15k people have been killed, approximately 10k of whom are civilians.

> For comparison, it's more than the civilian death toll in the nearly 2-year-old war in Ukraine.

This is according to numbers sourced from Russians. According to Ukrainians, >20k civilians died in Mariupol’ alone (a city 1/5th the size of Gaza).

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Re:The pro-Israel information war by catlover76 on Saturday December 09, 2023 @01:30PM (#38584331)
> Per Israel, 15k people have been killed, approximately 10k of whom are civilians.

Oh much better! If true, seems perfectly justified and A-ok!

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Re:The pro-Israel information war by kaba0 on Saturday December 09, 2023 @07:40PM (#38587796)
Every civilian life’s loss is tragic, but this is a normal ratio in comparable wars, especially given the very densely populated urban setting.
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