https://pchrgaza.org/en/gaza-under-...ies-inflicted-by-israeli-retaliatory-strikes/
Hamas had announced, by Oct. 9 at 12 noon, that 500 people had been killed in Gaza so far, but it carefully refrained from publicizing their names, because it wants the world to believe that they were almost all civilians. In fact, what should amaze the world is how few Gazans, civilians and military, have been killed. Israel had by noon EST on Oct. 9 conducted more than 1000 air attacks in Gaza. That means there was only one Gazan death for every two Israeli attacks. And of those, if we assume that the military-to-civilian ratio of Palestinian deaths remained the same on Oct. 9 as on the first day of Israel’s response, then there were a total of 80 Palestinian civilians who have died so far.
Compare that number — 80 Palestinian civilians killed — with the 800 Israelis, at least 727 of them civilians, who have been killed so far.
The so-called “Palestinian Center for Human Rights” always tries to list all the casualties of every Gaza conflict – but they slavishly adhere to Hamas’ rules not to list any dead terrorists, only people they can credibly claim to be civilians.
Their report for the first day of fighting says that the Gaza Ministry of Health claimed 256 Gazans killed in Israeli airstrikes
But they list only about 60 deaths – meaning that they know that 200 of those killed were terrorists.
If that was the ratio of terrorists to civilians, it would already be amazing for an urban war. But that is not the whole story.
Because certainly some of the families killed were human shields for terrorist leaders. And Israel did target Hamas leaders’ houses and offices…
Hamas had announced, by Oct. 9 at 12 noon, that 500 people had been killed in Gaza so far, but it carefully refrained from publicizing their names, because it wants the world to believe that they were almost all civilians. In fact, what should amaze the world is how few Gazans, civilians and military, have been killed. Israel had by noon EST on Oct. 9 conducted more than 1000 air attacks in Gaza. That means there was only one Gazan death for every two Israeli attacks. And of those, if we assume that the military-to-civilian ratio of Palestinian deaths remained the same on Oct. 9 as on the first day of Israel’s response, then there were a total of 80 Palestinian civilians who have died so far.
Compare that number — 80 Palestinian civilians killed — with the 800 Israelis, at least 727 of them civilians, who have been killed so far.
The so-called “Palestinian Center for Human Rights” always tries to list all the casualties of every Gaza conflict – but they slavishly adhere to Hamas’ rules not to list any dead terrorists, only people they can credibly claim to be civilians.
Their report for the first day of fighting says that the Gaza Ministry of Health claimed 256 Gazans killed in Israeli airstrikes
But they list only about 60 deaths – meaning that they know that 200 of those killed were terrorists.
If that was the ratio of terrorists to civilians, it would already be amazing for an urban war. But that is not the whole story.
Because certainly some of the families killed were human shields for terrorist leaders. And Israel did target Hamas leaders’ houses and offices…
