The civilian death ratio of Palestinians to Israelis is, conservatively, 45 to 1 — and this gulf grows larger each day.
  • norimee@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    3 months ago

    Now they are comparing a basket of apples with a truckload of oranges. You can’t tell me the number of civilians killed are even in the same ballpark.

      • norimee@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        3 months ago

        The article includes the initial Oct. 7 atrack, which is fair imo and checks somewhat out. Though they rounded down some.

        Since October 7, when Hamas forces killed 1,139 Israelis and foreigners, including roughly 700 Israeli civilians, almost zero Israeli civilians have been killed by Palestinian forces. Since then, a few dozen Israeli hostages have been killed.

        Israel has killed over 40,000 Palestinians since October. Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor estimates that at least 92 percent of those killed are civilians, meaning that at least 38,000 of those whose deaths have been reported to officials are civilians.

        The true death toll is likely far, far higher, experts have said.

        If we believe these numbers

        • 700 + ‘a few dozen’ Israeli civilians
        • 38.000 Palestinian civilians

        I come out at closer to 1:50.
        But math never was my strength.

        • Aceticon@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          3 months ago

          Ah, they’re using the old numbers for Palestinian deaths, which have barelly been updated since Israel destroyed most Hospitals in Gaza as the deaths were counted based on the corpses arriving at the Hospitals and people dying there.

          Using the number published a month or two ago in a scientific article in The Lancet medical journal, which estimated over 180,000 Palestinian civilian deaths in Gaza due to Israeli attacks since October, the ratio is about 1 to 250.

  • circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
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    3 months ago

    As a leftist, I find the usage of “Genocide Joe” completely warranted.

    Also, that angle in the thumbnail may be the worst possible.

  • Aceticon@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    3 months ago

    The ratio is 250 to 1 if you use the estimated Palestinian deaths from the scientific article published in The Lancet medical journal a few months ago.

    Remember that the 40,000 number (which is the one that seems to have been used to get this 45 to 1 ratio) was what was counted in Hospitals in Gaza when corpses arrived or injured died in the Hospital, and “curiously” Israel destroyed most Hospitals in Gaza and since then “curiously” that 40,000 number barelly moved even while we pretty much get daily news of Israeli attacks killing tens or even over a hundred civilians.