Estimating the Death Toll of the War on Gaza (dataactivists.org)

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An analysis of the Gaza MoH methodology, the exacerbating challenges it faces as the war continues, and estimates from independent researchers and humanitarian organisations.

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[-] floofloof@lemmy.ca 21 points 3 weeks ago

According to these conservative estimates, today we are beyond 200.000 dead.

From a population of 2 million. Israel has killed 10% of the population and shows no sign of slowing down. When Israel or its allies claim this is about self-defense that is a lie. This is about extermination.

[-] Threeme2189@sh.itjust.works -2 points 3 weeks ago

From a population of 2 million. Israel has killed 10% of the population and shows no sign of slowing down.

Actually, according to the graph in this PDF, they have slowed down since the beginning of the war. I guess that's what happens when there are less and less terrorists walking around.

https://www.un.org/unispal/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Gaza_casualties_info-graphic_12_March_2024.pdf

[-] ashar@infosec.pub 1 points 3 weeks ago

The killing according to the Gaza Ministry of Health statistics seems to be slowing down, but this is because the MoH is maintaining a very high bar for recording the deaths. The attacks on the population is continuing at what seems to be the same rate.

from: https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/how-gaza-health-ministry-counts-dead "The Ministry of Health is committed to registering only those who reach its hospitals or other emergency medical care facilities in the Gaza Strip. Consequently, the number of martyrs announced by the ministry does not necessarily represent the total number of casualties but only those that have been officially documented."

Given that state of the hospitals is dire (they have all been bombed and attacked), the slow down in recording of deaths correlates with and is due to the destruction of the MoH and general civilian infrastructure. The reduction in rate of killing recorded does not align with the rate of actual killing.

[-] ashar@infosec.pub 2 points 3 weeks ago

The Economist had a good (probably unintentional) illustration of this.

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