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Are you trying to run damage control here or something? I’m not sure why the GHM is being centered in this thread rather than the people who have been killed.

I agree with what bhouston said. With so much destruction and death happening (even right now), I suspect it will take very long to get an accurate count.

The original comment’s implication that infrastructure damage is somehow more damaging than the human death toll is abhorrent.

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> The original comment’s implication that infrastructure damage is somehow more damaging than the human death toll is abhorrent.

If you're referring to my comment, you misunderstood. It's not "more damaging" -- it's that the two are highly correlated, and that damage to infrastructure and shelter is indicative of the "war on noncombatants" nature of this conflict. We don't know how many deaths there are, but we can see with our own eyes how the entire territory is being rendered unfit for habitation.

Gotcha, sorry about that. Thanks for putting it in context. Some of the images of the landscape in Gaza are truly haunting

You agree with which part? Hopefully not the part about only counting hospital deaths, which was inaccurate (I'm sure it was an honest mistake). Not trying to minimize the suffering that's happening, but it's important to have our facts straight when genocide accusations are being tossed around.

There are indeed lots of bodies buried under the rubble, and lots of bodies that are unrecognisable. Not sure about the hospital part, but I recall the process for identifying a dead body to be fairly involved

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