Figures from classified IDF database listed 8,900 named fighters as dead or probably dead in May, as overall death toll reached 53,000
  • cygnus@lemmy.caEnglish
    1171·
    1 month ago

    Note that this means “83% of people killed were civilians”, not that 83% of civilians were killed. As the graph in the article illustrates, that puts this neck and neck with other recent genocides:

    • WoodScientist@lemmy.worldEnglish
      563·
      1 month ago

      Notably, Hamas on Oct 7 killed two civilians for every military casualty. By the IDF’s own numbers, the IDF are literally greater terrorists than Hamas. Hamas literally does a better job at avoiding civilian casualties than the IDF does.

      • geneva_convenience@lemmy.mlEnglish
        363·
        1 month ago

        If you qualify military targets the way the IDF does then Hamas killed over 90% military targets on october 7.

        • wheezy@lemmy.mlEnglish
          251·
          1 month ago

          And we’ll likely never know how many civilians/soldiers were killed by Israel issuing the Hannibal Directive on October 7th. Something we do know they issued that day.

          Yes. Israel has a protocol that says “killing/harming our own people is preferred to them being kidnapped”.

    • cley_faye@lemmy.worldEnglish
      27·
      1 month ago

      that puts this neck and neck with other recent genocides

      The fact that this sentence can be said, unironically, and backed with data, is kinda depressing.

      • cygnus@lemmy.caEnglish
        161·
        1 month ago

        Yes, that’s the result of Russia “liberating” a city. I’m surprised Grozny doesn’t show up here - enough civilians got away, I guess. The city itself was completely obliterated.

        • Siegfried@lemmy.worldEnglish
          6·
          1 month ago

          In any case, it is civs/total deads… and maybe Grozny didn’t got enough press.

          Since Mariupol i have welded in my mind the russian word for children. Freaking animals.