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Everybody Is Upset About Civilian Casualties in Gaza, but Where Do the Numbers Come From?
PJ Media ^ | 12/06/23 | Robert Spencer

Posted on 12/06/2023 8:08:56 AM PST by SeekAndFind

The Israeli defensive action in Gaza has become, we are told, a massive humanitarian crisis, and it must stop. All the most trustworthy people in the world tell us so.

“The United States is unequivocal; international humanitarian law must be respected. Too many innocent Palestinians have been killed,” declared putative Vice President Kamala Harris on Saturday. “Frankly, the scale of civilian suffering and the images and videos coming from Gaza are devastating.”

Then on Monday, the Associated Press, with a fine regard for journalistic objectivity, reported that Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Soviet Union) and what it called “a robust group of Democratic senators” were “done ‘asking nicely’ for Israel to do more to reduce civilian casualties in Gaza.” These fearless solons “warned President Joe Biden’s national security team that planned U.S. aid to Israel must be met with assurances of concrete steps from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s hard-right government.” Sanders thundered, “The truth is that if asking nicely worked, we wouldn’t be in the position we are today.” AP added, “It was time for the United States to use its ‘substantial leverage’ with its ally, the Vermont senator said.”

To buttress their indignation and increasingly shrill demands, Harris and Sanders and the rest can look to no less an authority than the United Nations. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) on Sunday published a chart of “Reported Casualties” in Gaza, and the numbers look grim indeed: over 15,523 deaths, with 4,257 women and 6,387 children making up fully 70% of that figure. The far-left establishment media is putting out substantially the same figures; the UK’s Guardian wrote Tuesday that “in the last three days, bombing has been heavy, and the total death toll since 7 October has risen to 15,899.”

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Gaza; Israel; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: civilians; gaza; hamas; terrorism
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1 posted on 12/06/2023 8:08:56 AM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

Probably from Hamas itself would be my guess.


2 posted on 12/06/2023 8:11:52 AM PST by kagnew
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To: SeekAndFind

Im upset they arent much much higher. Stop pussy footing around.


3 posted on 12/06/2023 8:12:23 AM PST by Wilderness Conservative (Nature is the ultimate conservative)
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To: SeekAndFind

“Everybody”


NOT. Only libs and their handlers.


4 posted on 12/06/2023 8:13:30 AM PST by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)
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To: SeekAndFind

Hey, math is hard, especially when you’re cowering behind human shields./sarc


5 posted on 12/06/2023 8:14:41 AM PST by Eagles6 (Welcome to the Matrix . Orwell's "1984" was a warning, not an instruction manual.)
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To: SeekAndFind

I try to understand all sides, remain neutral and not comment on this, but no one addresses the simple question: What did Hamas/Palestinians expect to happen after they launched Oct 7 attacks? Did they think Israel would send them flowers?


6 posted on 12/06/2023 8:15:12 AM PST by PGR88
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To: SeekAndFind

Robert Spencer is so full of himself that he purports to speak for “Everyone”


7 posted on 12/06/2023 8:16:02 AM PST by Bob434
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8 posted on 12/06/2023 8:16:16 AM PST by Responsibility2nd (A truth that’s told with bad intent, Beats all the lies you can invent ~ Wm. Blake)
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To: SeekAndFind

A million billion trillion civilian deaths.

And they were all little babies.


9 posted on 12/06/2023 8:16:31 AM PST by Fido969 (45 is Superman! )
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To: SeekAndFind
Ban 'Palestinian' filth from coming to the United States - not to visit, not to live here, not to step foot on our soil...

And the rest of the civilized world needs to do the same.

10 posted on 12/06/2023 8:18:09 AM PST by GOPJ (President of the United States is a...controlled asset of the Chinese Communist Party.Sam Faddis CIA)
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To: SeekAndFind

Civilians got the memo and warnings stay at your own risk don’t call us.


11 posted on 12/06/2023 8:18:59 AM PST by Vaduz (....)
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To: kagnew
Yup. The same people who are using the Palis as human shields.
12 posted on 12/06/2023 8:19:15 AM PST by dhs12345
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13 posted on 12/06/2023 8:19:50 AM PST by Responsibility2nd (A truth that’s told with bad intent, Beats all the lies you can invent ~ Wm. Blake)
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It's a fraud, Jim. The more the ragheads get exterminated the louder their libtard buddies squawk
14 posted on 12/06/2023 8:20:13 AM PST by NWFree (Sigma male 🤪)
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IMO-—THERE ARE NO “INNOCENT” PALESTINIANS.

THEY HAVE BEEN IN CONCERT WITH HAMAS FROM THE FIRST DAY.

THOSE WHO HAD DAILY WORK VISAS TO ENTER ISRAEL SPIED FOR HAMAS. WHO HAS DOGS-—LAYOUT OF HOUSE—_ETC.

THEY HIDE WEAPONS-—HAMAS fighters-—YOU NAME IT.

CLEAN THEM ALL OUT & TRY TO FIND DECENT PERSONS WHO CAN REBUILD THE COUNTRY.

OR JUST ABSORB IT ALL AS A SECTION OF ISRAEL-—and MAKE IT A SEASIDE RESORT.


15 posted on 12/06/2023 8:22:16 AM PST by ridesthemiles
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IMO-—THERE ARE NO “INNOCENT” PALESTINIANS.

THEY HAVE BEEN IN CONCERT WITH HAMAS FROM THE FIRST DAY.

THOSE WHO HAD DAILY WORK VISAS TO ENTER ISRAEL SPIED FOR HAMAS. WHO HAS DOGS-—LAYOUT OF HOUSE—_ETC.

THEY HIDE WEAPONS-—HAMAS fighters-—YOU NAME IT.

CLEAN THEM ALL OUT & TRY TO FIND DECENT PERSONS WHO CAN REBUILD THE COUNTRY.

OR JUST ABSORB IT ALL AS A SECTION OF ISRAEL-—and MAKE IT A SEASIDE RESORT.


16 posted on 12/06/2023 8:24:29 AM PST by ridesthemiles
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To: kagnew; Wilderness Conservative; logi_cal869; Eagles6; PGR88; Bob434; Responsibility2nd; Fido969; ..
Ban 'Palestinians' from coming to the United States - not to visit, not to live here, not to step foot on our soil...

And the rest of the civilized world needs to do the same.

17 posted on 12/06/2023 8:26:02 AM PST by GOPJ (President of the United States is a...controlled asset of the Chinese Communist Party.Sam Faddis CIA)
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To: SeekAndFind

80-90% of the “civilians” Directly Supported HAMAS, there were very few if any innocents.


18 posted on 12/06/2023 8:32:58 AM PST by eyeamok
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To: SeekAndFind

If there are that many dead, what are they doing with all the bodies? Wouldn’t the burials or funeral pyres be obvious?

If they are just laying in place that’s going to become obvious too.


19 posted on 12/06/2023 8:36:50 AM PST by KrisKrinkle (c)
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To: SeekAndFind

I’m not. The more the merrier.


20 posted on 12/06/2023 8:38:42 AM PST by Feckless (The US Gubbmint / This Tagline CENSORED by FR \ IrOnic, ain't it?)
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