#gazanhealthministry — Public Fediverse posts

The casualty statistics of the #GazanHealthMinistry have been independently checked after every previous escalation of this multi-decade conflict, both by the #UN and #Israel itself, which have reached comparable figures each time (to within ~10%), affirming the credibility of this source. There is no reason to think it is less credible this time. The attempt to undermine trust in these figures is a pretty blatant muddying of the waters to distract from the massive human toll of the enormous #IDF assault since 7th Oct.

However, Gaza's ministry of health only reports confirmed deaths. It does not report the many thousands missing, the vast majority of whom are likely under rubble, dead or dying, with little to no prospect of being recovered anytime soon.

And so, for balance, here are figures (covering 7th Oct–20th Nov) from a respected European human rights organisation with a focus on medicine: #EuroMedHumanRightsMonitor).

Using either set of figures, the rate of #CivilianDeaths exceeds virtually all other 21stC conflicts. For instance, over the ten years of the bloody #SyrianCivilWar, civilians were dying at an average rate of about 3,500 each six weeks. In #Ukraine, the average number of civilian deaths each six weeks has been about 875.