Gaza is currently experiencing its longest communication blackout since the Israeli operation began in October.
Between October 7 and December 15, approximately 18,800 Palestinians have died, 70% of whom were women and children. The death toll includes over 300 health sector workers, 86 journalists, 135 employees of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, and around 35 civil defense crews. In addition, more than 51,100 people have been reportedly wounded, with many others unaccounted for.
The report further states that out of 36 hospitals in the enclave, only eight are partially functional. Occupancy rates in inpatient departments have surged to 206%, while intensive care units are operating at a staggering 250% capacity.
I don’t appreciate the idea that it’s somehow worse that women and children are the ones dying, as if men are expendable. It’s one of the grossest forms of sexism.
Now, if they had said “X% of those killed are children,” I’d have fully supported that. Adults are definitely more expendable than children. Children deserve full protection by everyone.
But men’s lives matter in these situations too. We’re not meaningless.
It’s because typically women aren’t combatants (outside of organised military) so they’re typically unarmed innocents like children. It doesn’t preclude men from being the same, and I totally agree with your point too, but the ‘women and children’ figures typically hit home that large swathes of civilians are being killed in conflict. It’s a way of explaining to the reader that shit is fucked.
Additionally, women are the key to the next generation. This is genocide.
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I will forever hold Israelis in the same part of my mind as Nazis and Russians. Fuck them all.
Have any of these numbers been verified by a third party agency? You’ll have to forgive me if I don’t take anything Hamas says at face value.
The Gaza Health Ministry’s numbers are trusted by the whole world, including organizations like UNICEF.
I think Israel themselves said that casualties were 61% civilian, and they count any male of “fighting age” as Hamas, so 70 sounds about right
Putting greater significance on women and children sounds primitive; all lives should be counted equally. But yes, all men are potentially hamasian by virtue of having the same body parts as hamas, thereby resembling hamas enough to be unworthy of living.
Children kinda makes sense. They’re less likely to be combatants and have more potential life ahead of them.
70 percent of the women and children they stood in front of them died?
What a weird outcome.
or, you know, it’s a lie
Or, you know, Israel is a genocidal terrorist state and it’s been doing this sorta shit for decades.
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