Israel’s killed over 11k civilians since Oct 7th.
Bullshit statistic until it is verified by independent sources. Currently, the only source for that number is Hamas.
In past conflicts, the death toll provided by Hamas (if you call the Ministry of Health in Gaza that) were largely accurate and didn’t differ much from independent counts conducted by the UN.
This article has an example on how it was in a conflict in 2014. There is another article that had more examples, but I cannot find it. It was from the Guardian I believe.
Great list
Israel is not allowing anyone to to conduct outside verification, and hasn’t for literal years. They deny UN workers visas, disallow any humanitarian worker from entering or leaving Gaza ( hrw.org/…/israeli-restrictions-access-and-gaza-hu…)
but Hamas is not fighting outside verification. The UN has also repeatedly verified hamas’ death counts in previous instances.
That alone should tell you whose statistic you should be more trusting of, and it’s not israels.
Eximius@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I feel hospitals (warcrime) were visible from satellites and independent sources covered it.
fosforus@sopuli.xyz 10 months ago
Attacking a hospital is not a warcrime if the hospital is used for military operations.
piexil@lemmy.world 10 months ago
The only sources that the hospital was being used for military operations was the IDF who is known for lying. They even showed pictures of metal objects in the same room as an MRI. Literally something you would never do because an MRI will destroy anything metal.
independent.co.uk/…/israel-gaza-al-shifa-hospital…
x.com/muhammadshehad2/status/1724782542304559215?…
…mako.co.il/…/Article-b124ea2e7bfcb81027.htm
All they do is lie
www.cnn.com/2023/10/12/middleeast/…/index.html
They said a calendar was a “terrorist list”. A literal calendar.
electronicintifada.net/…/need-comic-relief-watch-…
They even higher actors
dohanews.co/disinformation-experts-call-out-israe…
balp@lemmy.world 10 months ago
It is, you have the right to defend yourself if the opponent is attacking from inside. But no even if the enemy is doing a war crime by using non-combatants as protection you are not allowed to engage them in that situation. You are allowed to inspect a hospital or ambulance to make sure the enemy isn’t using it to transport or hide munitions. You are not allowed to attack anything marked with protected signs, such as the Red Cross, red crescent, or red diamond. If you as a solder break these rules, even on a direct order you are still personally responsible and might be judged in national or international courts. In practice, it might be hard to get soldiers to stand trial for these crimes. But it has happened. All my education in this has been in Swedish from the Swedish armed forces so some translations might be wrong.
RichCaffeineFlavor@lemmy.world 10 months ago
“I smelled weed”