Illia Pomonarenko asks a question about the hospital bombing that I was wondering about myself.

[Tomconroy]

Link to tweet

"Serious question: is it even possible to clear debris and establish the number of fatalities after such a short period of time following an attack?
500? 700? 900 dead? How do they know so early?

From our own experience in Ukraine as we had dozens killed in devastating Russian missile attacks on concert halls/shopping malls/apartment blocks, that should realistically take at least many hours."

[intrepidity]

1. Just off the top of my head

*If* the bombed area was an outdoor area where a crowd was known to be gathered, I suppose they could estimate casualties based on how large the gathered crowd was?

[Tomconroy]

2. Then the hospital wasn't actually hit?

[intrepidity]

3. Dunno.

Only footage I saw hours ago seemed to show an outside area taking the hit. But, you know.

[Tomconroy]

5. I agree with that. From what I saw it hit a square in front of the hospital.

[Marcuse]

4. Staff on duty and the patient census are knowns. Estimate will change if survivors are discovered.

[Tomconroy]

7. Not sure the hospital building was even hit from the video I've seen.

[Tomconroy]

6. Just throwing this up too

Link to tweet

It looks like you can see the rocket barrage on the right then the fireball which is inconsistent with a bomb but also inconsistent with the size of Hamas rockets. Maybe it hit something that exploded.

[Donkees]

8. The first reports were dozens of deaths, then it climbed to 300, then over 500 ...

The WHO does not have specific casualty numbers yet from the hospital blast but said area reports indicate fatalities and injuries number in the hundreds.

The hospital was operational, with patients, health and care givers, and thousands of internally displaced people sheltering there. Early reports indicate hundreds of fatalities and injuries.

https://www.who.int/news/item/17-10-2023-who-statement-on-attack-on-al-ahli-arab-hospital-and-reported-large-scale-casualties

[mcar]

9. Good point

[sanatanadharma]

10. Old time technology as well as new, still the daily body count is published ...

Old time technology as well as new, still the daily body count is published, we of experience can remember well from the success of the Vietnam karmas, as told on the nightly show TV views and morning paper news.