Over 25,000 women and children killed by Israel in Gaza- Pentagon chief

[David__77]

WASHINGTON, Feb 29 (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said on Thursday that more than 25,000 women and children had been killed by Israel since October 7, adding that Israel can and should do more to protect civilians.

During a congressional hearing, Austin was asked how many Palestinian women and children had been killed by Israel and Austin replied: "It is over 25,000."

Austin added that about 21,000 precision guided munitions had been provided to Israel since the start of its war in Gaza. (Reporting by Idrees Ali and Phil Stewart)

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/over-25-000-women-children-162021790.html

[Autumn]

1. 21,000 precision guided munitions.

How many rockets has Hamas dropped on Israel? This is genocide.

[sarisataka]

4. 11,000+

rockets fired at Israel between October 7 and January 14.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/the-war-in-numbers-9000-hamas-members-killed-11000-rockets-fired-into-israel/

Attacks on Israeli cities are a daily occurrence but they are not reported in most media.

[Autumn]

5. I will bet that most of those are shot down before they reach Israel..

[sarisataka]

7. But they were fired...

and the typical failure rate is 10% never make it to Israel due to malfunctions

[Autumn]

8. Did they hit anyone or even a fucking building?

[sarisataka]

9. Some do

But is that the standard? Israel gets to receive attacks because they invested in defenses but is not allowed to respond to attacks?

[Autumn]

10. That's silly. If Israel wasn't allowed to respond there would be a lot less dead women and children. nt

[sarisataka]

11. We are speaking of justifications,

Should Israel not attack rocket launches because they have Iron Dome?

Or only when one gets through and kills people, then they may fire one back?

[Autumn]

13. You might be speaking of your justification, I'm discussing the genocide the Palestinian people are going through..

21,000 precision guided munitions to your less than 11,000+ is fucking overkill.

29,782 Palestinian to 1,410 Israeli's.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casualties_of_the_Israel%E2%80%93Hamas_war#:~:text=As%20of%2029%20February%202024,over%20136%20UNRWA%20aid%20workers.

[sarisataka]

14. War is not a 1 for 1 exchange

nor is it a competition that requires a level playing field. Hamas picked a fight and boasted they were ready for any response. They knew their people would be in the middle and did not care.

I can grieve all of the deaths but at the same time I can understand why the totals are lopsided.

[Autumn]

15. No one ever fucking said it was 1 for 1 exchange. Except you.

21,000 precision guided munitions, 29,782 dead Palestinians, 1,410 dead Israeli's. AFAIC that's fucking overkill.

[sarisataka]

16. I read all of my posts here

and do not see where I ever claimed it is a 1 for 1 exchange. Can you help me?

[Autumn]

17. Nope. Not gonna play, I can read too.

[Calculating]

21. The point of war is to win

Nothing about playing fair or having an even KDA.

[Celerity]

28. No, there a rules/laws of war that any nation we support must adhere to. Israel absolutely does NOT have a free,

unfettered hand to do whatever the hell it wants, regardless of what some may wish it.

[Autumn]

29. Netanyahu's people have already told us what the point of "their" war is

Israel's supporters seem to be just fine with apartheid.

[betsuni]

25. Well said.

[yagotme]

30. Yes, one rocket hit the parking lot of their own hospital.

Then they blamed that on Israel.

[Autumn]

31. Must be why I haven't heard that Israel was hit with a heavy barrage of rockets causing considerable damage.

[yagotme]

33. Malfunctions, Iron Dome, etc.,

Not every rocket launched makes it through. Occasionally some do. Not for lack of trying on Hamas' part.

[Autumn]

35. A failure is still a failure. We give Israel precision guided rockets that don't fail.

[yagotme]

36. And, back to answer the original question,

yes, occasionally Hamas does hit something. Not necessarily what they want to, but they don't really care what they hit...

[malaise]

2. Oops

The source is interesting.
That is all

[Mosby]

3. Austin is confused, the pentagon walked this back.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/pentagon-head-says-over-25000-women-kids-killed-in-gaza-inflating-hamas-claim/

WTF.

[Irish_Dem]

12. How many serious mistakes does Austin have to make before Biden takes action?

This is another serious mistake that makes Biden look bad on several levels.

[David__77]

18. Maybe he was speaking his mind.

[Irish_Dem]

19. Lying or misrepresenting facts is not speaking your mind.

It is grounds for being fired.

[David__77]

20. The administration didn't state that he did that.

[Irish_Dem]

27. No one has to tell me when someone is lying or making a mistake.

I can readily see if for myself.

Second screw up which embarrasses his boss, the President of the United States.

I grew up in a military family and when the generals and pentagon make mistakes,
people can get killed.

[ecstatic]

6. oh my gosh that is terrible

Is anyone still defending this?

President Biden you have to step in, and now. It's not a good look to acknowledge the carnage while doing nothing to stop it. Please don't make us complicit in this any longer.

[WarGamer]

22. Good to see US Intel confirmation...

So many people tend to dismiss the numbers because the authorities in GAZA "can't be telling the truth".

Time to pull the ambassador and stop payment on the checks.

[Mountainguy]

23. Except that it isn't

Pentagon had to walk back what he said almost immediately.

https://au.news.yahoo.com/pentagon-chief-stumbles-over-number-194839401.html

[David__77]

24. Conflicting voices

[RockRaven]

26. Over 25,000

The killing isn't over by a long shot. The malnutrition and disease numbers will dwarf the bomb and bullet numbers if things continue on the current trajectory.

[David__77]

32. That's true, unfortunately. Many more will die even if weapons fell silent today.