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In reply to the discussion: UN says only 7000 kids have been bombed in gaza... [View all]
AloeVera
(4,324 posts)59. And disease, epidemics caused by bad sanitation.
No safe water, if any.
Hundred of thousands, maybe half a million, forced to flee ad hoc in recent days from "safe" Rafah to inadequate refugee camps with NO WATER, NO SANITATION. Per Oxfam or Unicef chief.
Where is that safe evacuation and adequate shelters and infrastructure that was the red line? The disease, epidemics and starvation will cause deaths that will dwarf those reported so far, and the quibbling here over numbers will be put to shame.
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The Hamas Government Media Office and Palestinian Civil Defense reported that number to the UN.
lapucelle
May 2024
#47
It is the number that Hamas is reporting. UN/OCHA transcribes, posts, and disclaims. N/T
lapucelle
May 2024
#50
Yes, the UN relays the Hamas numbers with a disclaimer that they are unverified.
lapucelle
May 2024
#63
Why would i give two ***** about whether or not the UN is 100% right in their numbers
ExciteBike66
May 2024
#8
If your purpose was not to legitimize UN numbers that they get from Hamas, why bring them up?
Beastly Boy
May 2024
#20
According to your link, 13,000 of the reported deaths were not reported through ministry data.
lapucelle
May 2024
#65
So Israel could nuke gaza and it would be hamas's fault, no blame at all for Israel?
ExciteBike66
May 2024
#19
What do you think happened after 911? We invaded Afghanistan and Iraq. We were attacked. Israel was attacked.
Demsrule86
May 2024
#42
I know that but it was tied to 9-11. We all know there were other reasons. And I don't disagree that it was wrong.
Demsrule86
May 2024
#84
Not giving Hamas a pass, but it seems that both sides are responsible for "starting" the war,
Crunchy Frog
May 2024
#32
For political points by bragging "I've got Hamas tamped down so re-elect me!"
marble falls
May 2024
#30
How does the UN know? Have they counted the mass graves, those buried under rubble?
brush
May 2024
#16
I think they follow similar protocols in their counting of deaths in Ukraine.
Crunchy Frog
May 2024
#22
The UN publishes Ukraine casualty reports through its agency, the Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine (HRMMU)
lapucelle
May 2024
#64
As long as they can't show their math none died? One dead Gazan child is too many. One dead Israeli child is too many.
marble falls
May 2024
#34