Women and newborns bearing the brunt of the conflict in Gaza, UN agencies warn
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Women, children and newborns in Gaza are disproportionately bearing the burden of the escalation of hostilities in the occupied Palestinian territory, both as casualties and in reduced access to health services.

As of 3 November, according to Ministry of Health data, 2326 women and 3760 children have been killed in the Gaza strip, representing 67% of all casualties, while thousands more have been injured. This means that 420 children are killed or injured every day, some of them only a few months old.

  • avater@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1241·
    1 year ago

    why are these articles alway forget to mention that the gazah ministry of health is operated by the hamas…

    I’m not saying that all these numbers are from a fairytale but I also would not take them for granted…

    • howsetheraven@lemmy.worldEnglish
      236·
      1 year ago

      What number of children deaths is acceptable for you?

      “I’m not saying that all these numbers are from a fairytale”

      If that’s true, then what’s your number? How many children are you okay with dying?

    • ShittyBeatlesFCPres@lemmy.worldEnglish
      121·
      1 year ago

      Their top line numbers tend to be accurate. If you look at the 2014 Gaza War data, the Gaza health ministry said 2,310 killed (70% civilians), the UN said 2,251 (65% civilians) and Israel said 2,125 killed (36% civilian, 20% uncategorized males between 16 and 50, and 44% combatants).

      Obviously, everyone labels “civilians” and “combatants” in their own way and for their own purposes. But the health ministry hasn’t historically just pulled numbers out of their ass.

      • avater@lemmy.worldEnglish
        41·
        1 year ago

        which one? That we maybe should look into multiple independent sources, instead only in one provided by the Hamas, which I also did not call false? And to answer to your shitty accusation. there are multiple sources for the Holocaust so it’s pretty easy to verify that it has happend and was an atrocity.

      • StupidBrotherInLaw@lemmy.worldEnglish
        31·
        1 year ago

        I don’t particularly like Hamas, in fact I strongly dislike them, but you’re right. They simply have no need to lie about everything as the Israelis have a knack for actually doing the terrible things they’d otherwise have to fabricate.

        Would they lie if the Israelis weren’t a bunch of genocidal shit heels? Probably not, because Hamas wouldn’t exist if not for the actions of the Israelis.