The UN’s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) stated on May 6 that over 9,500 women and 14,500 children had been killed in Gaza.
Two days later, OCHA officially listed under 5,000 women and 8,000 children as casualties.
The Hamas-run Government Media Office has previously served as the source for the UN’s casualty figures, according to the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies.
Some commenters don’t understand why this is significant. They think it only has to do with who has been positively identified (which is important ongoing work).
Rather, it is cause to revise our understanding of the “indiscriminate killing” narrative. Since Hamas does not incorporate women in their primary fighting forces, the high proportion of men is a strong indication that Israel has been much more precise in targeting militants than previously reported.
War is always a tragedy and I hope that Hamas and Israel can come to an agreement that releases the hostages and ends this conflict so no more civilians have to die.
Really precise, it’s just 8,0000, give or take, children and some women. That’s nothing, IDF deserves a medal. /s
Also nice how you consider all dead men as terrorists, true Israel spirit.
You’re misunderstanding. Civilian casualties are a tragic reality of war, even moreso during embedded urban warfare, and even more when an enemy has had time to dig in (about 20 years in this case). Hamas combat units do not include women (although they do use child soldiers). This indicates that far more Hamas fighters were killed than previously reported.