“More than 50 journalists have sent an open letter calling on Israel and Egypt to provide “free and unfettered access to Gaza for all foreign media”. This was reported on the BBC news site today
I totally agree with that. I believe it was a mistake that journalists were refused entry into Gaza, because the data coming out of Gaza can not be verified. Especially since the data is also controlled by Hamas.
Lets have a closer look at the latest data, Again this how it was reported by the BBC. In its daily update on Thursday, the Hamas ministry of health said 81 people had been killed in the last 24 hours, bringing the total to 30,035.
The figures do not differentiate between civilians and fighters when identifying those killed. Nor do they have a break down of age groups, gender, actual causes. killed by Israel or killed by Hamas.
The figure comes down to 1.3% of the population. The war is going on since October 7 2023, and it is reaching the 5th month. Looking at the annual death rate in Ireland for example, it is 7% of the population. Ireland being a reasonably developed and healthy country. This is not scientifically proven, but more on my observation. Since the dats and its breakdown is not verified, it appears that the death rate in Gaza at war is lower then Ireland at peace. I know the Hamas ministry of health says it is casualties of war, but it also says it doesn’t differentiate between civilians and fighters. So what parameters are they using?
Then look at the number of casualties, 30,035, that is an absolute number. There are no absolute numbers of casualties available from any war during the 20th century, Yet Hamas, during the height of battle , and with alleged shortages of resources can provide us with an absolute number, although they give a caveat that they expect the number to rise.
There is no doubt in my mind that the number of casualties is high. It may well be 30,035, it even may be higher, However, there is no verification. I know there are no independent journalist allowed, but there is no one stopping any journalist to ask the Hamas authorities, and indeed the Israeli authorities what the breakdown of those number are, and what actually is included. Do the math.
Below are just a number of the sources where I got the data from
https://www.britannica.com/event/Vietnam-War
https://www.cso.ie/en/releasesandpublications/ep/p-vsys/vitalstatisticsyearlysummary2022
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-68430925
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-68423995
Casualties of World War II
History of Sorts 
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