Israel-Palästina

[Nightwatch]

Für alle die hinter jeden Toten gleich ein Kriegsverbrechen vermuten und über das Unverhältnismäßige Vorgehen der Israelis herziehen ein reality check:

IDF: Only 250 of Gaza fatalities were civilians

A continuing IDF investigation into the number of civilian Palestinian casualties during the Israeli offensive in Gaza indicated that only 250 of the fatalities were civilians.

The military estimates that between 1,100 and 1,200 people were killed during the offensive. Some 700 of are believed to be militants and most are believed to be Hamas operatives.

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'Ratio of 1:3'

The military is doing everything it can to compile accurate data regarding the identity of those killed in Gaza, including debriefing soldiers and cross-referencing their information with intelligence.

Gaza Division Chief Brigadier-General Eyal Eisenberg alluded to the fact that the majority of the Palestinian fatalities were Hamas operatives, but refused to specify numbers.

The IDF has yet to verify the identity of some 200 fatalities, mostly men in their 20s, whose identification is delayed because they are still buried under the rubble. The defense establishment believed many of them would prove to be Hamas men.

Many of the fatalities were considered to be civilians at first, because there were no weapons found with them, said a military source, "But that method of operation is consistent with the way Hamas was hiding in the midst of civilians, moving between their strongholds with no weapons. In many cases someone thought to be a civilian casualty turned out to be a Hamas operative after we ran our checks."

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Sollte dieses 1 zu 3 Verhältnis auch nur annähernd hinkommen wäre dies eine großartige Leistung der israelischen Streitkräfte.
Derartiges ist bei vergleichbaren Militäraktionen kaum erreicht worden.