Hornezz posted... How easy the convo flips from 'we just need to stop Trump from winning' to denial of casualty figures.
This is the source of the image I posted: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-68387864
The BBC article does a good job analyzing the reported numbers coming from Gaza, and argues they might even be understated.
Reuters came to the same conclusion: numbers are credible but perhaps underestimated:
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/how-many-palestinians-have-died-gaza-war-how-will-counting-continue-2023-12-06/
IDF officials have previously stated that Hamas numbers are fairly accurate:
https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/idf-officials-15000-likely-killed-in-gaza-since-start-of-war-5000-of-them-are-hamas/
Hell, IDF internally uses the Health Ministry's number as they deem them reliable (link in Hebrew):
https://tinyurl.com/5dwrxm57
Male casualties are likely being underreported.