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ceejayozyesterday at 9:30 PM2 repliesview on HN

And the IDF?

They're hardly the only ones reporting this.

https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/30/middleeast/israeli-military-g...

> Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth quoted military officials Thursday as saying, “We estimate that about 70,000 Gazans were killed in the war, not including the missing.” Kan 11, the country’s public broadcaster, attributed the information to the Coordinator of Government Affairs in the Territories (COGAT) and said there is now an effort to analyze how many of those killed were civilian or militant.

And the IDF ain't contesting it:

> “The IDF clarifies that the details published do not reflect official IDF data,” the spokesperson said. “Any publication or report on this matter will be released through official and orderly channels.” The spokesperson did not answer if the IDF held data about the number of Palestinians killed in Gaza or if such information would ever be released.


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idopyesterday at 9:46 PM

1. Says the IDF accepted the fictitious 0-militants 100%-civilian death toll claim.

2. Links to a news report that has literally no source on its claims. Just says "IDF accepted" and that's it.

3. Links to another news report which does nothing but report on the previous news report as if this makes it credible.

4. Says IDF isn't contesting the report.

5. Proceeds to provide the only official, verifiable, sourced IDF quote about the report, contesting it.

The logical fallacies you're willing to accept in order to feed your hatred is impressive.

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vibeprofessortoday at 12:37 AM

yes, 70,000 Gazans, 50k of whom were males of fighting age, no other army managed to achieve such low civilian-to militants casualties ratio, under such extreme war conditions