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A reasonable, conservative estimate of the death toll in Gaza is about 100,000. And the figure may well tally to 200,000, if not now, then by the war’s end.
www.currentaffairs.org/news/the-med...
The Media Loves “The Experts,” Until it’s Time to Count Gaza’s Dead
Public debate around Gaza fixates on a death toll that is probably half the size of the real number.
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The institutions that count the dead in Gaza are heavily degraded, thousands remain under rubble, and deaths due to malnutrition or easily preventable diseases are rarely included in the totals, if at all.
www.currentaffairs.org/news/the-med...
The Media Loves “The Experts,” Until it’s Time to Count Gaza’s Dead
Public debate around Gaza fixates on a death toll that is probably half the size of the real number.
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Far from being inflated by sneaky Hamas propagandists, the commonly cited death toll of the war in Gaza is an extreme undercount. www.currentaffairs.org/news/the-med...
The Media Loves “The Experts,” Until it’s Time to Count Gaza’s Dead
Public debate around Gaza fixates on a death toll that is probably half the size of the real number.
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Public debate around Gaza fixates on a death toll that is probably half the size of the real number.
www.currentaffairs.org/news/the-med...
The Media Loves “The Experts,” Until it’s Time to Count Gaza’s Dead
Public debate around Gaza fixates on a death toll that is probably half the size of the real number.
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