• Natanael@slrpnk.net
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    5 months ago

    This article seems to have the clearest numbers

    https://today.lorientlejour.com/article/1365166/israeli-forces-have-killed-20-30-percent-of-hamas-fighters-wsj-report.html

    25-30K fighters, 20-30% killed, so at best ~10K down to ~5K, assuming their intel is correct. It’s very strange that the estimate of killed fighters is in percent and injuries is in absolute numbers. Doesn’t make me feel confident they got the context right of the numbers shared

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      5 months ago

      at best ~10K down to ~5K

      I believe those are still from January, when the total number of deaths was 25,000. So if they are correct then that would result in a casualty ratio between 1.5:1 and 4:1

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        5 months ago

        … And they’re almost all caused by one side, not casualties divided across two equal fighting armies among civilians.

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          5 months ago

          I’m not sure that matters, since the majority of military casualties are caused by the same side.

          So for example, when evaluating the Iraq War you would compare Iraqi civilian to Iraqi military casualties. There is little point in looking at American civilian casualties.