This may be the first honest statement from the Gaza Health Ministry -- they have no ability or competence to count the deaths in Gaza. Basically they admit they have no idea how many deaths there are. Of course this is the same Hamas Health Ministry which does not separate combatant versus civilian deaths and tries to lump it all into one number. Seeing that Hamas is arming children as young as 12 and having them shoot at the IDF -- a good number of the male "child deaths" are certainly combatants. To be fair... the Gaza Health Ministry has a very difficult task. Trying to count deaths when there are missing people in collapsed buildings, duplicate names in hospitals on paper lists, constant movement of bodies, inability to reach bodies in Gaza areas held by the IDF and failure to properly computerize records -- all the while dealing with the complete chaos of a combat zone is daunting -- even if an agency was competent initially and not controlled by militants. The sad reality however is the death toll is probably much higher than the Gaza Health Ministry is letting on -- and the number of Hamas militant deaths (which probably account for the bulk of the numbers) are not being effectively counted or revealed. Gaza health officials say they lost the ability to count dead as Israeli offensive intensifies https://apnews.com/article/palestin...y-gaza-hamas-fe30cbc76479fa437d5f5a0e96c36e52
they have lost =/ Never had it. Where's Israel's documented verification of enemies combatants for civilians killed? They're the ones doing the shooting.
Israel knows it is bombing civilians and has no idea where the Hamas fighters are hiding. The goal as always is genocide and population transfer.
Another fact-free assertion. It's simple to find the Hamas militants -- just return fire at those shooting at you. This has been demonstrated in videos from both sides over and over again. Sadly Hamas uses civilians as human shields while firing from hospitals, schools, mosques and residences -- due to this Palestinian civilians are killed and wounded as well. But this is the deliberate intent of Hamas when using civilians as human shields and Hamas bears the sole responsibility for these deaths.
If Israel performing indiscriminate aerial bombing then far more Palestinians would be dead. Returning fire when you are fired upon is not indiscriminate. Hint to civilians: Stay out of and away from buildings where Hamas is shooting at the IDF from or launching rockets from.