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Hamas ‘quietly drops’ thousands of deaths from casualty figures (www.yahoo.com)

submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by sqgl@beehaw.org to c/news@beehaw.org

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"About 72 per cent of fatalities aged 13-55 are men, which is the rough age range of Hamas combatants, Mr Fox said. “We know that Hamas uses child soldiers, and these statistics show clearly that Israel is targeting fighting-aged men.”

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[–] sqgl@beehaw.org 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Are you a male of working age killed by an Israeli bomb? You are assumed to be a member of Hamas.

This was a dumb part of the article, I agree.

IDF have claimed the ratio of civilians to militants was 2:1. If 72% of the killed were male then combining the two statistics would imply that about half the males "of age" were militants... FWIW.