Israeli troops have encircled Gaza City in heavy fighting with Hamas militants, the miiltary says, as the Palestinian death toll rises above 9,000. U.S. and Arab leaders are raising pressure on Israel to ease its siege and at least briefly halt its attacks in order to aid civilians.
  • shatal@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Israel announced right at the start that its target is to eliminate Hamas and PIJ.

    Since there are:

    1. About 30,000-40,000 Hamas members in the Al-Qassam Brigades and
    2. About 6,000 members in the PIJ and
    3. Assuming 1 civilian casualty per 3 combative casualties

    Then unless something substantial changes, the death toll is expected to rise to around 50k-60k . This is really just the beginning.