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There's a shocking new report on civilian deaths in Gaza. If only it were accurate.

JL;DR SUMMARY Rob Eshman critically examines a report by The Guardian and +972 Magazine alleging an 83% civilian death rate during an Israeli military operation in Gaza, questioning the accuracy of such claims. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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HamasGazaIsraeli MilitaryInternational LawCivilian CasualtiesMedia BiasConflictPolitical DiscourseEthicsData Accuracy

Places mentioned

Gaza City, Gaza, Palestinian Territories
"Palestinians mourn relatives, killed in Israeli strikes, ahead of their funeral at Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City on Aug. 21."
Mariupol, Donechchyna, Ukraine
"Rwandan massacre (99.4%), Russias 2022 decimation of Mariupol (95%) and the Serbian slaughter in Srebrenica in the early 1990s, whose civilian death rate was 92%."
Srebrenica, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina
"Rwandan massacre (99.4%), Russias 2022 decimation of Mariupol (95%) and the Serbian slaughter in Srebrenica in the early 1990s, whose civilian death rate was 92%."
Israel
"misleading headlines are further deepening societal divides. The IDFs own database lists the names of 8,900 Hamas fighters it has killed in the course of war"

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