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by JumpCrisscross 278 days ago
> Over 65000 people were killed by the Israeli "Defense" Forces in Gaza since October 7th. 31% of them were children

When “roughly half” of Gaza’s population “are under the age of 18,” your statistic actually describes discretion [1]. As for total kills, the data I’ve seen on CCRs put the IDF’s actions in the precedents range of guerrilla wars.

The way the IDF is conducting the war is, unfortunately, normal. What is not normal is the restriction of food, detention conditions and Netanyahu joining the Russia/China/Turkey club (along with Trump) on throwing out international law.

[1] https://www.npr.org/2023/10/18/1206897328/half-of-gazas-popu...