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Gaza's population drops by 6 percent due to Israel's relentless attacks (www.middleeasteye.net)
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A damning Palestinian report published today confirms that Gaza’s population has plummeted by 6 percent by the end of 2024, a direct consequence of Israel’s ongoing brutal assault on the Strip.

According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS), the war has left 45,541 Palestinians dead, some 11,000 are missing and believed to be under the rubble and at least 100,000 have been forced to flee Gaza as Israel’s campaign of destruction continues to devastate the enclave.

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[–] adespoton@lemmy.ca 10 points 5 days ago (3 children)

Honestly, I was expecting numbers closer to 30% from all the coverage. Still horrible, but not the indiscriminate genocide I was expecting.

[–] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 16 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

The Gaza health bureau is not counting indirect kills from starvation/diseases etc as killed by Israel. Which is pretty stupid of them.

Also some children have been born slightly cranking up the number.

[–] whostosay@lemmy.world 13 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

The highest percentage of people in the military vs a country's population is in North Korea, at about 5.5%, so even if Gaza was higher, which it is not, that means that they have killed an extreme amount of people more than is in the military.

The average for the world population is less than .4% with the US just above that, Israel is at 2%.

This is still indiscriminate genocide.

A quick aside, maybe indiscriminate genocide isn't a good phrase as they are absolutely discriminating.

Numbers for anyone who wants to check it out: https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/armed-forces-personnel-percent?tab=chart&time=1985..2020