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More than 10,000 Palestinians killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza in past month (0.49% of population) (www.aljazeera.com)
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[–] jepolitsch@reddthat.com 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Well

the United Nations said that more than 1.5 million people, which is more than half of Gaza’s population, have been displaced.

I guess OP said 10,000 / 3,000,000 = 1/300 = .33% so a bit lower but maybe 3 Million is approximate?

Google says 2.048 population so 1/204.8 which is 0.48%