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  • Pretty long article another interesting part:

    DSN: You mentioned that the number of martyrs has reached 41,266. What do you estimate the actual number to be, considering the individuals who have not been accounted for?

    Dr. Zaher al-Wahaidi: The estimates from the Government Media Office indicate that the number of martyrs is 50,000, as at least 10,000 are still under the rubble. This is the declared number, and there are unreported figures as well. There are combat areas like Rafah with dozens or hundreds of bodies that we know nothing about. The estimates from the Civil Defense indicate that there are 50 or more residents in buildings from which no one has been recovered from under the rubble. In the areas of “contact,” like the Netzarim and Philadelphi corridors, there are dozens of bodies that have not been recovered, and we know nothing about them, and perhaps they have not even been reported.

    DSN: Besides the number of martyrs, do you also document deaths caused by starvation and diseases?

    Dr. Zaher al-Wahaidi: We do keep track of these cases, but the Ministry of Health has a policy of recording only direct casualties of war, such as those caused by missile strikes or war-related injuries. There are other deaths indirectly caused by the war, but we do not add them to the list of martyrs. For example, children who die due to malnutrition, lack of care, or because their mothers gave birth under difficult conditions and carried them in poor health, resulting in the birth of an underdeveloped infant who dies after a few days or lacked proper feeding, these cases are documented but not recorded as martyrs.














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    5 days ago

    There’s a lot more whitewashing in the new NYT article

    The raid illustrated that Israeli authorities were prepared to take far-reaching action to undermine the channel, which is based in Qatar press freedom and has provided extensive coverage of Israel’s military operations war crimes in Gaza and the West Bank.

    In the early hours of Sunday, a group of Israeli soldiers forcibly entered blew up the front door of Al Jazeera’s office in Ramallah and told ordered Walid al-Omari, the local bureau chief, that he and his staff should leave immediately.

    When Mr. al-Omari asked why the Israeli forces were closing the office, one of the soldiers told him to contact the commander of the Israeli military in the West Bank for more details which were never provided. Al Jazeera broadcast the initial minutes of the raid live.