More than 700 Palestinians were killed in overnight Israeli air strikes, Gaza's health ministry said on Tuesday, the highest 24-hour death toll since Israel began a bombing campaign to crush Hamas militants who stunned the country with a deadly Oct. 7 attack.

GAZA/JERUSALEM, Oct 24 (Reuters) - More than 700 Palestinians were killed in overnight Israeli air strikes, Gaza’s health ministry said on Tuesday, the highest 24-hour death toll since Israel began a bombing campaign to crush Hamas militants who stunned the country with a deadly Oct. 7 attack.

Israel said it had killed dozens of Hamas fighters in the overnight strikes on the besieged enclave but said its war to destroy the Islamist group would take time.

As aid agencies warned that a humanitarian catastrophe was unfolding in Gaza, French President Emmanuel Macron flew to Israel to offer it support.

  • anteaters@feddit.deEnglish
    39·
    1 year ago

    It’s important to always contextualize data, the thing that I think angers a lot of people, is there’s a certain internet respondent that down plays data. I think it’s undeniable people are dying, the magnitude is important, the exact number less so.

    I have not yet encountered people who downplay the amount of deaths but many who love to eat up the overblown numbers reported by Hamas and resort to violence in other countries.

      • anteaters@feddit.deEnglish
        24·
        1 year ago

        Not believing random numbers Hamas puts out != downplaying deaths, but I’m hope you had at least fun gluing pictures together 👍

        • Annoyed_🦀@monyet.ccEnglish
          51·
          1 year ago

          Unless you have the actual number at hand to dispute their number, i have no reason to believe otherwise and i have no reason to believe you aren’t downplaying the number because occam razor.

          • anteaters@feddit.deEnglish
            24·
            1 year ago

            i have no reason to believe otherwise

            That “destroyed hospital with 700 dead babies” might have been a reason. Hamas pulled a number out of their hats immediately after it happened without even having time to count anything. Then the number got lower and lower. Now we have arrived at a burned parking lot with about 100 to 300 deaths. So we can easily half all numbers that Hamas puts out to get anywhere close to the truth.

            • Annoyed_🦀@monyet.ccEnglish
              32·
              1 year ago

              Not sure which one is worst, you admit that you’re downplaying the number of deaths, or the purpose of your comment is only about Hamas number, not the death Israel caused, whether it’s half of Hamas number or not.

              Yikes.

              • anteaters@feddit.deEnglish
                13·
                1 year ago

                lol the guy who sees no reason to not believe overblown “death counts” by people who gouge other peoples eyes out for fun “yikes” at others. Get a grip on reality. These deaths are targeted at Hamas and them hiding behind civilians and children is what’s causing the deaths.