By the Numbers: Israel’s Campaign Demonstrates Incomprehensible Restraint
The Algemeiner, November 6, 2023, by Daniel Pomerantz

As of last week, Israel has struck over 11,000 terror-related targets in Gaza since October 7, according to a new report. In a separate report, the Gaza Ministry of Health claimed that Israeli strikes have killed over 8,500 people in Gaza during the same period. Even if the Gaza Ministry of Health can be trusted (and it cannot), this would mean that Israel has killed, on average, less than one person per strike, and that more than 20% of Israel’s strikes have killed no people at all. And we don’t know how many of those killed were Hamas terrorists vs civilians.

For an army with firepower and accuracy capable of killing hundreds or even thousands in a single strike, these figures represent an absolutely astonishing degree of precision and restraint.

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As the campaign proceeds, there has been much discussion of how many civilian casualties have occurred on “both sides.” Yet developing an accurate count is not as easy as it seems.

The Gaza Ministry of Health is intentionally misleading

The Gaza Ministry of Health, the sole source of information on Palestinian casualties, is not an independent health agency, but merely an arm of Hamas — a terror organization designated on the same international lists as ISIS and Al-Qaeda.

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Hamas kills Palestinians

Hamas both endangers and directly kills Palestinian civilians itself, before subsequently, and dishonestly, blaming the deaths on Israel. For example, last week Israel released a mountain of evidence, including intercepted conversations by Hamas operatives, revealing that a major Hamas military headquarters is located inside Gaza’s Shifa hospital.

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Incomprehensible restraint

If Israel acted without restraint, it could likely accomplish its mission of destroying Hamas, and protecting Israelis, by bombing Gaza indiscriminately and thoroughly from air, sea and long range artillery — in the style of the Allied attacks on Dresden and Berlin in World War II.

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Daniel Pomerantz is an expert in international law, ...

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By the Numbers: Israel’s Campaign Demonstrates Incomprehensible Restraint