13,000 children killed so far in Gaza

[Regiomontanus]

https://www.newsmax.com/world/globaltalk/gaza-kids/2024/03/18/id/1157715/

The consequences of this (and when the IDF goes into Rafah the number will clime much higher) will be far reaching and long lasting,

Interestingly:

"Rafah has a history stretching back thousands of years. It was first recorded in an inscription of Egyptian Pharaoh Seti I, from 1303 BCE as Rph, and as the first stop on Pharaoh Shoshenq I's campaign to the Levantin 925 BCE. In 720 BCE it was the site of the Assyrian king Sargon II's victory over the Egyptians.[28]"

Rafah - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

 

[Shaul]

UNICEF is the source for this number and it is questionable.

 

[Regiomontanus]

UNICEF is the source for this number and it is questionable.

If the number turned out to actually be 11,274, would you feel better?

 

[F1fan]

UNICEF is the source for this number and it is questionable.

It's surely higher. Netanyahu will eventually be out of power and I hope the Hague charges and arrests him for genocide.

 

[Shaul]

It's surely higher. Netanyahu will eventually be out of power and I hope the Hague charges and arrests him for genocide.

Meanwhile back in the real world, the number three in Hamas, Marwan Issa, has been eliminated.
Israel Gaza: US reports death of senior Hamas military leader Marwan Issa

 

[Revoltingest]

Meanwhile back in the real world, the number three in Hamas, Marwan Issa, has been eliminated.
Israel Gaza: US reports death of senior Hamas military leader Marwan Issa

So 13,000 children died for a good cause.

 

[F1fan]

So 13,000 children died for a good cause.

That's how the "pro-life" crowd thinks.

 

[Regiomontanus]

Meanwhile back in the real world, the number three in Hamas, Marwan Issa, has been eliminated.
Israel Gaza: US reports death of senior Hamas military leader Marwan Issa

But think about how many more 'number 3' enemies Israel is making by killing so many innocent people.

 

[Revoltingest]

That's how the "pro-life" crowd thinks.

Some lives are more pro than others.
Zygotes are sacred....Muslim babies & children not so much.

 

[Regiomontanus]

That's how the "pro-life" crowd thinks.

pfft. Let's not bring abortion into this.

 

[Shaul]

So 13,000 children died for a good cause.

Is it really 13,000? That begs the question.

 

[Regiomontanus]

Some lives are more pro than others.
Zygotes are sacred....Muslim babies & children not so much.

All life is precious.

 

[Revoltingest]

Is it really 13,000? That begs the question.

No, it's not an example of question begging.

Begging the question - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

But the figure is likely much higher for a couple reasons.
- The death toll was at 30,000 before today, & about
half of Palestinians are children.
- The death toll doesn't include bodies not found.

And Israel's new weapon of starvation will increase
that toll, given that children are less able than adults
to cope with starvation.

 

[Revoltingest]

All life is precious.

Not to everyone.

 

[F1fan]

pfft. Let's not bring abortion into this.

I brought conservative hypocrisy into it.

 

[Sargonski]

All life is precious.

Including the Carrot you ate for dinner last night ... so why did you kill that precious life ?

 

[Regiomontanus]

Including the Carrot you ate for dinner last night ... so why did you kill that precious life ?

 

[Colt]

https://www.newsmax.com/world/globaltalk/gaza-kids/2024/03/18/id/1157715/

The consequences of this (and when the IDF goes into Rafah the number will clime much higher) will be far reaching and long lasting,

Interestingly:

"Rafah has a history stretching back thousands of years. It was first recorded in an inscription of Egyptian Pharaoh Seti I, from 1303 BCE as Rph, and as the first stop on Pharaoh Shoshenq I's campaign to the Levantin 925 BCE. In 720 BCE it was the site of the Assyrian king Sargon II's victory over the Egyptians.[28]"

Rafah - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

If true this is horrible but foreseen by Hamas when planning its rape, murder and mutilation of Jews. They sacrifice their own people for the sake of sympathy for their cause thinking that ultimately it will enlist other Muslim states to join forces in the elimination of all Jews from the region.

 

[Regiomontanus]

If true this is horrible but foreseen by Hamas when planning its rape, murder and mutilation of Jews. They sacrifice their own people for the sake of sympathy for their cause thinking that ultimately it will enlist other Muslim states to join forces in the elimination of all Jews from the region.

So, you think Israel can do whatever they want, with no regard to the number of civilian casulties?

 

[Jayhawker Soule]

UNICEF is the source for this number and it is questionable.

Allow me three observations:

1. For a number of reasons, many if not most wartime casualty numbers tend to be "questionable."
2. Nevertheless, when "questionable" serves as a knee-jerk dismissive response, I can't help but think of the essentially identical denial trope questioning the magnitude of the Shoah.
3. One is left to wonder what magnitude of carnage you would deem less questionable and more dismissible.