| Topic: | Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply | |
| Posted by: | Steven Rose | |
| Date/Time: | 21/12/23 17:01:00 |
| The figure of 20 000 dead, of whom 70% are allegedly women and children, comes from Hamas. This is the organisation which continues to dent that they raped, mutilated or murdered anyone on October 7. So I think we should regard any information they put out as suspect. But undoubtedly there has been enormous loss of life among the civilian population. The problem is that an immediate ceasefire would effectively leave Hamas in control of Gaza, ready to regroup and strike again in pursuit of their avowed aim of destroying the State of Israel and exterminating its Jewish population. |